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The summer vibe is starting to settle in here in Colorado. We had grad parties last week, the kids are out of school, and the pool is open. I love summer, but it can be busy with vacations, house projects, and driving kids to and from jobs and activities. For my...
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Feeling overwhelmed by work and neglecting your marketing? You may have fallen into the “Bisy Backson” trap. Believe me I’ve been there too. If you haven’t seen the 2011 movie Winnie-the-Pooh, let me explain. Pooh is looking for his friend Christopher...
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How are you doing? While on spring break this week, I was cleaning out the furnace room. We use it as an extra pantry and store a backlog of food down there. As I was throwing away some of the expired food and taking stock of what we needed to use up, out of the...
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Greetings and Salutations! I have a confession to make. I’m a Star Wars and book nerd, which led me down this wormhole… I recently came across this quote from Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn after downloading the Readwise app (more on that later.) “The place...
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Happy Holidays Internet People! One of my favorite family traditions from the holidays is creating a year-in-review slideshow. I love reminiscing and reliving the good times I had with family and friends throughout the year, and it fills me with a sense of gratitude...
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Hey Friend! I just watched Lego’s short film about the power of play. Did you know on average, children are spending just 2% of their week (about seven hours) engaging in free play. Uff. I grew up GenX, so free play was a way of life, not just a pastime. We...
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Hi Design & Marketing Friends! If you got this newsletter as an email last month, you would’ve seen the subject line declaring, “Excellence is boring,” but what does that mean when it comes to marketing? “Excellence is boring.” You’re probably thinking to...
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Hi Design & Marketing Friends! My family and I have been binge-watching the History Channel show “Alone” lately on Hulu. If you haven’t seen it — the premise is that 10 people get dropped off in the middle of nowhere with 10 items of their...