How to Destroy All Negativity Destroying Your Life Right Now

I don't have all the answers, and I don't have any secrets to tell you. What I do have are anchors that have guided me through rough patches. I had a suspicion that they were helping me before this fever dream of a year. Now I'm sure of it.
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How to Kill The Guilt of Your Unlived life

When you need help, help another. When you need compassion, be compassionate. When you need love, give it freely. When you crave connection, reach out. When you can't go on any longer, encourage someone. When you need understanding, listen. When you're angry, try to understand.
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Here's How to Tell When It's Time to Quit

How to determine when you should pivot your start-up according to a Stanford University Professor
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Why You Need To Find Your Tribe

Why finding like-minded supportive people in your life can become your super power
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How to Be Motivated When Life is Insanely Difficult

It's been a remarkably awful year. A global pandemic, unscrupulous politicians, biased media pundits. You can be comfortable with being uncomfortable, but 2020 has been insanely difficult to motivate even the most resilient among us.
Chris Dessi

10 Daily Habits of The Most Confident People

I'm here to tell you there are proven ways to improve your self-confidence that will drive real, long lasting change in your life.
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10 Unusual Ways to Manifest Success In Your Life

Too many think that if it doesn't feel good - you're not following your passion. Bull. If you have a vision and you know that you have to climb a mountain to get to the top, you're taking the steps to land on your passion.
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One Simple Life Hack to Help You Create Good Habits

I don't pretend to have all the answers. But lately I've been implementing a little trick that has helped me. I think it can help you too. My agency is growing. We have amazing clients. We also produce a world class conference. The conference and the clients are synergistic events on paper. In execution they are at odds. One takes from the other in time, energy and sweat equity. I needed to clone myself, or find a solution.
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The No. 1 Thing You Need to Do Right Now If You're Unemployed

I have lots of experience being out of work. It happened to me three times in a two-year span. Five times total throughout my career. I'm only 40, so that's a pretty impressive streak. Also - I split up a business partnership. I didn't read the fine print of our contract. I battled my partner for almost a year. I made almost no money.
15 Tips for Introverts Networking That Will Blow Your Mind
Three years ago I launched the first Westchester Digital Summit. Last month Forbes magazine called us one of the "Conferences That Will Keep You Ahead of Marketing Trends This Year." We've hosted over 1000 executives in that time. I'm an extrovert, and I understand the power of networking. What hurts me is to see introverts not capitalize on the opportunity of an event like the summit. So here are 15 practical tips you can use the next time you're at an event. I hope you join us at this year's summit and test them out.
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What a Year for Silverback Social

What a Year. A look back at 2014 for the Silverback Social team - Westchester Digital Summit, Baltimore Digital Summit, & clients like Legendary Pictures.
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 12

Today’s gift is something that was very special for my wife. Laura is a schoolteacher in Brewster at CV Starr. One of the students in her school, Marilyn Ramirez a 3rd grader passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm. Her family was ill prepared…
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 11

Today is another gem donated by ANOTHER generous Mahopac person (there are even more to come)!  Today it's Cathryn Iannotta Vincentz.  Cathy reached out to me via Facebook to see if she could give away free yoga classes. It's pretty incredible,…
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69 Day Gift Giving Challenge - Day 10

My gift today is more of an acknowledgement than anything. It's an acknowledgment that my Chief Marketing Officer at Silverback Social, John Zanzarella is one of the best dudes I know.  Frankly, he's been a gift for me in my career and my life.…
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69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 9

I'm blessed to have my own business, and make my own hours. The great thing about it is that I can come and go as I please. The bad thing is that I'm the worst boss I've ever worked for. As I write this it's 9:10pm and I'm still in the office.…
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 8

The gift giving bug has been passed around Facebook like wildfire.  After seeing yesterday's gift from my friend John Praino, another Mahopac guy - wrestling legend John Degl reached out to me to offer another gift.  So I posted this on Facebook. Dear…
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 7

The magic of giving for the sake of giving is that it's contagious.  This fact is becoming more and more apparent as I get deeper into my 69 day challenge.  All sorts of friends and family have been reaching out to me to offer gifts - largely…
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69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 6

This gift seems like a small one, but it went a long way. Let me explain. One of my best friends in the world is Anthony Pace. This is our second year making homemade wine together. We have a blast doing it. I still don't know how we really…
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 5

On Halloween night our dear friend the Potenza's invited us into their home for a quick beer/glass of wine.  Doug and Traci are great people and have a beautiful family. They live just up the street from our home in Chappaqua, NY.   Traci…
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 4

Today's gift was simple. I got a few dollars worth of change, and filled the meters for people who were parked on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains.  I even have a cool Instagram Hyperlapse video to prove it too  (video credit: Brian Funicelli)…
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69 Day Giving Challenge - Day 3

Something really cool has happened this time around with my giving challenge.  Friends and family are reaching out with their own stories, or stories of their friends and family. I love this.  It tells me that we're creating a bigger ripple…