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Mr. Perfect... No Such thing...
Posted by ablack on May. 19, 2015 / Subscribe 0
Leadership. What exactly are the elusive qualities that make a perfect leader? And is there a set formula? I’ve sat through tons of classes and presentations on this particular topic, and the theme is always the same. Treat people with respect, project an
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Beatblogger is Buried Under a Pile of Paper Today...
Posted by ablack on May. 12, 2015 / Subscribe 0
So I PROMISED myself that I would NOT miss a weekly post for ANY reason, whatsoever.
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Fresh Off Hollywood
Posted by ablack on May. 5, 2015 / Subscribe 0
Not too long ago, I was rubbing elbows with several Hollywood A-listers…like Christian Bale, Olivia Wilde, Steve Carrell and funny-man Zach Galifianikis. Hell, I once brought Jim Carrey his apple juice and took Steve Buscemi’s lunch order!
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The Seven Year Itch
Posted by ablack on Apr. 28, 2015 / Subscribe 0
My technical colleagues ask me all the time why marketing people are so “finicky.” It appears that we are guilty of changing jobs frequently over short periods of time.
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What does your "Why" Look Like?
Posted by ablack on Apr. 21, 2015 / Subscribe 0
If you have been following my posts on this blog, you know that I am a self-proclaimed movie buff. Even my comments on other people’s posts tend to involve movie quotes or links to scenes. But only slightly behind movies (at least in my mind)...
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The Perils of Ignoring
Posted by ablack on Apr. 14, 2015 / Subscribe 0
“The busy man is a lazy man.” This has been one of the most convincing quotes that I have read recently. What C.S. Lewis was really getting at is that it is incredibly easy to fill up your schedule while never truly getting anything of significance...
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"Sticky Note Motivation" (The President's Mid-Year Update)
Posted by ablack on Apr. 7, 2015 / Subscribe 0
Rewind to last August (2014), and I specifically remember a wise person telling me to write my future-self a piece of advice, something that I would need in six months (the halfway point through my SMPS Chapter presidency).
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A Marketer's Mind, as told through "Memes"
Posted by ablack on Mar. 31, 2015 / Subscribe 0
A meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."
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BEATBLOGGER “OFF THE AIR”…BUT JUST FOR SPRING BREAK!
Posted by ablack on Mar. 24, 2015 / Subscribe 0
Who else wouldn't mind a small breather? A blogger "Spring Break" of sorts.
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Welcome to the Machine... The Proposal Machine
Posted by ablack on Mar. 17, 2015 / Subscribe 0
I've been doing proposals for more than a few years now. When I think about it, it feels like an eternity…like decades. Wait a minute, it has been decades!
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