Tamar Weinberg just wrote a great post about how she uses the big social media sites.  Since she asked for everyone’s opinion, I thought I would add my thoughts on the subject.  This is somewhat easier for me since I mostly ignore everything except Facebook and LinkedIn, i.e. no MySpace for me. 
I have a longstanding account […]

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I’ve been thinking about doing a travel tips post with all of the travel I’ve been doing of late.  Of course, when I got back from Pubcon, I noticed that others had the same idea.  But, I’m going to go ahead anyway.

Be Chill.   Back in my management consulting days, I used to obsess over my travel.  […]

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I highly recommend that you read this short article from the New Yorker about how a checklist dramatically improved outcomes in a hospital’s ICU. 
Those who know me know that my business life is dominated by checklists.  During calls or meetings, I make little boxes in my notebook to indicate that there is a task to […]

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Here’s the question of the day:  who do we compare Major League Baseball to, Enron or FindWhat? 
First, a little background.  I grew up loving baseball, in particular, the Dodgers.  I bled Dodger Blue.  Each win was a triumph, each loss a dagger through my heart.   I was at the stadium to see Fernando pitch in […]

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After a little more than a month away from the SureHits blog (and mostly away from home), I’m back.  And, I’ll be here regularly from here on out. I need to thank Stephan Spencer from Netconcepts for getting me going on the blog again.  He said some really encouraging words to me at Pubcon in Vegas. Stephan’s […]

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