WATCH READ Ever hear the phrase – “you should try to put yourself OUT OF BUSINESS every day?” As an entrepreneur, it’s one that resonates with me big time. As a super small digital agency proven capable of working on the largest of large projects that any big agency does, it’s a concept that doesn’t…
Read MoreREAD Often seen as “the easiest job in the NFL” – the “clipboard holder.” Why would I say that the correct mindset is to think like a back-up quarterback? (It’s not because I’m from Michigan State and we typically have the most back-up quarterbacks in the NFL – see Drew Stanton, Cardinals, Brian Hoyer, Patriots…
Read MoreREAD A while back I set out on a mission to implement a content strategy. To me, it is simple – “start doing exactly what you’re advising your clients to do.” Time after time I’d hear myself tell our clients – “you need to research what types of content your target audience is connecting with,…
Read MoreREAD Sitting at my 8 year old son’s basketball game today, I realized I was having more fun than normal. I mean, I love every minute of watching he and his friends play, but up until today, they were 0-3 for the season, losing a few nail-biters, but playing well and improving each week. Now,…
Read MoreREAD I’ll never forget the feeling. The feeling of being so unimportant. So replaceable. So like nobody gave an eff about me. It was eye opening. For the first split second I hated it, my stomach dropped and I choked up. Walking out the same side door I had buzzed in the last seven years…
Read MoreLISTEN READ I’m fortunate enough to talk to all different kinds of business professionals on a daily basis, and the common theme is wanting to grow their businesses and make more money. As a business owner myself, trust me, I get it. And believe it or not, one particular reflection on my career helps me…
Read MoreREAD It’s time to get personal with you for a minute. Personal Fridays. Two-plus years ago I started thinking a different way about how I wanted to spend my time. When I was 34, my wife and I had just moved into a new house, and I realized we didn’t really have any money. Debt…
Read MoreREAD I’m NOT trying to get political, but I do have a Mt. Rushmore of my own. While the purpose of the Mt. Rushmore memorial is “to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt,” as business people, we all have our…
Read MoreREAD Digital Uncorked. I had no idea I was going to be part of the inaugural Digital Uncorked. The team at VaynerExperience is top notch. While consuming a ton of Gary Vee’s content over the last year – content that has gotten me through 24-hour work days with 30-minute naps on the couch – I’ve…
Read MoreListen Read Testing out some new amazing technology via an app called Anchor.fm, I was able to get my first podcast up and running recently, and deciding to interview my amazing father, Dan Hickey (@hickeygroup) for some 41+ years of perspective on leadership, coaching and education. Dan is the founder and CEO of Hickey Leadership Group,…
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