I took The Marketing Seminar with Seth Godin a few years ago. It was overwhelming. There was much to absorb. And the course encouraged a lot of engagement and interaction to get the most out it. My problem is that I’m a lurker. I’m an introvert. I would much rather read the material and absorb…
There’s a diner near us that we go to every now and then. At least, we used to before the pandemic. Dave, the waiter, would always greet us. He would would joke with us. Tease us. And chat with us. Occasionally, we’d bump into him outside of the restaurant, too. We liked Dave. Today, we…
It’s the day after the night before and I survived the play reading. It went better than expected. People laughed. Which is good when the play is a comedy… Even if it’s a dark comedy. The actors did a great job reading all of the excerpts! But it still felt weird. I sat in the…
When I tell people that I visualize, some of them give me a skeptical glance. I think many people associate the concept of visualization as some kind of hocus pocus that people employ with The Law of Attraction. You visualize something that you want to happen and miraculously it happens. I haven’t tried that kind…
One of the problems with the secularization of society is that it tends to shrink our communities. We focus on ourselves and our immediate family and friends. But we don’t often look beyond the people close to us. There are a lot of problems with organized religion, but one of the things I like about…
Bad things happen to everyone. But it is how we react to those things that allow us to move on. Or not. We don’t have control over what happens to us, but we do have control over how we react to those things that happen to us. It can be hard, but if we don’t…
A couple of weeks ago, I had to go into work on the weekend. I took out my key to the front door and tried to open it. It wouldn’t even turn. Hmm. Wrong key? It had been over a year since the last time I had gone into work after hours and used the key… I went…
Last weekend, Deb, Tara and I were part of a volunteer effort to clean up some lanes in Hamilton. Our lane wasn’t originally on the list, but it got added when Deb decided to volunteer. Our job was to set up a table and the organizers would bring some supplies. We would organize the volunteers…
One of the big takeaways I had from doing the Hamilton Fringe Festival last summer was that marketing is important. Really important. How do you get people to go see your show when there are 30 other shows they can see? And a thousand other reasons for them NOT to see it? And how do…
The countdown is on and the campaign has begun! For the next two weeks or so, I will be living, breathing and spouting about the Hamilton Fringe and my show Mommy’s Mask. Let me apologize in advance for getting on your nerves. Advertising for your Fringe show is a delicate balance of informing and annoying…
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