October 14, 2014
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Want to Be Successful? Get Angry
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We’re human, every single one of us. We feel happy, and sometimes we feel smart. Other times we feel stupid. We enjoy feeling loved. We cringe when we feel hated. We all get angry for sure. Some handle it better than others. Sometimes in my life I’ve been quick to anger.
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I’m a Loser
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I’m a loser. Really, I am. I’ve had my ass kicked so many times I’ve stopped counting. I’ve been fired more times than I care to remember. Three times in less than two years in fact. I have scars. Deep ugly jagged cuts that at times have left me bleeding on the ground. That’s precisely…
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College Students: Four Easy Steps to Clean Up Your Facebook Page Before the Big Interview
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I’m usually pretty liberal with the content that I allow on Facebook – this is mostly because I’m a 39 year old married father of two, not a 21 year old about to graduate from College who’s desperate for a…
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Out of Work? Follow These 3 Steps to Employment
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I’ve been out of work more times than I care to talk about. Three times in two years as a matter of fact. Getting let go started out being the worst experience of my life, but as I look back on those years I can see that the skills I accumulated attempting to gain employment…
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3 Reasons Why Wall Street Got it Wrong with Twitter
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On Monday I was asked to visit 30 Rock Studios and chat with the closing bell team on CNBC about Twitter’s earnings. I’m “bullish” on Twitter stock. The analyst David Seaburg of Cowen and Company is obviously a very smart…
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3 Steps to Achieving Greatness
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A few weeks ago I gave a speech during Catalyst Week. My agency Silverback Social was co-curating the week’s events. I wrote a post here on Linkedin entitled “What’s the ROI of Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project & Catalyst Week?” sharing…
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To All the Ice Bucket Copycats: Please stop.
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It’s happening right now all over the globe. There are dusty executives, in their dusty offices, with their dusty mentalities, and their dusty spreadsheets. Their board has told them that they need to up donations. That they need to find their “Ice Bucket Challenge.” The dusty executives are confused because they have a Facebook account,…