It’s been my experience that people are capable of phenomenal feats when they reach down for that little bit of lagniappe (a little extra).

Tweet The past two years of my life have been somewhat hectic to say the least.  I was involved in a full-time MBA program, got married to a beautiful woman and worked in a high pressure/performance environment that innately stems from spearheading the sales element for a start-up technology firm.  While I take a great [...]

Tweet Over a year ago, my friend Darren Herman wrote a post about the social networks Facebook and LinkedIn colliding.  I saw this happening on a small scale at the time but not on the major scale it is now.  I now have clients, MBA classmates, colleagues, friends, family, Michael Phelps, dogs, cats, etc. all [...]

Tweet I’ve always tried to do things a little different than the person next to me. This world is so competitive that you have to do things to set yourself apart if you want to get noticed.  While this holds true for careers, it also holds true for life.  Stop watching ticker tapes all day.  [...]

Tweet With the job market following suit of the economy, it is hyper-competitive to land a great job.  If you believe that you are the best of the best, then you better have a solid resume that will drive that point home. I have been working on a project for a client, which required research [...]

TweetI have been using TheLadders for just over six months now to see what the hype was all about.  To be honest, I have been less than thrilled.  I was browsing some of the highlights over at the $100K+ job board SalesLadder.com.  They posted the “Top 100 Recruiter Search Words” used in the past week.  [...]

TweetI love the scene below from Boiler Room (viewer discretion advised) in which Ben Affleck delivers his “Act As If…” speech. The point is that if you’re going to sell, then you have to look the part. It doesn’t matter if you’re in sales or not, you need to dress for the position you want [...]

TweetThe perceived recession is over hyped. A recent Business Week article finally proved as much. Regardless of the economy, I maintain the mindset of ABS…not brakes…ABS = Always Be Saving. Our generation isn’t going to collect a dime of social security, so it’s important for us to save now. George Costanza said very few intelligent [...]

TweetI recently made a post about Nike understanding what athletes are about. The Cinderella commercial I referenced was about doing whatever, whenever to get where you want to go. The newest commercial is about their Nike SPARQ (Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction, Quickness) training program. To most athletes, SPARQ is nothing new. It is a training [...]

TweetI was a huge Michael Jordan fan when I was young. I used to try, notice the italics, to imitate him as a kid. I watched the training videos, read the Bios and scraped together what I could on the young Internet. Jordan and Nike have always put together wonderful commercials. They have been consistent [...]

TweetI found this video via Marketing Headhunter. It’s a look at how Facebook and the CIA are connected trying to mine all of our personal data. Yeah, it’s over the top; but it’s still fun and interesting to see…only about 3 minutes so check it out. Tweet