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Robert spoke at PromaxBDA today. It was tough to see him age but wonderful to see his humility and passion. A few concepts stuck with me:

- don’t sit still
- as soon as you see the pillow of complacency forming, change it
- use your success to forward something else - don’t rest on it
- [...]

“I haven’t failed. I just found 10,000 ways that do not work.”
~ Thomas Edison

Tom spoke at PromaxBDA today. He’s such a wonderful, enthusiastic geek. New book just came out. Two concepts stuck with me:
The concept of “vuja de” - to see things with fresh eyes. He loves the role of the anthropologist - the listener and the watcher who sheds all experience and bias [...]

“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
~George Claude Lorimer

Bruce got his second media hit from the New York Times in a year, today. His best-in-show piece from BKYLN Designs is now best-in-town.

Just in case anyone reads this. With all of the shift and uncertainty going on, I’ve decided to host a FREE event for all of our seasoned, professional friends who have recently found themselves unemployed.
A career roundtable with T & friends…
Wednesday, June 24
1:00pm-3:00pm
156 West 44th Street (between 6th and Broadway, 3rd Floor, “Dance Times [...]

From a nice woman at T&F:
“A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time.”
~ Henry Ford