by Michael Carlon | Jul 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last night, my brother in law and sister in law treated us to an evening game at Yankee Stadium. I hadn’t been to The Bronx for a game since I was in grammar school (we were raised Mets fans) and it was exciting to see a game in the “new” Yankee...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 5, 2017 | Self Awareness
At the moment, I am sitting alone in one of Charleston South Carolina’s nicer hotels. As a guy who travels around the country uncorking stories, this in an of itself is not odd – I’m often alone in hotels. The weird thing is that this week my family...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 1, 2017 | Podcast
Imagine going through basic training for the US Army as you approach the age of 40. It’s more than challenging at 18, but at 40 – come on it takes a special kind of person to raise his or her hand and say, “Bring it on,” but that is just what...
by Michael Carlon | May 22, 2017 | Self Awareness
Twenty years ago I joined a company that was at the epicenter of interactive marketing. It was called Modem Media and I started just before its tenth birthday (I even got a snazzy blue laptop bag for being there when it turned double digits). I was hired as a research...
by Michael Carlon | May 17, 2017 | Self Awareness
“You are just a lever I had to pull.” This was the rationale given to me by my former CEO when my position was terminated this past January. You know who pulls levers? Executioners, and when these words were spoken, images of Old Sparky came to mind. I suppose this...
