As I’ve mentioned before, I spend a few weekends a year talking to teenagers about how their faith can change the world. Last month I was in Houston to talk to some students about the kind of people they want to become. This weekend, I’m in Chattanooga discussing how people can use their […]
So being the marketing guy at a tech conference was interesting. Learned way too much and am left even more confused on some ends. But hey, you gotta start somewhere and FOWA Miami was a great place to do it. This first recap post will highlight some of the best quotes from the past 2 […]
In the early part of this decade, eBay was the hottest home-based business to start, because it offered the chance for anyone in the world to be a retailer right out of their living room. They could start out selling their own stuff and graduate to buying retail items at a deep discount and […]
Years ago, in my first orientation program for work, I had to take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test (MBTI). I remember filling out preferences for words and circling options and so forth, and a few months later I was rewarded with a report telling…
Several of my friends on my Facebook are supporting Barack Obama, and I’ve seen a few of them rotating their profile pictures to the following image:This is a great piece of graphic design, and I like the use of cream and cerulean blue instead of the b…
The National Journal came out recently and declared that Barack Obama is the most liberal member of the Senate, according to a scientific nonpartisan formula that really isn’t as interesting as it sounds. Here is a breakdown of the issues that Hillary and Obama voted on:
http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/votes.htm
As you can see, their voting records are virtually identical. […]
I remember when I first figured out that schools educated students to be workers rather than creative thinkers. It was a hard pill to swallow but it was the truth. In school, as in the workplace, we stigmatize mistakes. This causes fear amongst students and workers and this fear is the cause […]
We can all understand how easy it is to get accustomed to the way things are and get into following a routine. Sometimes, it takes a change in that routine to begin seeing things through a different perspective. I recently took a position, similar to my previous position, but with a different company. This […]
It seems everyone has to have an obligatory post about twitter and their inability to explain it. That’s in part why I haven’t bothered posting about it. I’ve felt that if I can’t relay its potential uses or where it adds value, then I haven’t sufficiently explored it (unless of course it simply provides no […]
We’ve all taken them. Most of us know our types. But are these tests useful in the business world? Should a business use personality tests to stick their employees in their respective personality silo?
I thought these were out of style in the workplace until I performed an interview for a E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Candidate. […]
