Tag Archives: Business

Minimum Viable Personality

Posted on September 30, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Excellent thoughts here on cultivating personality in your products.  Note that just about everything can be thought of as a product.  If you produce reports for a living, the report is your product.  You can create a brand out of … Continue reading →

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On Being Too Good

Posted on September 28, 2011 by AJ Kessler

When Roger Bannister broke the 4:00 barrier, a wave of runners suddenly poured through the hole he had smashed.  Before Bannister, a sub four minute mile was unthinkable.  After Banister, well, who cares if you ran a 3:59?  So did … Continue reading →

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Test Your Way To A Raise

Posted on September 25, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Testing is fundamentally important to increase your odds of success.  Yes, you may have been born an athletic freak.  You may write a screenplay that strikes the right tone at the right time and is wildly successful.  You may come … Continue reading →

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The Million Dollar Answer

Posted on August 31, 2011 by AJ Kessler

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. – Mark Twain We spend a lot of time and money worrying.  We walk around thinking about earthquakes and hurricanes and terrorist … Continue reading →

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Pay Attention To Get Rich

Posted on August 11, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Being aware of the world around you is important.  It makes life more interesting.  It’s the foundation for creativity.  It can also make you rich. I’m reminded of this fact by Sam Farber, founder of OXO.  How did Sam, a … Continue reading →

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Your Preferences Don’t Matter, Your Customers’ Do

Posted on August 10, 2011 by AJ Kessler

If you’ve ever tried to go to a restaurant’s website, there’s a 98% chance your experience was horrifically unpleasant.  Usually, after the obligatory 10-30 second load time, there’s some weird music that starts playing, there’s obnoxious pictures or slideshows coming … Continue reading →

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Pay People To Insult You

Posted on July 8, 2011 by AJ Kessler

Here in California, nobody sends anything back at restaurants.  Even when the food is terrible or prepared totally incorrectly, most people refuse to send it back.  This isn’t a regional phenomenon either.  Even in New York, the bastion of speak-your-mind-straight-shooters, … Continue reading →

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The Point of the Internet

Posted on May 14, 2011 by AJ Kessler

The web is chock-full of information but what we are really after as people is not information but other interesting people. –Chatty’s About Page Is that really what people are after?  An awful lot of the internet has been built … Continue reading →

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