5 Lessons in Business Success from the Master of Improvisation Himself: MacGyver! (Business Article & Video)

  courtesy: 3.bp.com . 5 Lessons in Business Success from the Master of Improvisation Himself: MacGyver! (Business Article & Video) . For anyone who grew up in America in the 1980s and 1990s, or anyone living in one of the over 70 countries where the classic, multi Emmy Award winning television series appeared in either first-run …

If a Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words, What Do Your Online Business Photos Say About You?

      . If a Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words, What Do Your Online Business Photos Say About You? . When I was still a single guy with aspirations of meeting the woman of my dreams, I joined a matchmaking website. I uploaded a great profile and uploaded a picture of myself…scanned straight from my …

Slice of History: Business Lessons from the INCREDIBLE Saga of Hiroo Onoda, “The Soldier Who Refused to Surrender.”

. Slice of History: Business Lessons from the INCREDIBLE Saga of Hiroo Onoda, "The Soldier Who Refused to Surrender." . This is not the first time I have written a piece on the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda. I have featured him in several short stories I have had published, and he is prominently mentioned in …

“LSD”: My Formula for Bringing Unique Creativity to Business Writing!

. Use "LSD" to Help Your Business Writing:   . Okay. There’s a 99.9% chance that you are appalled! And rightfully so! Let me assure you right off the bat: This is a 100% Drug-Free blog! No mind-altering substances here. The LSD I’m alluding to is not Lysergic acid diethylamide. I can assure you the strongest thing …

BUSINESS BLOGGING: A 20-Item Checklist to Pilot Your High-Flying MARKETING Machine To the Skies!

  BUSINESS BLOGGING: A 20-Item Checklist to Pilot Your High-Flying MARKETING Machine To the Skies! . "Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven — That is by letters written with their quills." –Leonardo DaVinci  .  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…blogging is the ULTIMATE 21st Century Marketing Tool! A blog is 100% FREE and nothing …

A Great Business Lesson from Isaac Asimov and MAGIC! A.K.A.: How to Become a Published Business Writer Today!

.  . A Great Business Lesson from Isaac Asimov and MAGIC! A.K.A.: How to Become a Published Business Writer Today!    You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If …

John Brown: American Hero & 19th Century Radical Abolitionist as a 21st Century Business-Model

. .  John Brown: American Hero & 19th Century Radical Abolitionist as a 21st Century Business-Model     "…though a white gentleman, John Brown  is in sympathy a black man, and as deeply interested in our cause, as though his own soul had been pierced with the iron of slavery." – Frederick Douglass (freed slave, …

My Business May Survive Armageddon, but Will Post-Apocalyptic Zombies Be Good Customers? A Biz-Blogging Lesson!

.  My Business May Survive Armageddon, but Will Post-Apocalyptic Zombies Be Good Customers? A Biz-Blogging Lesson! . . Okay, a few things right off the bat! I am a business-blogger. I am not on drugs. I have not been drinking. And so far as I know, I have not lost my mind! .  And one …

From Warhol to Harleys to Brando: Business Blog Readers LOVE Pop-Culture References

.  From Warhol to Harleys to Brando: Business Blog Readers LOVE Pop-Culture References!!! . "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe…"            — Billy Joel, from "We Didn’t Start the Fire" . I love music and chances …

Back2Basics: 5 Incredibly Low-Tech Gadgets for the 21st Century Business “Rat-Race”

.  Back2Basics: 5 Incredibly Low-Tech Gadgets for the 21st Century Business "Rat-Race" . . Okay, I’ll admit it: I HATE technology! I despise it! It has been with a great deal of reluctance that I have gotten online, adopted social media, gotten a cell phone and gotten connected. But truth be told, I’m an anachronism: …