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We’ve all done it—walked into a room, sat down for a meeting, shook hands with the boss, and thought to ourselves “What the hell am I...
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What most people consider thought leadership, really isn’t thought leadership—it’s content marketing with a CEO cameo. Once being a “thought leader” became cool, PR and marketing...
I’ve always been a believer that experience is life’s greatest teacher. That belief was manifested in the form of a sales job. Most people don’t realize...
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Not long ago, I was having a back-and-forth over coffee with Nicolas Cole at Soho House Chicago. It had been an unnecessarily busy afternoon from a...
Most people appear focused and in control of their lives from day-to-day. But put any of them in stressful circumstances, and you’ll often see a very...