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On Manifestos and Market Research

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A friend of mine, who recently started a business told me she was working on a business manifesto. I love the idea of declaring your policies and intentions, so I got really excited. I told her I wrote a manifesto…
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How to Successfully Practice Acceptance and Participation in Business

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Acceptance? What exactly does acceptance mean anyway? Accepting situations as they are without judgement is a good and healthy practice, but how is that possible in the business world? And what about participation? Is participation and brand loyalty a leveraging…
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Stand In Your Value Or Bad Asses Don’t Work for Free

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Since you read this blog, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you’re awesome. That means a few things: (1) you would never think of sh*tting where you eat; (2) you would never think of doing…
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What These 3 Big Thoughts Taught Me About Business

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As the end of summer approaches, I’ve been turning over in my mind three big thoughts (you know, along with the usual minutiae):Finding stillness within movement. The difference between being busy and being productive. How we measure success. How…

If you need me, I'll be in the mountains doing yoga.

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As my automatic email reply says (from now until Wednesday, August 24th):Hi there!Instead of recharging my phone and my computer this week, I’m unplugging and recharging MY batteries in the Asheville mountains. I’m probably doing yoga next to…

On Diving in Headfirst

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I love watching the Olympics! One of my favorite events to watch is diving. This, despite the fact that, as a kid, I remember watching Greg Louganis’s infamous dive when he hit his head on the board during the 1988…