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What You Stink at Is Good for Business
If I happen to be in my car at six o’clock on a Sunday, I always make a conscious effort to turn on the local NPR station and listen to Car Talk. One of the most notable aspects of this … Continue reading
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Changing education: the rumbles in the blogosphere
Well as some of you may know I have been in the "edutainment" biz for a long time– my "kid shows," as I like to call them, are programs for educational/family concerts, and have been reasonably successful. Hard to make … Continue reading
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Kindle, VHS, and Betamax: One Possible Future for E-Readers
There has been quite a lot of hubbub lately about e-books and the electronic readers such as Kindle, and the other proprietary readers offered by Barnes & Noble, Sony, Apple, and so on. As a self published author, I have … Continue reading
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Your Unique Powers of Perception
You have probably, at one time or another, encountered individuals with unique powers of perception. People’s perceptual abilities are often just as unique as their fingerprints. Just to give you one example, I have a sister who has perfect pitch. … Continue reading
The Massive Economy of Imperfection Concealment
Well I am sitting here waiting to hear from the printer so I can see the proof of the cover of the 3rd edition of “Principles” and I thought, well, I can make productive use of my wait time by … Continue reading
Some oceanographers are less equal than others
So I was watching 60 Minutes last night and there was Robert Ballard chatting about finding the Titanic. He pointed out that everyone else was doing things the same old way (using sonic echo technology), even though repeated applications of … Continue reading
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Why I don’t deal with discount book resellers
When I first self- published my book Real Men Don't Rehearse, I was of course very driven by the presumed glamour of having my book sold in major bookstores. So I climbed thru many a major hoop to make that … Continue reading
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overcoming failure is getting to be fashionable
it’s interesting how many twitter tweets there are these days re: webpages and blogs that talk about overcoming failure. There is a fairly common theme to these posts, which is “I never experienced failure before . . .” Well this … Continue reading
Are You Sick of Innovation?
Digital natives, please note: there is a market for things that never change. … There is a lot to be said for constantly offering something new. There’s also a lot to be said for Norman Rockwell and Lawrence Welk, neither of whom died poor.
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elimination of risk is not leadership nor is it a winning strategy
A whole bunch of seemingly separate items all fell into one big pile today. Simply stated, it has occurred to me that there are an awful lot of people who think that success can be achieved merely by eliminating all … Continue reading
