Once again, I have Dan Ariely to thank for the idea for today's post. One of the questions posed to Dan in today's Wall Street Journal was the following: Dear Dan, Our 14-year-old son has a hard time getting up in the morning. He sets an alarm clock, but he always presses the snooze button … Continue reading Have You Ever Made a Ulysses Contract with Yourself?
I've certainly heard the phrase "living high on the hog" before, and just assumed that it referred to living a life of luxury. But I never gave any thought to how and when the phrase was originated. Until last night that is, when it was a question on Jeopardy. Here was the clue: "A possible … Continue reading I Never Knew
As I was researching and contemplating what to write about today, none of the ideas I came up with seemed to meet my fuzzy criteria for being blog worthy. As the day got later and later, I started to think that maybe I had finally reached that point where my daily blogging streak might finally … Continue reading The Benefits of Blogging Every Day
According to the website Marketing Blender, a "vision statement should be an audacious dream of a future reality based on the work you do. It should be bursting-at-the-seams with possibility. It’s where “begin with the end in mind” lives. It’s the heart and DNA construct of your organization. Your vision should be so big, it feels nearly … Continue reading Can You Guess the Company by Its Vision Statement?
It's Advertising Week in New York City (hopefully you were aware of that, otherwise you'd have to wonder about the advertising capability of the people running the conference.) Anyway, one of the panel sessions was "Driving the Future of Voice Activation" and one of the panel members, Barrak Moffitt, executive VP of content strategies and partnerships … Continue reading Is Your Streaming Music Playlist Guilty of Recency Bias?
I think at this point the statute of limitations has expired. So it's time to come clean. When I was about 18 years old a friend and I went to Zern's Farmers Market in Gilbertsville, PA just for something to do one Saturday night. As we were walking past the record store, I caught a … Continue reading Returning to the Scene of My (One and Only) Crime
I'm not sure why, but last week a random thought about poetry popped into my head. It may have been triggered by hearing about a book that had been turned into a movie or was going to be turned into a movie. And I thought, 'I wonder if singers/composers/record companies ever buy the rights to poems with … Continue reading Some Thoughts about Poetry and Censorship
We were driving to a family reunion yesterday, and along the way we passed the building (shown above) where I used to work 37 years ago, Prudential Insurance. It was my first "real" job, working as a dividend analyst in the group insurance division. I was part of a management development program that would have … Continue reading What If???
Have you ever heard of the web sites Upwork or Get Friday or Fiverr? How about 99designs? Perhaps freelancer? If so, then you might have some familiarity with the world of online freelancing. If not, let me introduce it to you. Online freelancing is a global marketplace where people looking for help on a project … Continue reading The Fascinating Online Gig Economy
Printerinks, one of the largest printer ink, printer toners, and replacement ink cartridges companies in the UK,, has put together a great infographic comparing how long it has taken to write some of the world's best known novels, as well as how lengthy those novels are. Not only is the information itself fascinating, but I love … Continue reading It’s a Good Thing That Reading a Book Doesn’t Take as Long as Writing a Book
Borden's Blather 