http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com you sleep when you die...and other unpopular thoughts from retail marketing leader, Jordan Zimmerman Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:31:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/06/17/getting-a-great-job-in-a-job-market-that-sucks/ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/06/17/getting-a-great-job-in-a-job-market-that-sucks/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:36:26 +0000 JZ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/?p=2239 You don't have to be an economist these days to see that there are a whole lot of good people out there in search of a limited number of good jobs. If the experts can be trusted, the economy has cratered, employers are wary of making any new hires, and the outlook for the future continues to be bleak for just about everyone. Fortunately, the experts are dead wrong.]]> http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/06/17/getting-a-great-job-in-a-job-market-that-sucks/feed/ 4 http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/06/02/a-game-of-inches/ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/06/02/a-game-of-inches/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:42:28 +0000 JZ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/?p=2193 There are a lot of people I run into every day who have simply taken themselves out of the game. I bet you run into them, too. I'm talking about the people who have simply stopped giving it their all. I'm talking about the people who have stopped playing to win... ]]> http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/06/02/a-game-of-inches/feed/ 10 http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/14/boy-were-they-wrong/ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/14/boy-were-they-wrong/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:07:58 +0000 JZ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/?p=1832 If I had to sum up my life in one word, it would be insanity. Yes, INSANITY. Anything else in life is just normal. ‘Insane’ doesn’t have to be a bad word. We’ve been programmed throughout our lives to think ‘insanity’ is a bad thing, but ‘insane’ just means you think different…act different. And in reality, that’s what we should all strive for.]]> http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/14/boy-were-they-wrong/feed/ 3 http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/07/relentless-motivation/ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/07/relentless-motivation/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:33:34 +0000 JZ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/?p=1808 I’ve been asked several times lately what motivates me. I can sum that up in one word: relentless. Webster’s dictionary defines ‘relentless’ as showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength or pace. I like that definition because it specifically talks about strength and intensity, two characteristics I pride myself on possessing...]]> http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/07/relentless-motivation/feed/ 6 http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/04/attention-business-warriors/ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/04/attention-business-warriors/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:55:22 +0000 JZ http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/?p=1797 Even if this is the first time you’ve visited this blog, you can probably guess that I don’t get much sleep. I’ve never spent much time sleeping, and it’s served me well. Why would you sleep when now is your time to live? There’s plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead!]]> http://www.yousleepwhenyoudie.com/2011/01/04/attention-business-warriors/feed/ 12