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David Kaiser Discusses Personal Brand on NPR

Posted in: Brand, Humor, listening, marketing, media, Promotion, risk, sacred, social media, success | May 10, 2013 at 11:08 pm , by Jessica Hancock

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Dave Kaiser, Executive Coach and CEO of Dark Matter Consulting, is interviewed by Niala Boodhoo on Chicago Public Radio’s Afternoon Shift. The topic is how to plot your next career move and re-brand in the workplace. Click here to listen...

Do You Live in Extremistan or Mediocristan?

Posted in: Brand, change, conflict, leadership, productivity, risk, sacred, success | April 19, 2013 at 7:07 am , by Dave Kaiser

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In his book The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses the difference between different types of distribution models. In one model, which he dubs Mediocristan, the difference between the largest and the smallest is fairly limited, and any given individual...

Your Questions: To Become Organized Do I Lose Out On Creativity?

Posted in: email, emotion, listening, productivity, success, Time Management | April 18, 2013 at 8:00 pm , by Dave Kaiser

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Hello David I am highly dis-organized but with a creative bend of mind , so to become organized does it mean i have to lose out on creativity or how like ?? how do i learn to blend both...

S-A-C-R-E-D and S-C-A-R-E-D

Posted in: celebration, emotion, leadership, sacred, success, Values | April 16, 2013 at 8:00 am , by Dave Kaiser

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This just hit me in the face: the words “sacred” and “scared” are almost identical in English, reversing the second and third letters of one gives you the other. Wow, a little moment that blew my mind! Why? Well, often,...

Dave Hosts a Panel Discussion: “Interacting with the Consumer”

Posted in: media, risk | April 12, 2013 at 1:10 pm , by Jessica Hancock

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Hey all. So a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to host these panel discussions for a company called CEOIntroNet. I did four of them, on a variety of topics. This one is on “Interacting With the Consumer,” and...

Three Types of Work

Posted in: productivity, risk, success, Time Management | April 10, 2013 at 11:46 am , by Dave Kaiser

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There are three types of work: Linear Probabilistic Non-Linear The type of work that you or your staff do influences how to manage yourself / them. First, let’s define: Linear Work means that there is a very straightforward link between effort...

Give My Creation Life!

Posted in: Brand, celebration, change, emotion, leadership, risk, sacred, success | March 27, 2013 at 7:07 am , by Dave Kaiser

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For a long time, I have wanted to be able to write computer programs. As a kid, I wrote a bit in BASIC and Pascal, but nothing special. My doctorate from the University of Chicago considered Computational Linguistics, in addition...

The Power of Faith

Posted in: email, emotion, Georgetown, leadership, productivity, risk, social media, Time Management | March 23, 2013 at 12:15 am , by Dave Kaiser

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I do free webinars for alumni associations. It’s my way of giving back, and it’s also a fun way to meet people and market my services. You can see examples of them HERE and HERE. So, I was going back...

Fear!

Posted in: emotion, leadership, productivity, risk, Time Management | February 25, 2013 at 5:59 pm , by Dave Kaiser

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I have been running around overwhelmed and scared all day. Partly, a response to circumstance. My daughter was sick and my wife is traveling and I’m going to South by SouthWest in 10 days and I am NOT ready. Part...

What are Your Dreams?

Posted in: Brand, celebration, change, emotion, Humor, leadership, risk, sacred, success, Values | February 11, 2013 at 8:28 am , by Dave Kaiser

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What do you dream about doing? Maybe it’s big, like getting a PhD, maybe it’s little, like taking a trip to a nearby city. Maybe it’s outrageous, like being on the first spaceship to Mars! It doesn’t matter if it’s...

The Problem is NOT the Problem…

Posted in: Brand, celebration, conflict, emotion, Humor, leadership, risk, sacred, shaman, success | February 5, 2013 at 11:48 pm , by Dave Kaiser

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I love this saying, this is awesome! I like to say that Meaning trumps Data, and here, Captain Jack puts the same thing quite succinctly: “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” When...

Interviewed by @NicholeSantoro on BlogTalkRadio

Posted in: leadership, marketing, media, shaman, social media, success | February 4, 2013 at 5:58 pm , by Dave Kaiser

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The awesome social media diva Nichole Santoro at iMarketingSalon.com interviews yours truly on BlogTalkRadio on how coaches can use social media to grow their businesses. This lady knows her stuff. I learned a lot, and I like to think I...

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Do You Live in Extremistan or Mediocristan?

Your Questions: To Become Organized Do I Lose Out On Creativity?

S-A-C-R-E-D and S-C-A-R-E-D

Dave Hosts a Panel Discussion: “Interacting with the Consumer”

Three Types of Work

Give My Creation Life!

Fear!

What are Your Dreams?

The Problem is NOT the Problem…

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