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FITposium 2018 Tickets Now on Sale!
The FITposium team is going into the fourth year of our annual conference now called the FITposium 2018 International Conference + Expo, which will be happening October 5-7 in Phoenix, AZ. Conference passed are now available exclusively at www.FITposium.com. Space is...
Behind the Scenes with Arizona Coyotes’ Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Recently had the opportunity to meet and work with Arizona Coyotes’ star defenseman and NHL All-star Oliver Ekman-Larsson for a cover and spread in a recent issue of Scottsdale Health Magazine. The creative direction of the shoot was originally scripted to be a...
The Happiness Paradox
If you are reading this then chances are you suffer from the same issue that affected me throughout most of my career. It is an affliction known as conditional happiness. What is conditional happiness? It is the process of constantly setting conditions on your...
Two Important Things I’ve Learned from the LAUNCH Program
Myself and Kelly Spartonos just put the bow on our second round of the LAUNCH program. Since it’s inception in 2017 we have worked with more than a dozen entrepreneurs to guide them through taking their idea and launching it into a reality. We have watched our LAUNCH...
11 ADDY® Awards in One Night
The entire James Patrick Photography team is thrilled to announce the winning of 10 ADDY® AWARDS plus the 2018 JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD this past weekend at the 37th Annual AAFT Advertising Awards. The various awards include photography work both in color and in black and...
3 Things to Know When You Should Say No to a Project
I received an Instagram DM from someone who was working with a new start up fitness apparel line. They wanted to present their line to a major gym franchise to get their clothing featured in the gym locations – but they felt their images were not professional enough...
Errors, Mistakes and Epic Fails – Oh My!
We exist in a society petrified of making a mistake or committing an error. We see that fear broadcast big and bold when someone flubs his or her speech at an awards ceremony or someone messed up the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game. We see memes designed to...
What Was Your Turning Point?
We are coming into the home stretch for our second round of the LAUNCH program where we work with entrepreneurs who want to LAUNCH their idea into a reality. One of the most essential elements we examine with all the participants is their turning points. You too have...
The Paradox of Hard Work
What have we been told would lead us to success? Hard work. Our baby boomer middle class parents worked so hard to build us a life of opportunity and from them, to our schoolteachers, to our bosses to our mentors would continually try to instill upon us the importance...