by Derek Barton | August 2014
Recently, I visited my good friend, celebrity fitness trainer Grant Roberts, and before I knew it I had stripped down to my boxer shorts and was rotating on his Fit3D machine. I’ll be right back after these messages. When I was at Gold’s Gym, I said to my colleague...
by Derek Barton | July 2013
To rebrand or not to rebrand? That is the question. To stay the way you are and hope that people will change their minds about you, or rebrand yourself and inspire them to change their minds about you! If you and your company stay the way you are right now, chances...
by Derek Barton | July 2012
I miss “Mr. Know it All.” Not the guy who thinks he knows it all, the one we never liked. I’m talking about the guy who actually does know it all, the expert in his field, the one we liked and respected! My first run-in with “Mr. Know it All” was at our hometown Sears...
by Derek Barton | September 2011
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them,...
by Derek Barton | October 2010
Some say Michael Jordan helped make Nike and others say Nike helped make Michael Jordan. I say it was a little of both. I remember the first Nike commercial with Michael Jordan flying through the air in slow motion from the foul line, his right arm high above him...
by Derek Barton | June 2010
Got Milk? Yes. Got Fitness? No. Was thinking about the award-winning ad campaign from the Milk Advisory Board, “Got Milk?” Sales for milk went up dramatically across the nation after the launch of that campaign. Then I thought of other advisory boards and associations...