Imagine walking into your local grocery store where everybody knows your name. That’s what Amazon wants out of this deal with Whole Foods. Gone are the days where an employee stocking shelves will blissfully look the other way as you search for what you need. Imagine the service you get at a five star hotel where you’re treated as a patron—a valued guest. Shopping in the big box stores today, you’re a treated like a pest. The relationship between company and client has never been more valuable. And Jeff Bezos understands this. In Bezos’ world, you will not be a pest. You will be that valued … [Read more...]

What are you doing this summer? I’d love to hear about it. One client that lives is Jackson Hole told me they’re preparing for a huge spike in visitors for the total eclipse of the sun on August 21st. Jackson will be a great viewing spot. Here’s ten more great places for viewing. In another conversation I was told about a rare opportunity a client had visiting the “Moon House”: An American Stonehenge. He suggested I check out Astronomy magazine for the article. I thought you’d like to read it too:   … [Read more...]

What good is money if you can’t enjoy it? Keep moving. It’s good for you. I like this piece from Outside Online. The message is, your brain is much healthier when you exercise your body. Kate Wheeling writes: Human beings evolved to move. Our bodies, including our brains, were fine-tuned for endurance activities over millennia of stalking and chasing down prey. “We’ve engineered that out of our lives now,” says Charles Hillman, a psychology professor at Northeastern University who has spent decades studying the link between exercise and cognition. The toll our relatively new sedentary … [Read more...]