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Revisiting Mr. Ogilvy

> You cannot bore people into buying your product; you can only interest them in buying it. ~ David Ogilvy I was in 8th grade when my Uncle Larry handed me David Ogilvy’s Confessions of Advertising Man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Advertising_Man]. He was a

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Never fade away

“It’s better to burn out than fade away.” Thanks toVic Magary [http://www.vicmagary.com/], I ran across this video last week. It’s about a guy named Stephen Jepson. For the last four or five decades he has devoted his life to purposeful play. If you can’t

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Inventory the present for future success

Taking inventory of the present is one of the best things you can do when pursuing a new goal. It is difficult to know how to get on the right path [https://davidhorne.me/make-this-year-your-best-ever/] when you don’t know where you are in proximity to it. Think about how

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Movie Lessons: Batman Begins

It’s not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you. I’ve heard nothing but good things about The Dark Knight Rises (although I haven't seen it yet). In honor of the caped crusader, here is your movie lesson from Batman Begins. Getting things

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