Blue Ocean Strategies

WHAT SUCCESS WILL YOUR PATH LEAVE

“Successful isn’t a destination or a state of being, it’s a way of doing. The very word ‘success’ comes from a Latin root meaning the thing that comes next.

For there to be a next — an after — there must always be a before.

How Do You Craft a Remarkable Network As You Transition?

You don’t. You build “Social Capital”:

“Social capital refers to the collective value of all “social networks” [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [“norms of reciprocity”]” — Harvard…

HOW VETERANS CAN STAND OUT IN THE RESUME PILE

“We can’t simply narrate an account of our two tours in Afghanistan. Why not? Because nobody wants to read your sh-t. We cannot give our readers ore. We must give them gold.” — Steven Pressfield, Nobody Wants to Read Sh-t

WHY YOU EMBRACE & RESONATE THE HIDDEN LANGUAGE

“The language people use to describe their work can often give a good insight into what really matters in a…

HOW WILL YOU EMBRACE YOUR JOURNEY?

“I don’t know if the desert can be a friend, and it’s in the desert that I have to search my treasure.” -Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist

The journey does not have to be your friend — but it’s through the journey you find what your way should be. Are you willing to…

WHY BEING A CRAFTSMAN IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT

“The Career Craftsman believes that compelling careers are not courageously pursued or serendipitously discovered, but are instead systematically crafted.” — Cal Newport

I went to the most amazing knife store today. No, not a Benchmade store — a cutlery…

The Quiet Airport

Travel is already harrowing enough an experience. What if an airport invested more…

Yelp Needs a Point of Sale 

Yelp’s market isn’t recommendations—It’s the entire customer experience at…

Hotel Tonight’s Owning the Night

Why tapping into users’ pasts keep them tomorrow night.