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 […]

One of our children broke an arm two weeks ago (hence the missing post that Friday). As people found out about it, I heard many stories about how they or their children had similar experiences. After having these stories shared with me, I felt a sense of fraternity with a new group of people. […]

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, […]

Sometimes, death surrounds us. Like the slow, innevitable death of a dream. Maybe it’s the painful death of a relationship with someone you cared for deeply. It could simply be the death of passion for anything in your life… including your career.
This weekend carries with it a beautiful story of redemption and […]

I’ve grown quite fond of my old-style hats. I have a fedora and a willis hat. When I wear theses hats I get comments from people (and sometimes stares). Yet, these were the hats everyone used to wear. Now, it seems like a very new thing to do.
Of course trends come […]

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 […]

Why is this a blog called Casual Fridays and its URL is thepeoplebrand.com?
Why Casual Fridays?
I chose this blog name mostly because I knew I would struggle to post to the blog every day. I figured I could post something each week (though I struggle with that sometimes as well), but I was afraid people […]

We love stories of redemption. I think it is something wired within us. It is something we all inherently yearn for.
We love the idea of something new. I think it is something we’ve been trained to desire.
New is sexy and mysterious.
New is full of potential.
New has no scorecard of history to hold […]

Moses supposes his toeses are roses,
But Moses supposes erroneously,
For Moses should knowses his toeses ain’t roses,
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
Think about your day. About your roles in business and life in general.
When you think of being a father, mother, employee, director, boss, teacher, trainer, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Atheist, Republican, Democrat, Independent, […]