That’s right, contrary to what you may have heard over the years, Imitation is NOT Flattery… Imitation is just lazy theft!<\/p>\n
Now, before you yell and scream and call me all kinds of names, really think about it for a minute or two. <\/p>\n
Today’s post was begun as a way to rant a bit about people (using an Istanbul, Turkey IP address) trying to break into this web site.\u00a0 I looked at my statistics yesterday, and noticed there had been several break-in attempts over a 4 day period… This occurred to a site with absolutely NOTHING on it, except a WordPress installation and the initial “Hello World” post! <\/p>\n
You’re probably wondering what this has to do with either Mindset or Marketing, aren’t you?\u00a0 The answer is Everything!<\/p>\n
Have you ever heard of the poet T. S. Eliot?\u00a0 Or the author Austin Kleon?\u00a0 Or Austin’s book “Steal Like an Artist”? (Click here to get a signed copy for yourself<\/a>, and no, it’s not my affiliate link, it’s just a great book!)<\/p>\n Here is a video of Austin and his TEDxKC talk about his book.<\/p>\n