The Andrea Yates multiple children drowning horror was 13 years ago this morning, so I was poking around the Internet to learn a little bit more about Michael Woroniecki, who had ties to Yates that are either very strong or very… Continue Reading
Here’s a chart via Quartz, which is in turn via Niche, about the media consumption habits of kids that graduated from high school this May/June. Facebook won for “most daily users” (take that, conventional logic!), YouTube won for most widespread… Continue Reading
For better or worse, we live in an instant gratification society right now. This is evident in a few walks of life, from the emergence of social media (cited by everyone) to business (focus on quarter-by-quarter results, which ultimately tell you… Continue Reading
A new study, suitably summarized by NPR: if you’re in the cool crowd earlier, that’ll fade and you’ll likely have drinking, drug, or relational problems as you exit college. Lesson: the kids that tormented you in middle school ultimately get theirs.… Continue Reading
This article on work-life balance ideologies as relate back to sports is getting some traction at Harvard Business Review, and rightfully so, as ’tis interesting: This brings us, finally, to the exertion–recovery balance that Loehr and Schwartz see great athletes managing so well.… Continue Reading
So says new research from the Stanford PhD dissertation of Emily Garbinsky: Through a series of five experiments, the authors showed that feeling powerful — defined as having control over valuable resources — is a pleasant state that individuals are… Continue Reading
Been on a ton of job interviews recently where questions will range down the list of “Do you know marketing automation software?” (I do!) or “Can you use Excel?” (No doubt, son!). These things are undeniably important for any marketing/branding-type gig… Continue Reading
I was at a wedding last November and in the midst of a conversation at the cocktail hour, a woman told me that she used to have a good relationship with her mother-in-law until said MIL “slut-shamed” her daughter. I… Continue Reading