I love to write. I wish I had a lot more time to write. It is really the only way I have found to get all the thoughts out of my head that run around every day, and is like therapy, but less expensive and does not require you to fill out...
Chris Mahlmann
Good People Awards – Crazy Idea of the Day
See how the Good Life Awards have grown by checking out this year's highlight article! I love to write. I wish I had a lot more time to write. It is really the only way I have found to get all the thoughts out of my head that run around every day....
Are Positive Political Campaign Ads Just a Crazy Idea?
Are positive political campaign ads just a crazy idea?Like anything in life, you can choose to view whatever you face as a negative or a positive, and anyone that knows me knows I am a bit nuts about looking at most anything as an opportunity. ...
CHANGE – Embrace it, Shape It, or Get The Heck Out of The Way
CHANGE – Embrace it, Shape It, or Get The Heck Out of The Way If you look up quotes related to the word change, you could be reading for days. There are actually 92,700,000 examples or sites that that you can link to when you search Google for...
Let’s Start A Wave
I know some people think I am a little nutty on the positive side, but come on.... What is not to like about today? The sun is shining, days are getting longer, and we all could use some fresh air, and a break in our winter routine of staying...
iPad: iHype, iCool, iWant
iPad, iHype, iCool, iWantIf you have any interest in technology, and were not living under a rock this past week, you eagerly anticipated the news about the upcoming launch of what was rumored to be the iSlate. Now you know it is officially the...
Give Your Business the 20 Questions
As a parent of any teenager knows, the routine of asking them the 20 questions about what they are doing, who are they doing it with, when are they going to do it, and whether whatever it is that they are doing is good for them, is a critical part of...
Book Review: The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn
Book Written by Pip Coburn Book Summary by Chris Mahlmann In the last year or two, how many times have you heard the word “change”? 1,000? 10,000? Between the political campaigns, the economy, and the world all around us, “change” seems to be...
Building Your Business
Keep Up the Work – Even in Tough Times Building your business is one key job requirement of leaders in any company, every day, regardless of what the economic times hold. It is easy to get buried working in your business and not spending enough...
Start Doing a Bunch of New Things That Have Been Proven to Work
Focused on new ideas and actions, this principle usually holds the most promise for additional opportunity no matter the age, position, or size of the company. However, the principle is listed after the first two articles in this series: Drop What...