Thoughts Brewing Blog

I define marketing as getting people to care about what you are doing.  This is intentionally broad and can include products, services, ideas, causes, etc.  Really anything that can be sold.

I love listening to audiobooks while I’m driving. It is something I have been doing for decades—yep, I started listening to audiobooks when they were on CD—and since I use that time in the car to learn new things, I have been able to consume hundreds of books over the...

When someone decides to give you money for a product or service that you are selling, it is usually good practice to send them some type of welcome email.

If you have read through some of my other Book Brew posts you know that focus and productivity are high on my list of things I find interesting, so it is no surprise that I selected these quotes for this Quote Vault installment.  

AI tools like ChatGPT are highly flexible (for certain tasks).  You can adjust the structure and type of answer you receive by slightly changing the prompt.

Do we ever really listen anymore? Truly, deeply, connected listening? Not listening while doomscrolling, not while the TV is on or music is playing, not while multitasking, but being totally and fully present for the person you are communicating with? We seem to have lost...

Superheroes get all the glory and notoriety.  Maybe they should, they do save the world blah blah blah.

Continuing deeper into the vault, I look through the themes of happiness and purpose.

Ah cover letters.  I never liked writing them when I was applying for jobs.  I never liked reading them when I was making a hiring decision.  To be fair, I didn’t read most of them…

I feel a bit behind the times with this, but the information is still valuable to me, even if it is decades old. I recently read about Covey’s concept of a Time Management Matrix, in which tasks/goals are placed into four quadrants based on importance and urgency (see...