Rocky Tilney

I’ve been thinking a lot about story telling lately and how it affects your own personal brand. Seth Godin recently wrote in his blog about “super powers” and asked people to think about theirs. I agree, but I’d like to add to it. Not only should people think about what they are good at, but [...]

Today I took my daughter and son to try riding their bikes without training wheels. I had no idea how they would do but I figured at least one of them would have some success. Turns out that they both learned within 15 minutes even though they are two years apart (6 and 4). Then [...]

Do you stand out? What are you doing that shows people you are different? Why are you interesting? This is important considering the job market and economic challenges that we are experiencing. Rick Wagoner didn’t “stand out”, so he was thrown out. Only the best and brightest stand out. Pixar and Disney stand out. So [...]

I was writing an e-mail today regarding the current marketing efforts of a specific industry and I had an epiphany. If you watch the evening news tonight you will hear about so many companies being cash strapped, laying off, down-sizing, lowering expectations, et cetra…all negative (BTW: The evening news is pretty much a waste of [...]