Answer questions. Shoot me yours.
Day 284 – Recently I’ve had to turn down some invitations to speak at events because the primary season has me under water. Why do I need to attend events to answer your questions? I can help you out right here.
Have questions about political Interent strategies? I might have answers.
The SC ballot crisis looms on
Day 279 – For those of you who just haven’t had enough of the SC ballot crisis, here is another quick segment for you. Phil and I give our take on the latest Palmetto State scandal. – Wesley Donehue
One big Pub Politics party
Day 278 – You really missed out if you didn’t make it to Pub Politics 100. It was one big blowout. I’m sorry that it took so long to get the video up. The staff has been pretty slammed with primary season going on and a lot of these side projects have been pushed to [...]
Small actions could have huge consequences
This week’s South Carolina political circus can be taken as a life lesson – your actions can have big consequences and impact far more people than you realize. Run through the different scenarios before you act. Oh, and I got a haircut. Sorry Derris, it had to be done today and I couldn’t get to [...]
16 flights in 14 days
A quick THANK YOU to you amazing people who have given me such positive feedback since my last few Man Project posts. – Wesley Donehue
Will you join me in becoming better?
Day 262 – No. I’m not asking you to become Muslim. Today I write from Istanbul, Turkey. More on that tomorrow. Failure sucks. Alas, I have failed. The purpose of this project was to, and still is to, log my year-long journey to become a better person. I strived to blog every day, but at [...]
Government killed my father
Day 243 – I hate black people, Mexicans and Arabs. Gays too. And women. No, I don’t hate women. I just hate giving them choices. Also, anyone who doesn’t worship Jesus Christ. Obviously none of that is true. The only kind of people I dislike are the people who hate, the ones who are too [...]
Listen to and love The Alabama Shakes
Day 242 - I LOVE finding new bands and boy have I found one this time. What do you get when you put a soulful African American female in front of a southern rock band? The Alabama Shakes. Today is a cheat day. No time for writing, so I’m just going to introduce you to my [...]
If I had a million dollars
Day 241 – I have a fascination with barbershops. I’ve always wanted to own one. A place for gentleman to gather, smoke cigars, drink whiskey and bullshit about the news. My father was a barber. My mother was a cosmetologist. Daddy didn’t work when I was growing up. I’ve told you that. He did, however, [...]
There are different kinds of cheese?
Day 240 – “What do you mean there are different kinds of cheese?” That would have been my question if I had stopped by Mission Cheese as a child. I didn’t know that there was anything beyond the bright yellow square covered in plastic film. But today I sat in a cheese shop, drinking wine [...]
Are you going to have regrets while lying on your deathbed?
Day 239: Over the last three days I’ve bared my soul and told you things that very few people in the world know. These are the facts that drive my daily life. It’s what motivates me to build a company and to travel the world. Neither of my biological parents had opportunities to do cool [...]
A tale of two parents, Part 2
Day 238 – It doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but at least once a month I think to myself “I haven’t checked in with Mom in a while. I should call her.” I pick up the phone and realize that she’s dead. We were just two weeks before Election Day 2004. Senator [...]
A tale of two parents, Part 1
Day 237 – I write as I fly back to Columbia, South Carolina from New York City. I will arrive home around midnight, only to leave for San Francisco at 5:30 am. I hope to get at least two hours of sleep tonight, but that is unlikely as I’m sure Elizabeth will be up packing [...]
A poor boy’s confession
Day 236 – I write from a coffee shop in Greenwich Village, New York City, where I have sat for the last three hours writing memos, email copy and mail copy for my clients. I hopped a cab and told the driver “drop me off at the most artsy part of the city.” This is [...]
Meeting your customers’ unrecognized needs
Day 235 – During a SXSW panel I heard Chip Conley describe the three levels companies reach. They are: Level 3 – Transformational companies meet their customers’ unrecognized needs level 2 – Successful companies meet customer desires Level 1 – Companies that merely survive meet customer expectations
Bury the hatchet
Day 234 – Over the past year I’ve gone way out of my way to bury the hatchet with known enemies. In politics, enemies are very easy to accumulate. People take opposition personally, even when its just business. For example, former Lexington County Chairman Rich Bolen is running against my friend incumbent State Senator [...]
The Internet has some pitfalls also
Day 233 – Call it perfect timing, but as I was about to begin writing this post, Governor Nikki Haley posted on her Facebook wall “I will be on Facebook for a bit traveling in the car. You have to have a legitimate profile to get an answer. No anonymous names. Questions or comments?” Right [...]
How can a man be better if he is simply the same as everyone else around him?
Day 232 – I started this one-year blogging project to make myself a better man. As I continue blogging every single day, I find myself looking more to “what is a better man” than “how can I be a better man?” Obviously that foundation must be built, that question answered. Some would say that answer [...]
Join me in not being a robot
Day 231 – Most people believe that political ideology is linear. It’s not. Political ideology is circular. Liberalism and libertarianism meet around back and with just a few accidental steps, one can cross over to the other side. I am a conservative Republican.
HIV / AIDS in South Carolina
Day 230 – Do you remember when HIV and AIDS was going to be the big plague that finally ended civilization? I remember the horror stories and movies that predicted our final days. We couldn’t get it under control. It was on track to be the number one killer of humans. Luckily medicine advanced quicker [...]
Should the poor pay more taxes?
Day 229 – Should poor people pay more in taxes? The short answer is NO. No one should pay more taxes. However, everyone should pay something. We need to lower taxes as a whole and that means changing the tax structure and reallocating some burden. Poor South Carolinians, or residents of any other state, should [...]
