Archive for January, 2009

Bold or Boring?

I’ve been thinking about this for a while… but, it really hit home yesterday when I read a post by Seth Godin called You’re Boring. Remarkable costs time and money and effort, but most of all, remarkable costs a willingness to be wrong.” – Seth Godin Are you bold or boring? Is your business bold [...]


What's your Outcome?

It’s a New Year. And like most people I’ve spent some time reflecting about the past year and looking forward towards the New Year. Unlike most people, I made ZERO Resolutions. Resolutions don’t work. Instead, I’ve been focusing on Outcomes. An outcome is different from a goal. With a goal, you either succeed or you [...]


Are you (or your business) pulling a "turtle"?

I spent most of today reviewing web and call stats for our primary breadwinner (http://www.buytough.com).  And what I found ain’t pretty… Visits down over 21%. Page Views down. Everything down. Now, I knew things were slow due to the “economy”. But, I (and the rest of management at my company) were pulling a “turtle”.  We [...]