Family Time
Hello and welcome to my BS Hall of Fame, an occasional series lovingly and gratefully dedicated to the people who have called me on my own BS. Our tour today begins with my conversation with…
Here’s the drill. Why do we really buy drills? You don’t buy it simply to own it, as a symbol of your personality or to gain status. The marketing textbooks all agree, you don’t buy…
Light a Candle or Curse the Darkness: The Escalator Clause Experienced while walking past a delayed elevator with a working escalator a few feet away: A person was pounding on the “up” button and swearing…
Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of the late, great Tony Esposito. Thanks to Tony O, when I play hockey, I’m the goalie. When I play baseball, I’m the catcher (that’s thanks to Johnny Bench and…
(To my long-time friends and readers: you might have seen this one before… it’s from one of the most substantial experiences of my life and I hope you don’t mind if I share it again…
Long Lasting Lessons The first time I taught, I was one of 5 profs and grad students teaching intro to marketing. That experience, almost 30 years ago, taught me some great lessons: • When you…