Sometimes we just don’t really understand what’s going on. This life lesson was branded on my brain at 1am a few days ago. My wife and I took the kiddos camping down in Arches National Park.(or “dragged us” as my oldest daughter would say) We… Read More »Overheard this conversation at 1am…
Most of the time, the easiest way to get what you want is to simply ask for it. Common sense, right? But the truth is…it’s not all that common. Think about how often you sidestep this approach and instead try and do it yourself. (this is… Read More »The Easiest Way To Get What You Want
Sometimes we just don’t really understand what’s going on. This life lesson was branded on my brain at 1am a few days ago. My wife and I took the kiddos camping down in Arches National Park.(or “dragged us” as my oldest daughter would say) We… Read More »Where Does Some Email Go?
Yesterday, a client shared something that made me both giddy with excitement and shake my head in disbelief. Here’s the gist… We were talking about her clients and the importance of maintaining relationships with those clients via consistent, monthly email. And she said, “Email works,… Read More »
Email does work and can produce some powerful results. (Like $130K in one month for our dental client) But…It’s not enough to simply send any old email. You need to hook the reader into your message if you want to propel them to action. Want… Read More »The ‘Secret Sauce’ That Makes Email Work
Teddy Roosevelt had no idea. He read like crazy. Spent hours and hours in nature. Always super active. But he had no idea that things were harder than they needed to be… …until he got glasses at age 13. “I had no idea how beautiful… Read More »“I Can’t See” – Teddy Roosevelt
First, some exciting news: We added to our family! Instead of 5 girls in the house (wife + 4 daughters) we now have 6 🙂 Emma, our 17 year-old foreign exchange student from Norway, recently arrived a few weeks ago and will spend the next… Read More »Expectations (from Norway!)
A father said to his daughter, “You have graduated with honors, here is a car I bought many years ago. It is pretty old now. But before I give it to you, take it to the used car lot downtown and tell them I want… Read More »True Value
I want to tell you a story that proves how context can mislead people to make the wrong decisions. (true in life as it is in marketing your business) This story is important because I hear from too many people who mistakenly conclude that their… Read More »Fatal Misdiagnosis
Army food is pretty much what you’d expect: bland, overcooked…and as much as you can eat. The dishes are not garnished with Tuscan balsamic vinegar or alba white Italian truffles. It’s all about providing enough calories to fuel the troops in their work. That’s it. But… Read More »What I Learned From An Army Cook