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Kinetic vs Static

My Biggest Fear

Kinetic vs Static March 11, 2010

For anyone who’s been reading here lately, you’ll know that last week was a tough one for me. I came out with some bold admissions that I had hit major roadblocks in building my social media consulting business. People were balking at my rates, flaking on meetings and generally unready to do much more than talk. Which is fine except I don’t do the hard

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Moments of Doubt: Live Blogging a Panic Attack

Kinetic vs Static March 2, 2010

Is there anything more terrifying than that feeling that washes over us every once in awhile where we doubt everything we are, everything we want to be, everything we are doing?
I can’t think of a more horrifying feeling. But it is a feeling that we all must experience every now and then. The best that we can hope for is that these moments are short

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The 21st Century Tool Belt

Kinetic vs Static February 28, 2010

We’ve all got to start looking forward and imagine the jobs and opportunities of the future. There is a massive shift occurring in the American economy, accelerated by the recession. But this shift was ongoing even before the recession. It is the shift to a knowledge economy, and it is inevitable. Whenever I hear people lament the fact that we don’t create anything here in America anymore, my blood boils. We do create. We create more than anyone else. By a long shot.

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The End of the Goldman Sachs Glaze

Favorites February 26, 2010

Where I’m from, which, incidentally, is still where I am and always hope to be, working for Goldman Sachs was the pinnacle of achievement and success. I went to the best private schools, I was given every opportunity; tutors, music lessons, access to high culture in the form of theater and museums. My college education was paid for. I came into adult life without any obligations or

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The Long Slow Death of the 5 Year Plan

Kinetic vs Static February 25, 2010

The 20th century had it’s ideal life. Work hard, keep your nose clean, don’t cause too much trouble, if any. Pay the mortgage. Save for college. Remember retirement. This bourgeois ideal worked well enough for a time, but that time has passed.

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Where Are Your Dreams Taking You?

Kinetic vs Static February 23, 2010

Where are your dreams today? Are they still in your head? Are they in a secret folder on your hard drive? Does anyone know about them?
I am getting the chance to run a very big project, something that has never been done before. It is innovative, it is smart, it is big, it has success written all over it. And if it is done right,