Dark Matter Consulting's blog | Dark Matter Consulting

BLOG

Free Coaching Session – Pass It On

Posted in: emotion, listening, marketing, new client, Promotion, success | May 11, 2012 at 4:08 pm , by Dave Kaiser

When you have your own business, the great part is, you get to figure things out for yourself. The hard part is…you have to figure it out for yourself. The best method for marketing your business is typically one you...

How to Get A Job Without a Resume – Video

Posted in: Brand, leadership, risk, success | May 4, 2012 at 5:16 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

Here is a video of a presentation I gave to Loyola University of Chicago alumni on the topic of how to get a job without a resume. This is a personal crusade of mine. Too many people rely too heavily...

Free Workbook: Everything You Know About Job-Hunting is Wrong

Posted in: celebration, Humor, leadership, Luck, marketing, media, risk, sacred, social media, success, uncategorized | April 27, 2012 at 9:43 am , by Dave Kaiser

7 comments

Here is a copy of my new workbook, Everything You Know About Job-Hunting is Wrong (and here’s how you really do it!). Click This Link to Download the Workbook I felt called to write this and to make it available....

Different Ways to Get There

Posted in: Humor, leadership, Luck, risk, success, uncategorized | April 2, 2012 at 3:35 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

Success comes in a variety of ways, some totally unexpected. We’re going to look at three different models for getting to success, based on the Leis & Clark Expedition, Christopher Columbus, and Alexander Fleming. First, the Lewis and Clark Expedition....

The extraordinary checklist

Posted in: celebration, emotion, Humor, leadership, risk, sacred, success | March 21, 2012 at 11:42 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

How do you know if you are Extraordinary? Well, Extraordinary is defined as, basically, not ordinary. So, I decided to create a check list of extraordinary achievements and qualities. Now, you may note that these are fairly universal and don’t...

Meaning Trumps Data

Posted in: celebration, change, conflict, emotion, leadership, risk, success, SXSW | March 18, 2012 at 8:53 am , by Dave Kaiser

4 comments

In my last post, “My Inner Critic Was Screaming and I Kept Going Anyway,” I recounted how at the South by Southwest interactive festival, I was having a hard time with my inner critic, who was simultaneously telling me to...

My Inner Critic Was Screaming, & I Kept Going Anyway

Posted in: Brand, celebration, change, emotion, leadership, sacred, success, SXSW | March 14, 2012 at 6:13 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

So, I was at South by Southwest Interactive last week. Amazing experience, I got so much out of being there, with smart, creative people talking about fascinating ideas and sharing their dreams and passions. Awesome. AND,...

Serendipity

Posted in: emotion, Luck, sacred, shaman | March 11, 2012 at 10:50 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

I’m at SxSW, the interactive / music / film festival, and one word that keeps coming up is SERENDIPITY, the seemingly lucky chain of events that leads to a lovely result, AND, I’ noticing that it’s not just blind luck....

The Abundance Economy

Posted in: celebration, conference, leadership, listening, marketing, new client, Promotion, sacred, success | March 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

I’m at South by Southwest Interactive, an amazing music, technology and film festival in Austin, in case you don’t know. What is absolutely amazing to me is how much is being given away by how many. From keychains to software...

How to Get a Job Without a Resume

Posted in: job | March 5, 2012 at 2:24 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

This webinar was originally presented for the Georgetown University Alumni Association in 2011. Everyone hates resumes. Even recruiters, especially recruiters, because they get so many, and most of them are terrible or irrelevant. How can they expect you to reduce...

If You Want Life to Be Easy, You Need a System

Posted in: productivity, success | March 1, 2012 at 11:52 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

I have a new article up at LifeHack, with the above as the title. It’s based on my experience in finding, installing and using a new CRM system to keep track of my sales and marketing activities. Life is so...

Magic, perspective and the body

Posted in: change, leadership, productivity, risk, success | February 29, 2012 at 4:51 pm , by Dave Kaiser

No comments

This article by Kim, Polan & Sanchez-Burkes in the NYTimes discusses how metaphors and physical body positioning affect our ability to be creative. It turns out that sitting next to a box (i.e., ‘outside the box’) fosters greater creativity than sitting...

BLOG

Free Coaching Session – Pass It On

How to Get A Job Without a Resume – Video

Different Ways to Get There

The extraordinary checklist

Meaning Trumps Data

My Inner Critic Was Screaming, & I Kept Going Anyway

Serendipity

The Abundance Economy

How to Get a Job Without a Resume

If You Want Life to Be Easy, You Need a System

Magic, perspective and the body

Search Our Site

Recent Blog Posts

Contact Form