Better late than never, here is my submission to the best-of-2006 music debate. This post is an excerpt from my bi-monthly newsletter. Subscribe to it at my official web site (timsanders.com) FIVE ROCK BANDS OF 2006 After dutiful collecting and listening to dozens of new records this year, here are my favorite five rock and …

One of my life mottos is “readers are leaders”. I believe in reading great books from non-fiction and business to escape. They open your mind and deepen your empathy. One of my favorite subjects is great books. I loved to buy them, read them and recommend them. In previous posts I suggest that you read …

Thanks to everyone who has helped market my advice blog. I have doubled my traffic month over month and next year I plan on even more video posts. This blog gives leadership, business life, relationship and music advice. Every day you can come back to get one piece of advice that might enrich your life. …

I got a Concord watch for my birthday from Jacqueline this year. I just love it. It makes me feel like I’m keeping time, in style. Over the last few years, I have developed an appreciation for watches as a form of expression — and not just function. If you are still trying to find …

When I originally lived in LA (early to mid 80’s) there was a vibrant rockabilly and punk country scene going on. Rank and File, X, The Knitters, Los Lobos and the Blasters were all happening. A few months ago I went on a search to find the song “Marie Marie” by The Blasters. Their CDs …

This weekend’s post answers the eternal question: Where do you find out about new music? I get emails (from conact Tim at my official site) from readers all the time asking if I am part of a record pool or do I spend a small fortune on CD’s at Amoeba records in Hollywood. The answer? …

A recent USA Today article on cell-surveillance (cellveillance) explains how video cameras on cell phones will change the world as we know it, making all of us “passive papparatsi.” From the phone to TMZ.com to Entertainment Tonight to the nation—there is an emerging new power group on the scene. Call them the Smart Mob. They …

At a recent speaking engagement in New York City, I got a good book tip and a great piece of advice from David Brown (Grand Pacific Resorts co-Pres): Take a lesson from Lincoln and send your nasty grams to yourself. In the book Lincoln on Leadership, author Donald Phillips describes how Lincoln wrote scathing and …

I wouldn’t want to be a just-for-profit company today. For them, profits are the endgame, and that just isn’t the current gestalt of society. Furthermore, these just-for-profits have a mission statement that basically says the following: Make the shareholders rich. These public just-for-profits suffer a disease I call “shareism.” Shareism is a form of mental …

This week’s video post comes from the USC Trojan campus. In this interview I talk about the appropriate use of email — given its inherent weakness in communicating one’s intentions. Please share this with your friends, especially if they are passive aggressive and hide behind their email. Check out my Ebay store for full length …