by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jul 9, 2012
Larry Smith is frustrated. He’s angry. He’s bewildered. The professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada has spent his entire teaching career coaching students to find careers they love, but he still hears excuse after excuse for not following one’s...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 29, 2012
The most inspiring and memorable presentations are marked by one moment that leaves people in awe. I call it the “wow moment”—the one part of the presentation that brings it all together. It’s the moment when a person thinks, “I want to business with that company” or...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2012
On a recent trip to the San Francisco Disney Store a group of employees handed me a large key to open the store and to ‘unlock my imagination.’ This opening ceremony is now standard at all newly designed Disney stores and takes place when the doors open each day. The...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2012
Steve Jobs didn’t sketch one character in Pixar’s new movie, Brave, but his handprint is on every frame. During an interview on Charlie Rose, John Lasseter, the chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation, told a short, insightful story about the late...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 19, 2012
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used a refined PowerPoint technique in his presentation to introduce a new tablet called Surface. Many observers call it technically impressive because of a built in ‘kickstand’ so customers can prop it up to watch movies and a thin cover...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 13, 2012
I spend 60 hours a week on my business but I don’t work for a minute. Work is hard. But what I do—writing, speaking, researching, learning, and sharing information— is pure joy. It’s what I was called to do. But often what we’re called to do and what we choose to do...
