The corporate world is no place for the faint of heart. That’s especially true of marketing and sales where, against all logic, more time and effort are spent selling your ideas and fighting to get things done internally than on winning and keeping customers. Inertia is a tough habit to[…] Read On
Over the past decade or so CenturyLink has been on a massive buying spree, acquiring Level 3, Qwest, Embarq and about a dozen other telecom companies for more than $50 billion. Guess what the company is valued at today? $100 billion? $75 billion$ $50 billion? If you said $25 billion[…] Read On
Yeah runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads Runnin’ down a dream – Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Mike Campbell Great careers don’t just happen. You have to make them happen. And sometimes, when things aren’t working, you have to[…] Read On
“And then one day you find ten years have got behind you; no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.” – Roger Waters, “Time” Inertia is a stabilizing force that keeps people in their comfort zone and businesses on a straight and narrow path. It can[…] Read On
Who would have thought a wall between the U.S. and Mexico would end up becoming such a wedge issue. I mean, it’s just a freaking wall, not a WMD for Chrissake. But it’s what that wall represents that counts. When Donald J. Trump stood in his eponymous tower and announced[…] Read On
Somewhere between lowly peon and rock-star CEO is a sweet spot where our careers flourish. We spend our entire adult lives fleeing the former, frantically scaling the corporate ladder like some crazed workaholic monkey to attain the latter, all in an effort to hopefully find that elusive sweet spot where[…] Read On
While mentoring a very sharp young entrepreneur the other day I got to thinking about how things might have turned out if my career began today instead of way back in the dark ages. What if I’d gone the entrepreneurial route instead of working for a big tech company like[…] Read On