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The Art of Critiquing Ideas

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Critique is a skill. Maybe even an art. Few do it well, your humble author included. When we find something we disagree with, our tendency is often to generalize. We don’t like a particular marketing campaign’s spam-laden execution, so we say that all marketers are clueless. A crappy press release Read more »

The Time I Failed At Creating Change

Brass Tack Thinking - The Day I Failed At Creating Change

This is a true story about the time I got called out for something important: not standing up for what I truly believed in. I’ve always considered myself a bit of a constructive heretic. I think I break stuff and upset apple carts, but for the purpose of moving things Read more »

Micromanaging Ourselves To Death

Micromanaging Ourselves to Death - Brass Tack Thinking

Each day, there are hundreds of blog posts written, book proposals submitted, teleseminars and webinars hawked and videos produced, all focused on the same set of principles. Making the most of everything. Productivity. Passion pursuits. Extracting something meaningful out of every drop of life, work, and otherwise. But are we Read more »

Congratulations to These Wayfarers…

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Earlier this week, I posted asking people to share their stories of Wayfaring, which to me is the  idea of getting comfortable in the questions themselves, settling patiently into the unknown, and realizing that not only is it okay to celebrate the journey to discover things, but it’s vital. So many Read more »

Attention, Wayfarers: Win A Free Pass to BlogWorld LA

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I’m so very proud and excited to be not just part of BlogWorld Expo in Los Angeles in November, but I’m beyond thrilled to be presenting one of the keynote speeches. And I want you to be there with me. I’ll be talking about an idea that’s very near and Read more »

On Accountability and The Initiative to Learn

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Lots of tools exist. The knowledge is likely out there somewhere, maybe even documented. Information is everywhere. There are willing teachers, armed with experience and context and the ability to explain things in a way that can help you learn. But you have to want to learn. Not just hear. Not Read more »

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