by dustin | Aug 3, 2007 | Personal/Family, Purpose, Society
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...
by dustin | Jul 13, 2007 | Branding, Personal Brand, Professional Development, Purpose, Society
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...
by dustin | Apr 6, 2007 | Purpose, Spirituality
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...
by dustin | Dec 1, 2006 | Marketing, Purpose, Seth Godin, Society, Unconventional Marketing
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...
by dustin | Sep 23, 2006 | Branding, Personal Brand, Professional Development, Purpose, Seth Godin
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...
by dustin | Sep 15, 2006 | Blogging, Purpose
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...