Sell to a Gen X? Be Straightforward and Show Some Love
Photo by 愚木混株 cdd20 on Unsplash You want Gen X customers or clients? Take the time to understand them. To reach them, adopt two strategies: authenticity and acknowledgment. If you betray a Gen X – or fail to value Gen X patronage – a Gen Xer will turn his or her back on you, badmouth […]
Justified Karens
We cannot and should not shame a category of people. We should shame behavior. The Karen craze is an attempt to silence strong women.
Intelligencism: Bias Against Smart People
So, when you fail to label and celebrate the intelligent, when you mock and degrade us, you commit intelligentism and sentence humanity to extinction.
Do You Know More than a Fifth Grader? No One Cares.
Regurgitation, memorization, and recitation of information is not intelligence. Intelligent people creatively solve problems.
Introverts May or May Not be Shy
Introverts may or may not be shy. But it’s still none of your business. Private observers of life and living, understand the world of introverts.
Turn Your World Upside Down
Appreciating Another’s Perspective is a challenge, but the key to bringing us closer. Like the moon from opposite hemispheres…
A Tiger on My Truck
Considering the misguided wisdom of wild animal parks. Neighborhoods are inappropriate. And should wild animals be penned at all?
Force Me to Award You an A and to Retire
Higher ed is failing. One professor’s observation of the flaws and weakness of higher education in 2023.
Smell the Old People
Old people smell? You Ageist Brat. What You Need is a Good, Long Time Out. And a reality adjustment.
Don’t Panic Post Everywhere: The Why of Social Media Management
Photo by Jas Min on Unsplash For so many of my clients, primarily Gen X entrepreneurs, posting on social media is a source of panic. They are aware they should be, have to, need to, to keep up with their competitors. But doing so is daunting, time consuming, and confusing. Let me clear up some […]
Tech is Dooming Small Business: Saving Mom and Pop
Image courtesy of Luca Bravo on Unsplash Have problems with your website? Is coding a challenge? Confused about how to post effectively to social media? Yeah, me too. As a premature participant in the Big Quit, in 2019, I embraced the risk and launched my photography business. What was a hobby became enticing: people were […]
Oh, Holy Night
The trees speak of this night. This holy night.