This is just my personal recap, so please do not expect a complete rundown of the day and every little thing that happened... After going to bed at around 12:30 on Thursday, I was up at 3:30 to begin tidying things up in preparation of my flight to Phoenix for Phoenix Comicon 2013. As I was getting ready to go, I zipped up my brand new luggage only to find BOTH main compartment zippers were off the tracks, and there was no hope of getting them back on I shuffled everything into my laptop … [Read more...]
Friends Sometimes Say No
Posted on January 16, 2013 Written by
A year or so ago, I asked CC Chapman, whom I had known through social media, and met a few of times, to be a reference for me on a job application. This position was a "social media" job with a huge health care company in the state of Iowa, and since I was friends with CC I sent a quick note asking him if it would be ok to list him. I didn't expect the answer I received. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this because I can't talk to your working style and such and that is what … [Read more...]
You Can’t Be An Expert In A Week
Posted on December 12, 2012 Written by
When Peter Shankman (http://www.shankman.com) told me to get out of my comfort zone, he told me this: "Can you take a few days and get the hell out of town and do totally different things? Things that have NOTHING to do with your professional life? The goal is to try something new - Learn new things about yourself - You'd be surprised where those might lead..." Now, I'm pretty sure he meant to take a weekend trip out of my area, maybe a few hours drive, settle into a nice hotel or bread … [Read more...]
3 Words for 2013
Posted on November 25, 2012 Written by
This is a little early for this post, but after reading CC Chapman's new book, Amazing Things Will Happen, I felt it was a good idea to get my "3 Words" in my mind early, make up some posters to put around the house, and really think about them before I made a private - and public - commitment. Choosing 3 words to "live by" for the new year was an idea I first heard from Chris Brogan, although I saw himself and dozens of others post theirs in the days leading up to January 1st over the … [Read more...]
Roadblocks
Posted on September 6, 2012 Written by
I was constructing a fairly serious blog entry in my head this morning as I was taking my morning walk around downtown Ames. I have a usual pattern I follow, but this time I cut that pattern short and then detoured across town and down a street towards the high school. As I turned the corner, I realized an equally important post was forming. As I made that turn, in the distance by the high school I could see the flashing red lights of a train crossing. The sound of the warning bells … [Read more...]
