Help People Get to Like You Prior to launching, I looked for wildly successful campaigns and studied them carefully. In almost every case the Campaign Host was adored by some or many (and the size of that adoration directly related to the size of their funding). One of my favorite campaigns was run by the creator of The […]
Archives for November 2012
Shop Local – Small Business Saturday
Tomorrrow is Small Business Saturday. I implore every mother, every person to shop in your local small businesses. We control 85% of household spending. My guess is we control 98% of holiday spending. This is the time for us to come together as a community and use our powers for good. Our small businesses are […]
Mysteries v. Miracles
This morning at the end of my daily meditation I asked my usual question: “What do I need to know for today.” This was the answer I got: “Revel in the mysteries as much as the miracles.” I was confused. What did that mean? I had to sit with it a while and here is […]
Screw Gratitude
Right about now there are about 5 million blogs be written about Gratitude. They all run along the lines of “why I’m grateful” to “how to be grateful” to “the gift of gratitude.” I love gratitude like every other self-help book thumping coach in the land. Really, if you want to love your life you […]
Veteran’s Day Prayers
Tonight when we say our prayers, there will be a special remembrance for our Veterans. We will start with Grandpa and Papa and name the others we know. Then we’ll move on to the ones we don’t know. And finally we will pray for their mothers. And always we will pray for peace in this […]