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9 principles of graceful success – Part 3

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the third post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 2

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the second post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 1

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. Today, and over the next eight days, I’m going to [...]

Power Thought: You are responsible

“You are responsible for exactly who, what, and where you are in life. That will be just as true this time next year.” ~ Kekich Credo #58 What This Quote Means to Business: This statement comes from a list of statements that David Kekich created to help him become successful. He was. And many business [...]

Inner Kirk and Spock read your copy at the same time

“We tend to believe we have rational parts, like Spock, and separate emotional parts, like Kirk,” said Read Montague, director of Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at the Virginia Tech Carilian Research Institute. “But our research suggests that’s not true.” In fact, their research shows that the same parts of our brain process both rational and emotional [...]

The metaphor of the whale fall

When a wale dies, its body falls to the ocean floor. When this happens in shallow water, the normal scavengers recycle the body back into the earth and air in a matter of days or weeks. However, when the ocean’s floor is deeper than 6,600 ft, the carcass falls below the reach of the traditional [...]

Power Thought: Develop a vision

“Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of things but the absence of vision.” ~ Anonymous What This Quote Means to Business: When I read this quote, I immediately thought of the Eight of Swords in a Tarot deck. This card often represents self-restriction, the inability to break free of self-imposed bonds [...]

The blog’s role in content marketing

“In a world gone mad with searching and sharing, the best way to find customers is to get them to find you.” - Paul Gillin, “Social channels power content marketing craze,” March 4, 2013, BtoB magazine If your ideal market includes businesses or business owners, you need to be using content marketing strategically. One [...]

Increase visibility with visual content

Visual content may impart less information, but in today’s busy world, most people want a quick download of just the facts. Add to that the fact that most humans are visual creatures, it makes sense that visual information is shared more than non-visual information. According to a Hubspot study, photos on Facebook pages get 53% [...]

Power Thought: Life is change

“Life will never be the same. Life is changing.” - Haddaway What this quote means in business: I have some good news and I have some bad news. The good news is your business will always be changing and evolving, if it is to survive and thrive. This means that as a creative entrepreneur, you’ll [...]