12:12pm
Saint Paul
The cold war wasn’t just fought with stockpiles of weapons.
There was also nation-building happening on both sides.
America supported our allies, most notable West Germany. Russia supported theirs, including East Germany and Bulgaria.
And capitalism—through NATO and free trade—supported America’s aims… with a much softer message of prosperity and peace, not war and weapons.
(more…)8:34am
Saint Paul
When you think of high-end Italian cars, Lamborghini is on the short list.
If you know anything about Italian cars—and I know very little—you may know they have a reputation for breaking down.
Fiat, for example, was joked as being an acronym for “Fix It Again Tony.”
(more…)12:56pm
Saint Paul
I spent the weekend in Northern Wisconsin hanging with the family, shooting b.b. guns, and admiring at the incredible fall colors.
It’s hard to NOT love being an email copywriter when you have the flexibility to set your own hours in a location like this…
(more…)4:54pm
Saint Paul
One thing the book The Creative Ambush hammers on is,
What dreams have you given up on?
And why?
Last week I met with a university student who is majoring in marketing.
Over coffee, I asked about his marketing and business classes, what he’s learning, what his plan might be after college.
Was he learning to write headlines? Advertisements? Design UX? Understand KPIs?
(more…)1:54 pm
Saint Paul
C R U N C H !!
(Imagine screams of bloody murder here…)
My 11 year old daughter got her hand smooshed in a revolving door two nights ago.
(more…)8:15am
Saint Paul
You were taught to write wrong.
It’s not your teacher’s fault. It’s not your fault. It’s just how the system works.
(more…)12:53pm
Saint Paul
There’s nothing like a deadline to get yourself moving.
Last week I received a copy of “Creative Ambush,” a book to spark creativity that I purchased in early August.
(more…)2:17pm Wednesday
Saint Paul
How “common” is “common sense?”
First, let’s define it. Wikipedia says,
“Common sense is ‘knowledge, judgement, and taste which is more or less universal and which is held more or less without reflection or argument.’”
So, it’s knowledge that is mostly universal, and mostly believed without questioning it.
So I ask you, is the following Einstein quote common sense?
(more…)11:51am
Saint Paul
When our kids were younger, we gave the meals fun names.
Pasta with tomatoe sauce and cottage cheese was Elsa and Ana Dinner.
Fish with rice and peas? Moana.
We had a few others too.
The hardest part was remembering what the names meant!
These names worked to persuade our kids to eat “adult” food, sure.
But naming anything—giving it an epithet—makes it more real.
(more…)9:58am
Saint Paul
What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
Like… the very first thing?
After a night of sleep, your morning brain produces alpha waves.
Alpha waves create a state of mental relaxation and alertness.
And because you’re relaxed… your critical, self-defensive mental guard isn’t up.
Meaning any information you feed your brain during an alpha state gets much more easily accepted by your subconscious.
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