January 2012
6 posts
“By definition, to be exceptional, you have to be the exception, not the rule.”
– Dharmesh Shah, co-founder of Hubspot
“Sometimes, clarity takes time. Sometimes, people never wake up to reality...”
– Phillip B. Wilson
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Barack Obama - The One Term President
For the exact reasons Jimmy Carter was a one-term president, President Obama will only serve once as well. I will also throw in, it will be for the reason Clinton got a second term… “it’s the economy, stupid.” Reagan inherited mortgage rates nearing 20% and unemployment rates nearing 10% — instead of blaming his predecessor for all of his woes and standing idly by, he...
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“You work your tail off for 15 years, and you are suddenly, an overnight success”
– Dave Ramsey
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Eat That Frog!
To start of the New Year, I decided to re-read Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy.
There’s an old saying: if you eat a live frog first thing each morning, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s probably the worst thing you’ll do all day.
Tracy lays out 21 principles to stop procrastinating and get...
December 2011
3 posts
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– – Confucius
Addicted to Breaking Bad
I don’t watch much tv. Well at least “tv shows” that is. I’ll use it as background noise when I’m tired of music or political talk radio, but I mostly watch sports and movies. However, I must admit I’m addicted to Breaking Bad.
I kept seeing tweets from several friends about it being “time for Breaking Bad” and how great the show was. Then, as I started inquiring about it, I was told it was the...
Celebrating Success
This week, the entire Slingshot SEO sales team was in the “home office” (Indianapolis) for the first time, well… ever. Hard to believe only a year ago there were but three of us. Fast forward a bit and now we have over 10 from all over the country (IN, NJ, FL, TX, and CA).
We had several training sessions planned, but the real magic happened Wednesday night when just the sales team went out for...
November 2011
4 posts
Recharged.
With over 10,000 miles in the air and meetings in six different cities over the last month, to say that my batteries were drained would be an understatement. By no means should this be construed as complaining. I knew what I was getting into when I joined the top SEO firm in the country.
The point of this post is to reflect upon the holiday weekend and the ability to recharge my batteries. For...
Thankful.
It’s hard to believe we’re already over 90% through 2011. As we took time to celebrate Black Friday Thanksgiving today, I can’t help but to be extremely thankful.
I’m thankful for:
An amazing wife
A terrific family
A great job
Man’s best friend On a similar topic, Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, posted this as his Facebook status today:
When someone asks me what I am...
Here we go.
I’ve had it on my “to-do list” for a couple of years now to (re)start blogging. However, the idea of “blogging” on any kind of regular basis for me still seems like a daunting task. Instead, capturing experiences and exploring rants in short-form, ala tumblr, seems much more feasible. Sooo… here we go.