Archive for September, 2011

The New Entrepreneurial Revolution

Seth Godin has done it again.  In one fell blog post, he has explained in complete and concise form what is ailing in the U.S., albeit, world, economy.  The post is entitled, The Forever Recession (and the coming revolution).  Here are a few excerpts so you can catch his drift…. The industrial age, the one [...]

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The Winds of Weird

Bob Dylan wrote in the early 60′s that the answer is “blowin in the wind.”  Maybe that answer had a lot to do with embracing weirdness….in appreciating our different-ness.  The song ushered in a decade of weird.  The previous one had been all about conformity.  The “Ozzie and Harriet” decade of the 50′s was one [...]

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A Missive on the Massive

Seth Godin is a weird guy.  His latest book, We Are All Weird is likewise, but very intriguing nonetheless.  I just downloaded it to my Kindle and I am about half way through.  Seth always inspires me to think and that is a good reason to read him….his blog and his books.  He always seems to [...]

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The Evolution of an Idea

The only good ideas are big ideas.  Or, better, the only good ideas are those with really big targets, or widely dispersed focal points.  But, is that really true?  The guys saying that usually have unlimited resources to pursue really big, diffuse, conquer the world ideas.  Truth is, my ideas usually start out that way.  And [...]

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As Luck Would Have It

Do you consider yourself lucky?  I don’t mean in the slot-machine sense.  I am talking about lucky in life.  What is luck any way?  In the general sense we tie luck to either chance, or fate.  That this event known as luck either happens by complete coincidence, or it was in the hands of fate….our “destiny.”  We [...]

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