This weekend I saw the new movie from Alcon Entertainment / Warner Bros. titled, “The Blind Side.” The movie stars Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, and Kathy Bates, and tells the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless teenager who is taken in by a family and given a second lease on life. The […]
Read MoreOn I-94 near Jackson, Michigan, there stands a massive yellow billboard with the following line in huge black letters: “Free Land for Industrial Development” This definitely attracted my attention, but my first thought was that these people are desperate. After all, the September 2009 unemployment rate in the state is 15.3%. Michigan continues to hemorrhage […]
Read MoreIn Thomas Merton’s autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton is pondering his life’s work. At some point in their lives, successful people struggle with their purpose, goals, and direction. In a conversation with his friend and mentor, Robert Lax, Merton is confronted by Lax, who suggests Merton should aim higher with his ambitions than being […]
Read MoreRestaurant business is down due to the economy; people do not go out as often. In the November 2, 2009 issue of Nation’s Restaurant News, trainer and professional speaker Jim Sullivan wrote, “Not that we’re out of the woods by any measure. Grocery prices are falling and restaurant prices rising. Technomic recently reported that in […]
Read MoreThe November 2009 issue of Fortune Small Business magazine features a story titled, “Best Places to Launch:FSB presents the 50 top towns in America to grow your business.” (The top ten towns mentioned are included in a list at the end of this post.) Do you live and work in one of these towns, and […]
Read MoreThanks to Alan VanDelinder of Minot, ND for this. Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is […]
Read MoreOn my way home one day, I stopped to watch a Little League base ball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was. “We’re behind 14 to nothing,” he answered with […]
Read MoreAT&T [T] owns a brand that is extremely well known. But no company can rest on its laurels in this (or any) economy. T’s latest commercial about their 3G network sells their services and tells a powerful message about digital communication, and in turn, about the potential of social media marketing. In the commercial a […]
Read MoreOften people hear me say that I may be wrong, but I’n NEVER in doubt. Earlier this year, I started to Tweet on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelroby . After seeing others tweet about what time the got up in the morning, or the weather in wherever-they-are, ot the song on the radio at the present time, […]
Read MoreIn case you had not heard, FINRA regulates what financial advisors can and cannot do and say on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIN, and Twitter. Of course, this relates to business, not your love of Kentucky Basketball and fishing, or whatever else you do for fun. In the true spirit of regulatory agencies, […]
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