Tag Archives: Vanity

Meaningless Impressions

Posted on July 7, 2011 by AJ Kessler

It’s a story about us, people, being persuaded to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to create impressions that won’t last on people we don’t care about. – Peter Jackson, at TEDGlobal 2010 It started with … Continue reading →

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Ego Is Good

Posted on April 25, 2011 by AJ Kessler

From Seth Godin’s Poke The Box: Somewhere along the way, ego became a nasty word.  It’s not. When our name is on a project, our ego pushes us over the hump and drives us to do even better work.  Ego … Continue reading →

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