Casual Fridays

Hope you had a great November. I’m glad to be back on my blog. Something is wrong with previous comments. They disappeared. I’m trying to fix it. Is feexed.

During a recent lunch with a friend, he asked me, “What do you believe Dustin?”
I thought for a moment, then his cell […]

Personal branding can be tricky. It’s difficult to see yourself objectively. It can be hard to judge yourself fairly without overestimating or underestimating your talent or ability. You’ve probably seen self-proclaimed ‘gurus’ who seem laughable, while more impressive people fail to give themselves any credit.
Formulating who you are is hard because […]

I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried
I’ve had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
“Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way“
- Frank Sinatra, My Way
As popular as it is, […]

I love these 12 principles of self-leadership from Rosa Sayat Lifehacker.
This is my favorite
5. Learn to love ideas and experiments. Turn them into pilot programs that preface impulsive decisions. Everything was impossible until the first person did i

Management Impact
Wednesday, Feb 28th 2007
BMA Tulsa Luncheon (11:30 -1:00)

Jack Hayhow of Opus Communications
Focusing on the four key activities of all great managers, Jack will show how great managers provide employees what they need to increase productivity and profit.
Jack and his book, Wisdom of the Flying Pig, were featured on Brand Autopsy exactly one year ago […]

We’re on the lookout for wolves.
You know… back-stabbers, saboteurs, spies and just plain evil-doers.
We suspect they’re among us. The wolf in sheep’s clothing.
But there’s something much more dangerous in our midst, also masquerading as sheep.
This “silent killer” of companies is much harder to find than the wolf. He wears the disguise well, even […]

If I asked you to name a brand you might mention Coca-Cola, Nike, Apple, or Starbucks.
But what is a brand? It’s not just a logo.
I could create a logo just like Apple’s. But it doesn’t mean my company will instantly be successful.
The brand isn’t just the product. The annals of business are […]

The race for Lieutenant Governor in Oklahoma was an interesting race. It was especially interesting for me because the Republican candidate Todd Hiett hails from my original hometown of Kellyville, OK. Todd is a little bit older than me, but in a town that size (population of about 1,000) you can’t help but […]

Earlier this week I mentioned this was possibly Seth’s most important post.
Why do I say that?  Because as a society, we allow others to define success.  So we end up striving hard and sacrificing much in order to acheive someone else’s definition of success.  Living for too little a goal.
My take on life is we […]

Seth has written what I think is his most important post ever.
How do we define success? Usually by others’ expectations.
More to come on Friday.
(More from me at least. My expectations don’t set Seth’s schedule.)