Accomplishment-oriented people often share a very common character trait: we hate to quit. More often than not, this is a combination of our own need to conquer whatever mountain we have set our sights on, and our belief that others are counting on us to succeed. In both cases, those assumptions are frequently over-estimated. Our [ Read More ]
There may be no more pervasive and unsavory cliché about lawyers than ‘the ambulance chaser.’ The lawyer who follows an emergency medical team to the scene of an accident for the express purpose of leeching off the pain and misery of others – for the less-than-noble reason of making money – is generally regarded as [ Read More ]
I was going to title this “Why I Hate Valentine’s Day,” but since I recently used that same title to describe football on Super Bowl Sunday, I figured I should probably avoid sounding redundant and pissy. Except that Valentine’s Day makes me pissy. I hate this trumped-up, b.s., hearts-and-flowers, commercial rip-off of a holiday. A [ Read More ]
I really hate working from home. A lot. Aside from the whole ‘building revenue’ issue (hardly insignificant), this is undoubtedly the thing I find the hardest about starting a new business. I miss being in an office. I miss the routine of a schedule. I miss interacting with people who are working on the same, [ Read More ]
Well, things have been crazy as I’ve been learning the ropes for my new roles: Principal & Co-Founder of The Indigo Heron Group, Inc. and Managing Editor of Social Computing Magazine. Lots to learn and lots to do, much of which has taken it’s toll on my blogging efforts. I’m working on some new time [ Read More ]
This post was originally written for and published on Social Computing Magazine. Those of us in the Web 2.0 space who come from a technology background are often a little stunned when we discover that it is frequently our IT cohorts who pose some of the biggest obstacles to prospective enterprise implementations. After all, wouldn’t [ Read More ]
I live in a football town. There are days when I am convinced that the official religion in Austin, Texas is UT Football. And today is Super Bowl Sunday. So it’s with double doses of my normal contrarian spirit that I publicly admit this, but I can’t stand football. And lest you think this is [ Read More ]