Who am I to you?

Dear Readers,

As you may be aware, this blog has been inspired by my Marketing class and is one part of a personal branding exercise.  When I look in the mirror I see many things that I am and many things that I can be.  I wonder how do you see me?  As become more careful about how I project myself into the world it become important for me to a clear image of how I am viewed, what people think I am capable of etc. 

Please let me know if there is something I can do for you?

All the best,

Wendell Solomon      

A Small Victory

Dear Readers,

This past Saturday, I hosted the first meeting a new club that is affiliated with the Kelley School of Business at IUPUI.  This club is the Global Leadership Academy (GLA) the purpose of this club is to develop global leaders within the greater Kelley network.   As a co-chair of this event I played a significant role in the planning and execution of this event.   With significant help from my co-chair and the faculty sponsor we created something from nothing.  We had three fantastic speakers who shared their wisdom with us.  A summary of the three talks is a likely the topic for a subsequent blog post.  Like anything there was room for improvement, more event promotion, providing more lead-time for the invitees, a little more coordination about the logistics (things like parking), but overall the event was a success.  To be candid I am quite pleased with myself I am not sure this is because we created something from nothing, or if this because I haven’t volunteered for much of anything since 2004, or if it is because the event was successful.

In any event this small victory makes me want to pick the metaphorical sword and go slay the next dragon. 

I hope that you savor the taste of victory soon, please feel free to recount a success here.

All the best,  

Wendell 

The only way out is through

Dear Readers,

A friend of mine recently introduced me to the podcast titled Quit which is produced by 5by5.  This podcast is focused on helping  people quit their traditional jobs to start their own venture e.g. entrepreneurs.  I have only listened to a few episodes but thus far think that Quit is covering a lot of issues that all entrepreneurs face regardless of their industry.  The host does a good job of pointing out the lack of employment security in the modern world.

Thus far I have found this podcast both inspirational and insightful, even if it has the lightness of a call-in morning radio show.  What resources have you found to be a useful in helping refine your view of the world?

All the best,

Wendell

http://5by5.tv/quit