Why Whistle Blowers Give Up Money, Sex and Personal Freedom

It’s funny… for a few days this week all the reporters seemed to be asking the same question: “What could possibly be Edward Snowden’s motive for leaking details about NSA surveillance programs?” Reporters pointed to all the things Snowden had to lose: a $200,000 salary, a home in Hawaii, and a beautiful girlfriend. He wouldn’t […]

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What My Adorable Baby Taught Me About Business at 1 a.m.

My youngest is teething, and last night she started crying sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. She cried for more than an hour even though both my wife and I tried at separate times to calm her down and get her back asleep. Recognizing our efforts were futile, we tried to ignore the crying while […]

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Successful Copywriters Don’t Care About Winning Silly Awards

I’m not a big sports fan, but even I was aware of the recent personnel changes to the Nuggets basketball team here in Denver. First: Masai Ujiri, the NBA Executive of the Year, left Denver for a job with the Toronto Raptors. Second: After posting a team record 57 wins, making it to the NBA […]

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Let’s Celebrate My Exciting Copywriting Career [8 Years]

This Thursday is June 13th. It’s a big day for me because it marks 8 years since I launched my freelance copywriting career. I can’t say I’ve loved every second of it (I’ve never liked accounting), but I can say that I greatly enjoy what I do… writing copy and serving clients. So to celebrate […]

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Success is an Ongoing Process NOT a One Time Event

Would you believe it? This week I surpassed the 600-post mark on this blog. I started this blog in January 2008, about five and a half years ago. So that works out to roughly 109 posts a year. Which reminds me…

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