Last week, I met a time vampire. It began innocently enough. An old friend emailed me, asking if he could introduce me to a friend of his whom he thought could benefit me. He saw the potential for an interesting partnership, so I chose to...
Jason HeadsetsDotCom is selling his last name for the second and supposedly final time for 2014. At the beginning of next year, YOUR company can have a personal walking, talking, breathing, billboard. Everything will be changed: his driver's license, his Facebook account, his twitter account,...
“Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.” - George Arliss Last month, I keynoted an entrepreneurship conference in Monterrey, Mexico in front of 3,000 people. Today, I just spoke in front of 3. No,...
It's the most wonderful time of the year. My kids are excited about the presents to come from Santa. The snow is falling outside my home in New York as I write this, and it's not even dirty city snow and slush yet. Of course,...
Last week, I accomplished my weight loss goal for 2013, weighing in at 197 pounds, for a total loss of over 40 pounds in four months, right at my self imposed deadline of December 31st. I was thrilled at this accomplishment, made possible largely by...
This month, people all throughout the world are committed to "New Year's Resolutions" -goals for themselves- personal, professional or otherwise. But the first step in creating an effective goal, so often overlooked, is determining challenging but possible, measurable metrics. A dream without a goal is just...
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. -Robert McKee Brown My whole family was sitting down, about to eat Thanksgiving dinner. Yet it was one of the most stressful moments in my career, and it wasn't from the stress of getting...
It was 5:00 PM, the evening before a major snowstorm in New York this week, and tensions were running high as people boarded a packed Long Island Railroad train for the trip home. I was fortunate enough to snag a seat, and as the train...
If it weren't for the authors on this list, I might not have built a successful business. I might not have gone into marketing. I might not have self-published a book. Heck, I might not even have a happy family- my most important accomplishment by...
1 billion impressions. That's the number of times Esurance has been seen online in less than 48 hours following the SuperBowl, the most viewed and talked about event of the year. There have been over 3 million tweets about Esurance in the last day. To give you...