The Daily Journal

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Rain 78 Degrees 6:17 a.m. So if a major life lesson is to focus your awareness and attention on that which you control, what do we think the chances are that this principle also holds true for that portion of life some folks have cordoned off and refer to … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Sunny 82 Degrees 8:59 a.m. Is this real or fake? You don’t want prospects asking that question about YOU. It’s not worth it. Fake is novel at the beginning. But when fake becomes the norm, there’s only ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT. And that’s the stuff that’s real. Just … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Cloudy 81 Degrees 8:46 a.m. At some point in my past, someone trained me that it was more important to be “right” than it was to simply be me. (As if there’s even a “right.”) When you accept a premise like that, as I did for so long, a … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Sunny 75 Degrees 7:22 a.m. Marketing isn’t about saying things to get people to do stuff, it’s about telling a version of the truth about who you are and what you have that connects with another human’s natural desire to achieve something, change something, do something, be someone. If … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Sunny 76 Degrees 6:34 a.m. I had just gotten off the elevator at my job on Riverside Drive in northern Manhattan when someone in the office said a plane had hid the World Trade Center. I distinctly remember the time. It was 9:04 A.M. I spent the next few … Read more

The Daily Journal By the Ocean Cloudy 80 Degrees 8:35 a.m. I figured out the neediness “secret” simply by a stroke of dumb luck. Dumb bad luck. It happened long ago with a client (who will remain nameless) who said one thing and did another. One day I was “on the team,” the next day … Read more