The female embodiment of passion and energy and ZOOM! is Danielle LaPorte. I am constantly inspired by her. On her blog she posed the question, What do YOU want to revolutionize? and asked people to post, write, blog, their responses. Despicably Annoying Only one aspect of the computer industry has failed to mature, innovate, or […]
Big Thoughts
My Gift To You
By CJacobsen in Articles, Big Thoughts, uniqueness
To anyone with eyeballs in their head, the music industry is doing it wrong. It doesn’t matter what part of the industry you look at – new artists, radio, music sales, video, distribution, marketing, etc – there is no aspect of the music industry that actually works. And I thank them for that!
Magical Fairy Dust on the Brain
By CJacobsen in Articles, Big Thoughts, uniqueness
On November 12th I had the top of my head opened and magical fairy dust sprinkled inside. Yes, I went to my first TED event!
What is Story Telling?
By CJacobsen in Big Thoughts, interactions
My friend Cannonball and I had a long and fascinating talk about story telling the other night. She has caught the story telling bug via exposure to the art at open mic nights, and in a new community she has recently joined. After posting a comment about how she is going to pursue this “story […]
Votes vs Money
By CJacobsen in Big Thoughts, interactions, sustainability
My Mom and I have interesting talks. We inspire each other with our intellectual sparring. Today we had an email discussion about money, and a concept occurred to me…. this is still new and there are some rough spots to work out, but here is the basic idea… What if Americans treated their money like […]
#1 vs “The Best”
By CJacobsen in Articles, Big Thoughts, uniqueness 1 Comment
Something has been nagging at the back of my head for quite some time now, and with the recent purchase of a flame-retardant suit, I think I am ready to come out and say it in public: Why does everyone want to rank #1 in Google? This may seem like a silly question at first, […]
Respectful of your attention
By CJacobsen in Big Thoughts, interactions, messages 1 Comment
It’s not hard to understand why we remember so few names. So few people make an effort to tell you their name in a way you can understand! For example, I have attended a number of BNI meetings recently. If you haven’t been to one of these, then you need to know they have a […]
What do people thank you for?
By CJacobsen in Best Of..., Big Thoughts, interactions, messages
Most entrepreneurs don’t look for marketing help when things are going well. The phone is ringing, the schedule is full of appointments, and they just don’t have the time right now. Maybe next quarter. So by the time they are open to me and my services, they are usually in a pretty desperate space.
Technology continues to tip the work/life scales out of balance
By CJacobsen in Articles, Big Thoughts, uniqueness
I’m a consultant. So I work with a variety of businesses in many different industries. Each of these businesses have their own particular (peculiar?) needs, wants, desires, etc, and I – in my relationship with them – track these things on my laptop. And it is getting confusing in here!
“The keeper or custodian of a museum or a collection”
By CJacobsen in Articles, Big Thoughts, uniqueness
That’s the Merriam-Webster definition for a Curator. I am sad to say that there is one less curator working in the world today, and that is a loss of immeasurable proportions. Why is that?