by Mark O'Brien | Aug 18, 2016
Good news! We now have even more reasons to justify our conducting ourselves like idiots — linguistically lazy idiots at that — and to rationalize our utter disrespect for language and its precepts. That’s right. The editors at Inc., apparently tired of doing...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 7, 2016
A phrase caught my eye the other day. It was one of those phrases that was sad, disheartening, and demoralizing all at the same time. It was sad because whomever wrote it no doubt believed he thought it meant something and also believed he knew what that something...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 5, 2016
If you’re anything like me, you have a hard time getting away from your desk during the day, even for biologically and physiologically important things like eating and … well … you know. There are always things that have to be done: The next deal has...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 1, 2016
The other day, I saw the LinkedIn profile of a person who’d given himself the title, Freelance Conceptor. When I saw it, I thought, as Robbie Robertson says, “Oh, this is sure stirrin’ up some ghosts for me.” Contemplate that for a moment. For...
