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more garbage

May 6, 2012 - 9:41 am

Tags: #1 crush garbage, 90's band comeback, addictive songs, billy bush garbage, blood for poppies garbage, dark grinding music, dark industrial music, dark overtones with heavier instrumentation, garbage at the chameleon club, Garbage music, great band, great female lead singer, grinding industrial sound, industrial version of depeche mode, life lessons, music, new album from garbage, not Katy Perry, not loud but bruising, not your kind of people garbage, old indie band, popular band becomes invisible, recorded in a basement, red feathers and black tar, respect, shirley manson, sounds like nobody else, struggle with fame, Stuff I Like, that i will be tomorrow, the band garbage, truly unique sound, welcome back garbage, years of pent up music
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“… sounding like nobody else. red feathers and black tar.” – Shirley Manson This is about the band Garbage. I saw Garbage play at a small place called The Chameleon Club in the early 90’s. They were frickin’ awesome. Shirley Manson is as good live as she is on a cd and the band can [...]

advertising beer

May 4, 2012 - 3:48 pm

Tags: advertising, agency, alex from strohs, bad beer advertising, beer fetching dogs, bland advertising, bland beer advertising, blandly innocuous, brand, brand personality, branding, bulls refuse to fight him, business, Business Thoughts, campaign, character, charm, charm in advertising, cinco de mayo beer ads, communication, dos equis, good thoughtful marketing, great ad writing, his pinatas fight back, I don't drink beer all the time, immature humor, learning, lessons, marketing, messaging, most interesting man in the world, rant on beer advertising, silly advertising, stay thirsty, stay thirsty my friends, strategy, Stuff I Like, taught a german shepard to bark in spanish, truth, when I do I drink dos equis, words
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“his piñatas fight back.” – the most interesting man in the world Cinco de Mayo brings out the beer advertising and my annual rant about beer advertising. And how bland it is … not bad … just bland. Bland. I continue to think once a year all the beer company marketing people sit around a [...]

“I’m fine”

May 3, 2012 - 11:02 am

Tags: a full life, accountable decision making, actions today make who i am tomorrow, analysis paralysis, architects of fate, astonish people, at some point you are accountable, be who you are, being accountable, being soft in business, breaking life decisions down, bull in a china shop living, can someone really give 110%, capacity of the human mind, change begins in the head, change forces prioritizing, change is easier if you simplify, change takes remarkable effort, changed behavior, changing objectives to make change, character, choice between alternatives, choice by numbers, choice cannot be made with statistics alone, choices, choices leading to full life, choices we make or do not make, communication, complex simplified, cowardly decision making, creation means destroying something, cynicism, dealing with extenuating experiences, death is a forever nap, deceiving others, deceiving yourself, decision making, decision making under uncertainty, decision utility, defining happiness in moments, difficult to manage expectations, disappointment created by expectations, do not go gentle, do not go quietly, doing the right thing, doing the right thing is hard, doubt, doubts of words, enlightened conflict, every minute is another chance, every moment counts, every one is an architect of life, fear of choices, few words, finding the right words to say, generations changing behavior, getting a new start means destroying some old things, good people, guilt and obligation, happiness, hard choices, hard decisions, heightening value in life choices, hiding behind statistics, hope, i am fine, i am fine is the biggest lie, i like numbers, I think opinions, identifying who you are, inability to manage expectations, inaction, increasingly popular words, informing a decision, intentions, isolating variables using statistics, judgement, judgment is not easy, juggling versus balancing, just this once, knowing what is right is not enough, kodak, lack of responsibility, lacking hope, lazy decision making, leadership, learning, lessons, letting go is difficult, letting go is not simple, lies, life, life formulas, life gives you a bazillion second chances, life is a string of minutes, life is complex, life is not a mission, life is not a straight line, life is not as simple as it seems, life is often not lived best gently, life lessons, life not defined by meeting objectives, life thoughts, life's white lies, listening, live life to the fullest, logical decision making, lying to your friends, lying to yourself, making changes personally, making choices, making the hard choice, managing perceptions, marketing, maybe life is not that complicated, measurement of failure, measuring life, messaging, moments are like a balance sheet, moments of passion, moral fiber, motivated by a desire to achieve, no substitute for judgment, not a quantity of words person, not meeting an objective is not failure, numbers are facts, numbers are facts nonsense, numbers show possibilities, numbers will confess anything, obligation to do, obligation to do the right thing, ongoing search for the right words, ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable, personal creative destruction, personal thoughts, perspective can help with the complex, prioritizing actions, providing perspective, quotations, quotes, relationships, resiliency, resiliency and character, respect, responsibility, right is right, right words, say it is happening when it isn’t, say that something is happening when it is, saying it is fine when it is not, see your own reality, self doubt, self truth, simplicity in life, simplifying to make choices easier, slippery slope of despair, slippery slope of I am not fine, smallest actions contribute, soft choices, speaking, statistics cannot make the decision for you, statistics getting in the way of a good decision, straight lines, straight lines are rare in life, strategy, strength of character to make change, Stuff I Like, swallowing nonsense, talking, that i will be tomorrow, the answers are within you, the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission, there is no formula for good choices, this i am today, torturing numbers, trust, truth, truth and expectations, truth is what really happened, what I know opinions, what is the place of words, words, words that become deeds, words worse than nothing unless they do something, you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by
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“I’m fine.” How many times have we heard those two words? How many times have we accepted the response and moved on? Oh. And how many times should we not have moved on? So. I have had this post in my draft folder since mid March. It just didnt seem done enough to post. Like [...]

finagle’s Law

April 30, 2012 - 4:34 pm

Tags: a human defect or a flaw, a severe shortcoming, actions today make who i am tomorrow, aligning perceptions and behavior creates satisfaction, alignment, analyzing actual behavior, anything that can go wrong will, architects of fate, attacking doubt, attaining levles of good, attitudes and behavior, averting chaos, avoid the gray, be who you are, behavior management business, being distinct, being honest to yourself, believe, bell curve, big mistake big succcesses, big mistakes, black or white, boundlessness of friendship, brand, branding, breeds an aspect of complacency, business, business is messy, Business Thoughts, change begins in the head, change forces prioritizing, change takes remarkable effort, chaos, chaos control methods, chaos creates opportunities, character, choices we make or do not make, choosing to be true, collaboration, collector of moments, committed to showing up everyday, communication, concept of chaos, consensus, consistency, consistency is underrated, 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Well. I imagine I am way behind the rest of the cool people <who already know what finagle’s law is> but I just discovered it. Maybe because I had always known it as Murphy’s Law. The generalized or `folk’ version of Murphy’s Law, fully named “Finagle’s Law of Dynamic Negatives” and usually rendered “Anything that [...]

enlightened references

April 30, 2012 - 9:52 am

Tags: enlightened conflict readers, enlightened conflict readership, enlightened references, references, respect, truth, using LinkedIn
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Ok. This may actually be an example of social marketing <I sometimes get confused what social marketing is> especially if this idea works. This will definitely be a social marketing experiment. So. Just like asking for job references I am going to ask anyone who cares to explain why they read the drivel <and insightful [...]

drake take care

April 29, 2012 - 6:10 pm

Tags: addictive songs, beat poet style of singing, canadian hip hop singers, craig david, Drake, drake Take Care, enlightened music, gil scot heron remake, gil scott heron I'll take care of you, good contemporary music, good hip hop, great hip hop style, hip hop light rap, Jamie XX remake, music, nothing happens but you feel a lot happened, odd video, remakes, remaking a remake, respect, rihanna collaboration, Stuff I Like, voices meshing
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This is about Drake’s new song “Take Care” (actually a remake … of a remake) which seems to be getting a boatload more airplay these days. It is a great song which gets a boost from collaborating with Rihanna. Drake (real name Aubrey … his middle name is Drake) is a Canadian hip hop guy. [...]

why we have sex (typically) indoors

April 28, 2012 - 6:05 am

Tags: abandonment of public sex, amorous pleasures, assessing risk of death during sex, attitudes and sex, attracted by larger size females, behaviors and sex, change begins in the head, confirming assumptions, curious circumstances, disappointment, enlighten people, hazards in life, passionate lovers, predators attack those in love more frequently, predators prefer to hunt, public is the new private, public sex, public sex can be dangerous, research, research on everything, responsibility, secluded places, selflessly engaged in procreation, sex is a healthful and pleasant exercise, sex outdoors, silly research, Stuff I Like, tips for people, truth, why we have sex outdoors
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Well. Let’s chalk this one up as another example of “research has been done on everything.” In addition to that … using research … every once in a while I like to enlighten people to some of the hazards in life so they can avoid them. Here you go. The hazard: Public sex can be [...]

the flaw in creativity collaboration

April 26, 2012 - 6:32 pm

Tags: action and consequences, actions today make who i am tomorrow, addressing your business situation, advertising, affecting organization thru actions, agency, aiming high, architects of fate, art is an I business, art is I science is We, bell curve, booker washington, brand, branding, builders versus renovators, business, Business Thoughts, change begins in the head, character, collaboration, collaboration is not good with creativity, communication, company of adventurers, consensus, creating positive touchpoints, creativity, creativity process, decision making, depth of character to face everyday life, differentiation, discipline but freedom, disciplined chaos, discovery is messy, don’t worry about people stealing an idea, dynamic beyond our own purposes, employees, energy, enlightened conflict, enlightened creativity, enlightened thinking, events are meant to be commanded not feared, every one is an architect of life, extreme situations demand extreme solutions, Favorite Quotes, fear, fearlessness, finding your way is tough, flaw in creative collaboration, generalist, generating ideas, george bernard shaw, greatest danger is aiming too low, groups, ideas generated from an individual, individuals, individuals provide the spark, it is not an easy discussion, it isn’t process it is the work, john kenneth galbraith, keep your mind open to solutions, lack of consensus, leaders and character, leadership, learning, lessons, life, life is a winding road, life lessons, logic, making hard decisions, management, managing perceptions, marketing, messaging, michelanglo, Moscow, most things in life are not black or white, Napoleon, no one wants to trust chaos, nothing is original, one foot in history one foot in future, only few find the way, original ideas, original ideas are typically nuances of existing, overcoming optimism, people confuse process and disciplined thinking, process is a means to an end, productivity, pursuing the way, quotations, quotes, reach for the stars, relationships, respect, responsibility, risk, Russia, safe, scared, seek out events without fear, Shakespeare, simplicity seems too chaotic, smallest actions contribute, so what do we do, specialist, strategy, Stuff I Like, that i will be tomorrow, the myth of original, the myth of the proprietary process, this i am today, thrive on dreams and possibilities, tough decisions are tough, transformational people, truth, unpopular point of view, unreasonable, what do you do when you get what you want, worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it
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Ok. This is not a popular point of view these days. I am a firm believer, that in the creativity business, collaboration isn’t good. Well. “isn’t good” is like saying “never” or “it always sucks” or something like that. Let’s just say creativity isn’t about collaboration. And I found a quote that says it perfectly: [...]

that I have not been

April 25, 2012 - 5:39 pm

Tags: 37 seconds well used is a lifetime, a full life, a good idea is a good idea, a scared organization, a swinging organization, accountable decision making, actions today make who i am tomorrow, advertising, alignment, alignment has dimensions, analysis paralysis, architects of fate, astonish people, at some point you are accountable, attitudes and behavior, autonomy, avoiding the business pendulum, be who you are, behavior, being accountable, being fearless in a room of fear is frustrating, being scared as a leader, being soft in business, being the person you want to be, big ideas, big ideas are crap, bookending alignment, breaking life decisions down, Business Thoughts, can someone really give 110%, cannot be happy and scared, capacity of the human mind, change begins in the head, change forces prioritizing, change is easier if you simplify, change takes remarkable effort, changed behavior, changing objectives to make change, character, choice between alternatives, choice by 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idea, wasted energy worrying, what I know opinions, what is not your knowledge, what we do echoes in eternity, what you do not know, what you do with your time, woefully inadequate data, words, young people, young people fresh thinking
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“’pray for nothing, say every night in bed, I have been a king, I have been a slave, nor is there anything, fool, rascal, knave, that I have not been, yet upon my breast a myriad of hearts have lain.” Mohini Chatterjee by Yeats If I had not known that Yeats was enamored with mysticism [...]

lighting the way

April 24, 2012 - 5:51 pm

Tags: 1 in 4 girls will be sexually abused, 1 in 4 women fall victim to domestic violence, 1.4 billion in poverty, 925 million people are hungry, a woman is battered every 15 seconds, actions today make who i am tomorrow, avoid the gray, believe, black or white, bring light and darkness disappears, change begins in the head, change takes remarkable effort, character, choosing to be true, collector of moments, communication, darkness is sneaky, decision making, desire everything at the same time, difficult to discern good guys from bad guys, enlightened conflict, enlightened people, every day 4 women lose their lives to violence, facts and truth, follow the truth, freedom of, ignorance, investing energy when appropriate, is anything back or white anymore, leadership, learning, lessons, life, life is a struggle, life is about making choices, life lessons, making changes personally, ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable, power of words, quotations, quotes, randomness of life, relationships, resiliency, respect, responsibility, rodrigo, seek truth, seeking the way of truth, shades of gray, shine a light, small gestures in trivial looking moments, sorting out the truth, speak out against darkness, strength of character to make change, struggle between energy and indolence, struggle between vitality and decay, Stuff I Like, that i will be tomorrow, this i am today, thomas jefferson, thoughts, trivial moments, trivial moments in bigger life, truth, truth goggles, truth is rarely simple, truth or lies, truth or nothing, universal declaration of human rights, words
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“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Nelson Mandela So. I began with this quote and then kind of got pretty passionate about this topic the more I thought about it [...]

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