by Don Barden | May 17, 2024 | Business, Mastery
Each of us holds a ticket to the show in the grand theater of life. Yet, as we navigate the bustling aisles and clamoring crowds, we often settle for the cheapest and easiest seats. Sometimes, we want to be a part of something, yet we fall short in the experience....
by Don Barden | Apr 10, 2024 | Branding, Mastery
Azaleas, Dogwoods, and Jonquils. Sundresses and pretty girls. Pimento cheese, Coca Cola, and pecan pie. Springtime in Georgia can only mean one thing. The Masters! Once again, the most fantastic sporting and marketing event of all time is upon us. It is an event...
by Don Barden | Oct 4, 2023 | Mastery
Let’s start with a social-economic truth: We are still cave dwellers; we just make better caves. For the last million years (+/-), we might be better, cleaner, and healthier but in the end, has anything changed? As we grapple with the evolution of social norms, it is...
by Don Barden | Jan 4, 2023 | Mastery
Time is a funny thing. I am going to start this year off with an honest assessment. Time is not a galactic event driven by celestial beings guiding us through space and quantum physics. Time is a tool we humans created to help regulate a few known events that make our...
by Don Barden | Jul 12, 2022 | Leadership, Mastery
Over two decades ago, we began to study the world’s elite leaders. Those who represented the tip of the organisational bell curve. Today, we continue to expand and look deeper into their relevance. As we approach the arc of our story, we find another layer that...
by Don Barden | Apr 20, 2022 | Mastery
What makes someone great? Looks, charm, personality, quick wit…? Are you great? Are you a member of the elite 1%? Those who navigate life to its fullest. If so, I will ask again… what makes you so great? What makes you any better than the other 99%? Well,...