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Branding, Schmanding

Posted in July 27th, 2009
by wwds in Daily Wisdom

A New York family bought a ranch out West where they intended to raise cattle. Friends visited and asked if the ranch had a name. “Well,” said the would-be cattleman, “I wanted to name it the Bar-J. My wife favored Suzy-Q, one son liked the Flying-W, and the other wanted the Lazy-Y. So we’re calling [...]

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GraphWiki: Personal Branding, Triangulated

Posted in April 21st, 2009
by wwds in Culture, Gruzzles

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Reviews of DIG YOUR JOB: On Playboy.com, And More.

Posted in December 15th, 2008
by wwds in Culture, Work-related

The first review of Dig Your Job is up now at Playboy.com. Rumor is that National Geographic is next. Kidding.
But seriously, the most recent three book reviews at this site were Snowball, Alice Schroeder’s brilliant biography of Warren Buffet, Andrew Zuckerman’s classy portrait book Wisdom (with Clint Eastwood on the cover), and hilarious [...]

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Personal Branding for Generation Y

Posted in June 19th, 2008
by wwds in Work-related

Nothing is more whacked than some old senior, more experienced manager/leader geezer guy trying to learn about younger generations.  Right?  (Did I use whacked correctly?) Actually a small point needs to be made here, just in case my humor is not coming through here–I do not recommend someone older TRYING to act younger, unnaturally.  It [...]

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