UNCONVENTIONAL THINKING BLOG

Everyday since Barack Obama took office, I have been tortured by his presence in the White House. Not because of his role as President but instead for his ascension to King. Last week he added a new title to his imprimatur: Pope Obama.

During his three-plus years on the throne, we have become a nation of sheep. [...]

So many times when couples break up, we’re told it was a “mutual decision.” So often when a team member leaves a business, the spin is that the company and the employee decided to part ways.

This is never true. Behind the facade, there is always a leaver and a leavee. The “leaver” has all the [...]

More than anything else, marketers play with words. Invent them. Embellish them. String them together in luscious archipelagos that excite and tug at the mind, emotions and spur people to action.

Einstein fiddled with time in ways few of us can understand. But we don’t have to. The lesson I gleaned from him is that time bends and, if you are passionate about something — anything– time can never be a limitation. You simply ignore the clock, the need for sleep, the nonsense about a balanced life–and you shoot for your dream. Your invention. Your enterprise. Your film, your book, your life saving drug. If you are the master of time, they all dominate it.

My best friend’s son died last night. Everything is different now.
Everything is black. Everythng is hollow.

He was 31 but I recall him at 5, coming out of my pool, blond hair drying in the breeze. All of life ahead of him.