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Training Wheels
I recently reconnected with my Life of Riley bandmates, and we're planning to release new material this year. Revisiting that part of my life has been really…
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Good ideas should travel.
I’m writing Peel Your Bananas Before Freezing Them, a book about branding, marketing, creativity, and life. Here you’ll find the ideas I’m exploring along the way—practical advice, personal lessons, and the occasional reminder to get started.
You just have to dare to begin.
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Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Humanity: A Conversation with Bob Hutchins
In the inaugural episode of The Chris Dauphin Podcast, I had the privilege of sitting down with Bob Hutchins, a thought leader in the digital space whom…
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Positive thinking will change your life
In 2013, Lisa R. Yanek, M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and her colleagues…
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You are living your best possible now
"So how do you know what is the right path to choose to get the result that you desire? And the honest answer is this. You won't.…
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Stop dreaming and start planning
In the science fiction disaster film Armageddon by Michael Bay, a gigantic asteroid, "the size of Texas," is on a collision course with Earth. NASA engineers decide…
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Stop wasting your time and money: Here’s how.
One summer in Italy in the early 1900s, Vilfredo Pareto was harvesting peas from his garden when something caught his attention. He noticed that only a fraction…
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Confirm Humanity
What is Humanity? Today, while surfing Twitter, I signed up for an email list for a product that I am interested in following. After filling out my…
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Have you achieved Success Velocity?
On October 3, 1942, on an island off the coast of Germany, a V-2 A4 rocket launched into the sky. This rocket would become the first human-made…
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10 ways to create a ton of content from your blog
Are you letting your content off the hook? You’ve worked hard developing great content; you owe it to yourself to show it off. If you pour your…
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Grammar tip | i.e. vs. e.g.
Do you know the difference between i.e. and e.g.? As a communication professional, I write a great deal of content. And I have to be diligent in…
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Invisible vulnerability
It was a tiny, virtually invisible thermal exhaust port on the Death Star, which eventually brought about its demise. My friend had always wanted to own a…
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Create | Post | Forget
Putting your heart and soul into something you've created, posting it, then earning no immediate reaction or engagement can be discouraging and can soon lead to burnout.…
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