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March 12, 2010 208 Comments

Business Cards And Little Programs – Kitchen Table Talks

For this, our next in the Kitchen Table Talks series, I’m going to emphasize a point I was trying to make about business cards: namely, we shouldn’t just hand them out willy nilly. We do it because we’re not sure what else to do. But we don’t always need to end a face to face interaction with trading business cards. Here’s more:

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People always ask which camera I used to shoot my video. I use the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (that’s a review of the camera).…

February 23, 2010 109 Comments

Our Perception of Others – Kitchen Table Talks

In this edition of Kitchen Table Talks, I wanted to talk about how we perceive others, and how that relates to us. This stems from a conversation I had recently where someone said, “Oh, but YOU never are nervous before a speech,” and when I confessed that I was, she said, “then how come you never talk about that?” So, here I am:

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People always ask which camera I used to shoot my video. I use the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (that’s a review of the camera).…

February 6, 2010 144 Comments

Just Lucky I Guess – Kitchen Table Talks

In this Kitchen Table Talks video, I just want to address all the nice folks who call me lucky, or who think I’m just sitting around being handed my lot in life.

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“Lucky” is absolutely what I am. Here’s what I do to earn my luck:

Write a blog post or two a day.
Write a newsletter every week.
Comment and connect with others daily.
Answer and send hundreds of emails daily.
Read voraciously.
Work with the best clients I can find.
Reach into new markets weekly.
Travel extensively.

Seems lucky to me.

People always ask which camera I used to shoot my video.…

February 4, 2010 35 Comments

Innovation and Midwest Values – Kitchen Table Talks

In this episode of Kitchen Table Talks, I had the pleasure of sitting down at a kitchen table with Rick Mahn from the beautiful lands of Minneapolis. We talked about innovation and midwest values, and how sometimes, you’ve gotta crow loud to be heard.

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January 28, 2010 104 Comments

How Social Media Can Power Your Business – Kitchen Table Talks

I had the pleasure of spending some time with Joe Sorge, who runs AJ Bombers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as Water Buffalo, and a few other restaurants in town. We were talking about how he uses social media to power his business and I found it fascinating. Here’s why this is a Kitchen Table Talks video: Joe shares how he uses a tool to humanize his business.

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January 27, 2010 71 Comments

Cubicle Farming

What’s your take on cubicles? Are you in one? Are you happy there? In this episode of Kitchen Table Talks, I ask you where you are in the spectrum of cubicle farmers. It’s just an opening for some further conversations down the road. Call this a pulse-taking:

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January 23, 2010 52 Comments

The Beginning – Kitchen Table Talks

Starting a new video series for 2010. Kitchen Table Talks will be all about the experiments and nurturing and big ideas that bring us success in our lives. In this episode, I highlight two books: Change the Way You See Everything through Asset-Based Thinking (amazon affiliate link), and 180 climbing the two ladders to inner strength & outer freedom (amazon affiliate link). Hank and Rob sent me the books because they thought I’d love them, and they were right. Here’s the first video of our new series together, Kitchen Table Talks: