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Ethics, social media, and platitudes

Platitudes

If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  A couple of days ago, I saw some ridiculous photo on Facebook of a work team that looked… Continue Reading

2016 goal: Text 3-5 of your friends every morning, just because

Show your friends gratitude every day

If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  I’m on this kick of setting 2016 goals — yesterday I came up with one about networking —… Continue Reading

3 years since Sandy Hook, and things are worse. Wow.

3 Years Since Sandy Hook

Out of all the mass shootings, if you were callously sit down and rank them (I wouldn’t necessarily recommend doing this, no), Sandy Hook might be the worst. A loss of life is a loss of life wherever it happens,… Continue Reading

Is social media making the rat race even worse?

Is social media making the rat race worse?

From Fast Company, on purpose and passion vs. money in terms of how you evaluate jobs: In the age of social media, we’re bombarded by pressure to continually achieve. Facebook is simply an online archive of people’s mini-achievements. Because we’re so… Continue Reading

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The psychology of talking about Muslims and terrorism

The psychology of discussing terrorism

Consider this simple situational example: A boy notices his mother shut the door, and the room becomes less noisy; the correspondent inference is that she wanted quiet. Edward Jones, a social psychologist of the 1960s and 1970s, called that “attribute-effect… Continue Reading

When will the 2015 Clemsoning happen?

Clemsoning

Clemson is currently No. 3 in the AP Top 25 and No. 6 in the coaches poll; they just beat a team (Miami) so badly that said team fired their coach. They won a massive game earlier in the season… Continue Reading

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What actually drives consumer behavior?

Consumer behavior is a fairly big racket at some level. For smaller purchases — so, if your widget costs less than about $100 or so — you could argue that there’s no rational way to predict the behavior of a… Continue Reading

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What’s your Capital-S Story?

Here’s what we know: Storytelling is very important in marketing and branding Although less people realize it, storytelling is also very important in developing leaders About 20 percent of workers globally — give or take — see/find a sense of… Continue Reading