When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.
Albert Einstein
Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
One final thought for 2007
- Peter Griffen,"Wait, I got an Idea, an idea so big that my head would explode even if I began to know what I was talking about" Read more >
- Remember Mel Brooks and the 2000 year old man?
So, have you always worshiped God?
No way, we used to worship Phil?
Who was Phil?
Phil was this big guy who could break you in two. He was mean.
How did you worship him? Did you pray?
Oh yeah, you want to hear one?
Sure.
“Dear Phil, please don’t be mean, and break me in two.”
So what happened?
Well, ...Read more >
- Bigger vs Better, the two have two very distinct thought processes even though the end result may be the same. Better things to worry about comes from a personal or individualized kaleidescope of what is happening to you.
Bigger worries, from the universal stand point, I believe are the worries that accumulate looking at the state of what you ...Read more >
Monday, December 24th, 2007
The Power of Love
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
Happy Holidays!
- Enough said
Monday, December 17th, 2007
Think Small
Small forces are changing the world. In fact, that is the sub-title of Mark Penn’s (CEO of Burson-Marsteller) new book == Microtrends…the small forces changing the world.
For those of you who are regular readers you, will recall that I have already written about this book before and sent copies to some of you for participating in a question session.
Why do I return to Mark Penn? I could say because he is in the news as a key player in the U.S. election – Live Search him – but the real truth is because there is a seasonal message to be shared.
- Dont get me started....Micro-Trends are old -- think Nano-Trends -- we are all resident in many trends these days -- just look at Facebook -- we -- you and I are our own trends (NANO) and as we come together we form Micro-Trends -- but I can be a part of many....think on that
- I suspect Mark Penn is worried about another trend right now, and it ain't micro. (Go-bama!)
- Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George had a remarkably prescient vision of microtrends in politics when they wrote the book Interface in 1994. If you look at p. 360 (paperback), you'll find a list of micro-demographics, including "MidAmerican Knicknack Queen," "Formerly Respectable Bankruptcy Survivor," "Trade School Metal Head," "80s Junk Bond Parvenue..." some pretty funny ones, but still eerily similar ...
