by Jeff Slater | May 14, 2023 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
Dolce Far Niente Do you know this Italian phrase? It means the sweetness of doing nothing. While watching Eat, Pray, Love for the umpteenth time, this phrase bathed me with a sweet and happy feeling. In the scene, Liz Gilbert (played by Julia Robert) tells a friend...
by Jeff Slater | May 7, 2023 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
The Chilling Power of Persuasion: Cool Negotiating Strategies I am the first to admit I know little about mechanical things. Cars. Appliances. Lawn mowers. Tools that make scary, buzzy whirring sounds. On a recent regular checkup of my heating and air conditioning...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 29, 2022 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
Do you know the word sonder? It means the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’s lack of awareness of it. Consider making...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 4, 2022 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
How Do You Nurture, Strengthen and Expand your Resilience Muscle? From age 14 until age 50, I was either self-employed or an employee. Around 2003, when ConAgra Foods, the company I worked for, closed its office in Raleigh, I had two choices. Either move to...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 22, 2022 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
Moments of grace I am so grateful that you are willing to spend a little time a few times each week on the stories I tell and the advice I share based on my experience. Whether you are cooking up a thanksgiving extravaganza or enjoying someone else slicing and dicing,...
by Jeff Slater | Nov 6, 2022 | Personal Stories
A Personal Reflection on Words that Start with R like Retirement. I consider myself a failure in retirement, and I’m proud of it. When I was young, I assumed that at age 65, I’d stop working. I’d no longer have a job or go to an office. For some reason, I always...
