Blog Category: Impression Technique

Imagine if someone asked “would you invest in this company?” Your answer is going to be similar. With a few additions. Here’s the checklist I would follow: A) Has the CEO built a business before This is not always reliable (Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page hadn’t built businesses before) but there’s an interesting stat: 85% […]

I remember my dad lighting the water rocket and it flew into the sky and all the kids in the neighborhood thought I was the coolest kid. I remember getting off the train a few years ago when my daughter (now a teenager) was little and I took five photos of her running closer and […]

I feel inadequate. And there’s not much I can do about it. Or even want to do about it. I actually like the feeling. I had a lunch today with a guy who worked in the mailroom at Hannah-Barbera which made all my cartoon favorites from the 70s: The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, and so […]

“I hate everyone I work with,” I told my astrologer / therapist. “I feel like everything I say is fake just so people can like me.” I had clients calling me at 4 in the morning asking for advice. Then they would forget to pay their bills. Years later I was calling new clients in […]

I feel I need to make a post about this. Tell a story. Make it poignant. But it’s really all I want to say: Get. Keep. Grow. It’s really hard to do those three things. It’s three different skills. Like with money. Getting it. Keeping it. Growing it. I’ve succeeded and failed at all three. […]

I used to love my job. Love it. I worked for my favorite entertainment company in the world. I would’ve paid to work there. I made friends at work. And on weekends we’d even get together and play poker. Sometimes we’d even travel on vacations together. My boss would yell at me but I could […]

I knew I was going to get thrown out of school. I had already failed three out of the four classes (we took one class a semester). We would get these tests on a Monday morning and have to turn them in by Tuesday at 5pm. Everyone worked all night, for 30 straight hours. I’m […]