Freewheeling Friday

I have about 32 half-formed blog posts in my head, but not a single one is quite ready to come out in its entirety. Apparently, I expect these things to spring from my forehead in the same manner in which Zeus produced Athena. In any case, thoughts are...

Back on the brand wagon

Branding makes my world go ’round. Beside the fact that it plays a prominent role in my professional responsibilities, I love the whole proposition: building a reputation and an awareness of that reputation that speaks for itself. Essentially, it’s the...

Getting schooled

There’s not much worse than being taught a lesson. Unless your brother is the person who just schooled you. And he uses your own words to do it. Here’s the story. The very first road race I ran was the Running for World Water 5K in Indianapolis, and my...

Blackout

Any of you with a professional football team in your hometown likely noticed that the NFL recently made a change to its broadcast rules. For the past 39 years, the NFL had required local broadcast affiliates to black out home games when they were not 100% sold out 72...

More than a feeling

I have come to realize that feelings don’t count for much. What does count is the action–or inaction–that accompanies them. I’m not saying that feelings are worthless. On the contrary, feelings measure what is important to us, and they...