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He looked at the present she placed on his desk. He had never before been given a gift when someone left. He looked up from it and at her, tilting his head quizzically.

Unicorn blankets

Folks are always looking for short cuts to get results. 5 steps to do this, checklists to become an expert in that, 7 habits to help you get to whatever.

There’s no doubt there’s value in lists, steps and processes, but there still needs to be more.

Thinking is a good place to start.

What I finally learned from Jack

Here’s another of the previous notes I have on Facebook that I’m moving over slowly to my blog. I decided to move this one tonight based on the references to dog’s and fear aggression in my last post. This was originally written when I left a previous job, one that had an ENORMOUS impact on me.

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What I finally learned from Jack

Seventeen years ago I was on the receiving end of a vicious and unprovoked attack by a German Shepherd that left me scarred for life. After I was taken to the hospital, the police came for the dog. Later when I heard, knowing what would happen, I cried; not from the injuries, but because I had failed him. I felt like that today.

Lesson #6: Fear Aggression isn’t Just for Dogs

This is not a fear aggressive look. Just snarky.

I got hurt today. Not physically, but took a bruising to the emotional ego.

It shouldn’t have happened, but I should have seen it coming. The signs were all there and I failed to recognize them. That I was in a position to be hurt is something I initially questioned and blamed myself for, but in the end, that’s the part I should be proud of. It’s who I am.

I got hit with fear aggression.

The Myth of the Abandoned Cart

It was a dank and dreary afternoon. The parking lot was quiet. The few sounds were the buzzing from the flickering street lamp and the soft patter of the raindrops on the plastic seat flap in the front of the shopping cart.

The staff at the store was pretty light. And it was raining, no need to go grab that cart from where it was abandoned. It didn’t even belong to the store, it had the logo of the grocery store across the lot.

Yahoo … Yah-OUCH

Yah-Ouch

In marketing, in the era of social media and customer involvement, we as marketers talk about the idea of being real, authentic, transparent and honest. We say that customers want to know you’re legitimate and “human”, that there’s a personality behind the tweets and posts.

As marketers we beat our heads against the wall when those personalities turn out to suck.

Pinterest … for men? Seriously?

As I was developing an initial Pinterest strategy and presence for a client, I was challenged to review and develop one for Gentlemint and DartitUp, two similar sites that are geared to a largely male audience. Once I completed the initial set up for the targeted audiences on Pinterest, I began my research into uncharted waters of the male pin board social media world.