Liz Strauss Life Stream

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

A special local event each September for the past few years has been the Swell Sculpture Festival http://www.swellsculpture.com.au/ . Over ten days, as…

An Ever-Growing Group of Fans

Social media can be an interesting exercise in watching the number of people who click on the button to become followers or fans. Yet you’ve probably…

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog….

about the search for the original idea.

I used to work to find only original ideas. Learning about true originality has be an education in business, self-awareness, and life for me.

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Blogging is fun! I started blogging casually since 2001, moving into my own domain name in 2004, and then decided to blog professionally on my own blog since June 2007.  For some reason or what, I…

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start…

What If Everything We Believed In Isn’t True?

I’m no computer. My operating system was developed at home, versioned at school, and beat up some through the decades and detours I’ve…

You Already Know How

Do you remember when no one knew the word blog? Suddenly, it’s everywhere ? in the New York Times, on the TV News, and in our kids’ elementary schools. The BBC has a…

Captain Hook, Blackbeard, Swashbucklers, and the rest.

Playing pirates is always my favorite Tuesday Night Open Comments.
Tonight it’s about playing pirates like we did when we were…