Category Archives: Living in the World Today

A portable professional life after two weeks

Posted on January 31, 2018 by markkolier

Now that road trip #1 has been over for nearly a week and I’m for a month ‘living’ out west 3,250 miles from home base, it’s real. And disrupting. And I love it. I wake up and a at work … Continue reading →

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A portable professional life

Posted on January 19, 2018 by markkolier

I’m about to embark on an extended (6 weeks) “working while out-of-the office experience”. I don’t expect to work any less than I normally do which is to say – I’ll be working a lot. Meeting in person with clients … Continue reading →

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Set Phasers to Stun

Posted on November 14, 2017 by markkolier

I didn’t watch the original run of Star Trek with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and crew, as I was just a bit too young. But in those days there were plenty of reruns and I watched each and every episode. … Continue reading →

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To protest is something to champion

Posted on October 2, 2017 by markkolier

Boomers got to where they are today in their own unique way. From reciting the Pledge of Allegiance each morning in school, to singing My country Tis of Thee also in school, to watching Superman reruns starring George Reeves where … Continue reading →

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Go out to lunch for a change

Posted on May 11, 2017 by markkolier

I am nearing the end of my fourth decade of being part of the working world and I’ve always been a fan of getting out of the office for lunch even if it means brown bagging it in the park. … Continue reading →

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I tried to go cashless and still failed

Posted on April 17, 2017 by markkolier

I’ve written about digital wallets and my complete disdain for writing old-fashioned checks. Living around a major city like New York one might think that digital natives (i.e. Millennials) are living life without ever having to pull out greenbacks and … Continue reading →

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How watching All in the Family made people understand one another better

Posted on January 19, 2017 by markkolier

Last week I read an article about the release of a new Netflix version of the 1970’s show One Day at a Time (starring Rita Moreno giving the redux a bit of Latin-flavor). The original show starring the late Bonnie … Continue reading →

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Be uncompromising but willing to compromise

Posted on November 3, 2016 by markkolier

Having a personal value system is how individuals make decisions on what to do and what not to do. From a very young age we’re taught to be uncompromising when it comes to your core values. I could not agree … Continue reading →

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SO busy. Dropping in just doesn’t work any more

Posted on October 6, 2016 by markkolier

It’s gotten to the point where less and less frequently I call someone without arranging it beforehand. Do you schedule your calls with clients and prospects too? That happens with face-to-face appointments now almost exclusively. A far cry different from … Continue reading →

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NASA still needs to market itself

Posted on July 14, 2016 by markkolier

Last year I wrote about a great marketing story that “wasn’t” and it had to do with NASA. You remember NASA right? The National Aeronautics and Space Agency. Aeronautics?   Does anyone really use that term outside of the agency itself? … Continue reading →

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