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January 30, 2020

“Stop acting like roadkill”

The most overlooked and yet most important element in your media relations tool kit is your mindset.

January 23, 2020

Only time I’ll mention the impeachment

It started. And it’s only going to get worse as we get deeper into the election year. All politics, all the time. Here is a different media trend that works in your favor.

January 15, 2020

In search of “control”

“I feel pretty much in control of my life and work and how I spend my time.” Do you know anyone who says things like that?

January 9, 2020

A decade’s worth of habits … or habits worth a decade?

There’s a temptation to make and keep outlandish New Year’s resolutions. But I have a suggestion: Do exactly the opposite.

January 2, 2020

A PR pro and a doctor walk into a bar

I had lunch with my college roommate who is now a physician. And found that our practices share something remarkable in common.

December 23, 2019

Don’t let this be you next Christmas

My friend John is relaxing this holiday season, not doing any work at all. In fact, he’s been lounging like this since Thanksgiving. Sounds great, right? Wrong.

December 18, 2019

Motivational whiplash after graduation

How weird is it that when we’re in college we spend SO MUCH time, effort, and money on learning – and then after we start working, we’re “too busy” for learning?

December 12, 2019

This news ain’t gonna create itself

The best pitches I saw in 2019 increasingly had one thing in common.

December 4, 2019

I don’t think yoga is weird, but PR people are

I was surprised when I caught myself feeling self-conscious in the middle of a pose. Then I realized what that says about the psyche of a PR pro, and how we should adapt.

November 27, 2019

Eating PR for Thanksgiving

Here are a few things to consider when you are feeling discouraged, unmotivated, and as burned out as that turkey I cooked way too long that one year.