Marc Hershon

Reupholster Your Ears (Music Review)

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Meditation Music, Joe Paulino, Inhale Slowly, Marc Hershon, Meditation, Joe Paulino and Tim White, New Age Music, Inhale Slowly Album, San Francisco News

When I found a five-song CD entitled Inhale Slowly by Tim White and Joe Paulino, I was intrigued. It was familiar, yet was different in ways I was having trouble putting my finger on.

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Goodbye to the Nice Guy With the Crazy Eyes

Marc Hershon | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Funny, Passing, Comedian, Tv, Hot Buttered Eyeballs, Vic Dunlop, Diabetes, Make Me Laugh, Eyes, Marc Hershon, Comedy Underground, Entertainment News

A garrulous performer, Vic Dunlop was one of a small collection of satchel-toting prop comics who tended to use his powers for good

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This Old Guy Walks Into a Comedy Club...

Marc Hershon | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Senior Citizen, San Francisco International Standup Comedy Competition, Richard Carter, Comedian, Standup Comedy, Old, Marc Hershon, Entertainment News

Richard Carter, 1920-2011 I just learned that Richard Carter passed away at the age of 91 last month, over across the bay in Concord, CA. He was a wa...

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The Truth Just Might Be in Here

Marc Hershon | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: The Truth Is Out There, Conspiracy Theory, Review, Documentary, Conspiracy, Theories, Phil Leirness, Movie, Dean Haglund, Marc Hershon, Entertainment News

Full disclosure: I'm a huge conspiracy buff. Not in the sense that I believe in UFOs, hybrid alien-human star babies, FEMA death camps or many of the...

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Brands Just Want to Be Friends

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lexicon Branding, Naming, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Branding, Brand Strategy, Kodak, Ups, David Placek, Energizer, Marc Hershon, Fexex, Eveready, Business News

Just as protecting one's good brand name requires attention, companies need to also be aware of how their name is being used -- and recognize when it may be time to get a little friendlier.

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How iPad Is Naming the Game

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lexicon Branding, Names, High Technology, Apple, Trademarks, Naming, Branding, Business, Ipad, Tablets, Marc Hershon, Technology News

Lots of pundits took their potshots at the iPad as it was first coming to market in early last year. Now, a year later, with Apple reportedly having sold 15 million of the devices, no one's laughing.

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Eight White Elephants: Re-Gifting at the Holiday Office Party

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Eight White Elephants, Marc Hershon, Gifts for Coworkers, Re-Gifting, Office Holiday Party, Business News

A time-honored tradition in the workplace is the re-gifting of junk you no longer want, wrapped and bowed and given to another at the annual holiday party in a "white elephant" exchange.

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Eight Soloist Secrets To Getting Your Work Done

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soloist, Secrets, Eight Soloist Secrets, I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon, Business News

To help you to discover (or re-discover) the Soloist within you, here are eight secrets that will help you to kick loose from the daily grind for a little while.

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Tiger's Brand Bogey

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Brand, I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon, Tiger Woods Advertising, Linkedin, Twitter, Tiger Woods Marketing, Personal Branding, Tiger Woods Gillette, Tiger Woods Affair, Tiger Woods Branding, Tiger Woods Sponsorship Deals, Tiger Woods Accenture, Tiger Woods Scandal, Marketing in Digital World, Media News

What's the real business lesson in Tiger's astonishingly precipitous fall from grace? In the age of the personal brand, Twitter and real-time, one major misstep can cost you a fortune.

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Seven Soloist Resolutions for 2010

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, 2010, 2009, Seven Soloist Resolutions, Marc Hershon, New Year's Resolutions, Workplace, Work Advice, Office Etiquette, Business News

It's not just the start of a new year but also a whole new decade. It's a perfect time to make some changes designed to allow you to learn how to enjoy your job.

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Tiger's Seven Lessons OFF the Course

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Scandal, Tiger Woods, Marc Hershon, Tiger Woods Car Accident, Business News

Any golfer could stand to learn a lot from what Tiger Woods does on the links. Off the course, it's what Tiger doesn't do that is the most educational.

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Tripping Up the Know-It-None: Five Places on the Web to Find the Truth

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factcheck, Jonathan Littman, Pew Research Center, Snopes, I Hate People, Business.gov, Marc Hershon, Know-It-None, Brittanica, Business News

Five online sources you can depend on to give you the straight scoop, which you can then use to straighten out your local Know-It-None.

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Ten Least Wanted In The News: The Spreadsheet Suspect

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yale, Ten Least Wanted, Jonathan Littman, Annie Le, Raymond Clark III, I Hate People, Marc Hershon, Spreadsheet, Bulldozer, Business News

What may have made Raymond Clark lethal in the workplace was the fact that his supervisors failed to check his obsession for absolute control.

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Nine Ways to Get Noticed (Without Compromising Yourself)

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carpe Factum, Timothy L. Johnson, Jonathan Littman, Nine Ways to Be Noticed Without Kissing Ass, I Hate People, Michelle Goodman, Marc Hershon, Lance Haun, The Anti 9-to-5 Guide, Yourhrguy, Business News

Find a few ways to misdirect management from other misstepping officemates from time to time, and you'll be hip-deep in favors owed to you.

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Five Ways To Not Be Stop-Signed In A Brainstorm

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Stop Sign, Marc Hershon, Brainstorming, Brainstorm, Business News

Pictures are hard to ignore. Draw some image, however crude, of your idea. It's more likely to make it up on the board.

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Want Customer Love? Give A Tour

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonathan Littman, I Hate People, Tour, Celestial Seasonings, Customers, Happy, Tea, Marc Hershon, Business News

The East Coast brand has the punch of one of the world's most famous advertising firms touting their products. But no tour to speak of, and the executives and managers I met with confessed that few at the company partake of their products.

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Stay on Vacation a Little Longer

Marc Hershon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Extend Your Vacation, I Hate People, Sumemr Vacation, Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon, Healthy Living News

Just because you're back from that summer sojourn doesn't mean that the party has to be over.

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How To Recharge Your Business Batteries

Jonathan Littman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Soloist, Jonathan Littman, Recharge, Summer, Rowing, San Francisco, I Hate People, Boulder, Colorado, Vacation, Scull, Marc Hershon, Business, Healthy Living News

Summer vacation is the ideal period during the year to take chances and have new experiences, the time and place to venture outside your regular life.

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Seven Secrets to Missing a Meeting

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soloist, I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Obama Platform Meetings, Seven Secrets to Missing a Meeting, Marc Hershon, Meetings, Workers, Work Environment, Workplace Taboos, Work Ethic, Business News

Your key to getting more of your time back is to focus on those passive meetings...then start finding ways to skip them.

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Be A Productive Twit

Marc Hershon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Soloist, Twitter, Jonathan Littman, Ensemble, Marc Hershon, Friendship, Twittering, Friends, Global Connectivity, Healthy Living News

There's something different about Twitter. And it's more than just the poetic brevity of 140 character messages, it can actually be useful!

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Seven Tips to Impress the Office With Your Summer Vacation

Jonathan Littman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Summer Vacation, Impress the Office, Seven Tips, Marc Hershon, Healthy Living News

Don't you know that making the most of your fabulous Summer Vacation is the secret to getting ahead in your career?

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Ten Interview Tricks to Get the Job

Jonathan Littman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Ten Interview Tricks to Get the Job, Ten Tips, Marc Hershon, Healthy Living News

Companies want you to treat your interview as being the most important thing in the world. In reality, it's all a big game. Your challenge: Get the job.

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Five Steps To Start Solocrafting

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soloist, I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon, How to Work Efficiently, Solocrafting, Business News

You have to act as a Soloist to be one. We've put together five steps to jumpstart the Soloist in you.

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Fighting Teamwork

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Stinson Beach, Tug-of-War, Marc Hershon, Bolinas, Teamwork, Corporate America, The Ringelmann Effect, Corporate Culture, Business News

Ringelmann showed that three men only pull as hard as two and a half men, and eight only pull as hard as four. Far from synergy, group effort creates an inverse productivity ratio.

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My Kindle Ate My Homework

Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1984, I Hate People, Animal Farm, Kindle, Orwell, Amazon, Marc Hershon, Amazon Kindle, Media News

Amazon slapped my sense of ownership and control across the face yesterday when I learned they reached right into the Kindles of anumber of customers and deleted -- irony of ironies -- copies of George Orwell's 1984.

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