Carry on Tradition

About 8 years ago I had the wonderful opportunity to carry the Olympic Torch in Colorado Springs. To this date, it is one of the most remarkable experiences of my life. Not because I felt I had achieved something, but because it was a moment of clarity for me. At that point when I carried the torch, I knew I wasn’t just carrying the torch for me, instead I carried the torch for everyone who had helped me, be me. Its not that I had blinders on thinking that I had went through life without being influenced. It was just at that point when I carried the torch, that things became so much more clearer to me.

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Create Your Own Luck

Photo Credit: The Magical Green Lucky One by Oskaline

Thomas Edison once said, “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” To quote from a book I am currently reading, “If you wanted to be a professional golfer, it wouldn’t be unusual to dedicate yourself to hitting 10,000 or more golf balls until the precise combination of movements in your swing were so ingrained in your muscle memory that you no longer had to think about it consciously.” This number, 10,000, is significant and has been made more popular as the basis of OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS By Malcolm Gladwell. The premise of Gladwell’s book is a study by psychologist K. Anders Ericsson. In this study Mr. Ericsson estimates 10,000 as the number of hours Read the rest of this entry »

We teach business, but do we teach life?

Do you understand the process of buying a house, how much a baby costs, how to balance your bank account? I am passionate that we should all discuss bringing back to the forefront of our educational systems today the critical missing components of basic living principles. Basically, we have labored over teaching ourselves, algebraic expressions, geometry theorems, chemistry, world history, foreign languages, and on and on. But I ask you this, who taught you about your credit score, how to buy a house, the importance of marriage, the responsibility of having children, how to manage your personal finances, etc.? Read the rest of this entry »

How Often Do You Change Your Personal Brand? (Updated)

In my original post, I posted a picture in which displayed an inaccurate representation.  Through further research at the design blog Brand New, they found that Coca-Cola did in fact change their logo.  Although this is the case, I still think the majority of my original post is accurate. What you’ll notice is that Coca-Cola did not abandon their script logo throughout the years.  In 1985, they fell of the wagon, but quickly got back on. I think the true issue with Pepsi is that they never invested into their script and at the end of the day, why have your brand emulate the other guy?  The argument of consistency, I think, is a mute point even after seeing the revised diagram. Read the rest of this entry »