Mark O'Brien
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I’m a business owner. My company — O’Brien Communications Group (OCG) — is a B2B brand-management and marketing-communication firm that helps companies position their brands effectively and persuasively in industries as diverse as: Insurance, Financial Services, Senior Living, Manufacturing, Construction, and Nonprofit. We do our work so well that seven of the companies (brands) we’ve represented have been acquired by other companies. OCG is different because our business model is different. We don’t bill by the hour or the project. We don’t bill by time or materials. We don’t mark anything up. We don’t take media commissions. We pass through every expense incurred on behalf of our clients at net. We scope the work, price the work, put beginning and end dates on our engagements, and charge flat, consistent fees every month for the terms of the engagements. I’m also a writer by calling and an Irish storyteller by nature. In addition to writing posts for my company’s blog, I’m a frequent publisher on LinkedIn and Medium. And I’ve published three books for children, numerous short stories, and other works, all of which are available on Amazon under my full name, Mark Nelson O’Brien.
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The Great Cologuard Scam: Part Two
Those of you who saw last week’s post are fully aware of the attempt...
The Great Cologuard Scam
Prologue
In the summer of 1974, I was 20 years old. I was admitted to...
The Budding Buddha
"Between his carpal tunnel syndrome and The Great India Ink Shortage, the works were left incomplete. In fact, the first written records of the Buddha's teachings were not created until several centuries after his death." ...
Water
"Water holds profound spiritual and mythological significance across cultures and traditions, symbolizing life, purity, transformation, and the divine." ...
The Next Level
"Maybe, if we stop trying to take everything to the next level — regardless of what that might or might not mean — we’ll get more out of this level than we bargained for." ...
All That You Dream
"Perhaps more than anyone else I know, Woody is a guy who understands the importance of dreams." ...
Money For Nothing
"The good news is there are several ways to pay off debt without a loan. The bad news is they require discipline, which is going the way of empiricism and common sense." ...
Brave New World
"It’s official: We’re in a Brave New World. Well, I’m not exactly sure about the brave part. But we are most assuredly in a New World." ...
Ready to Go
"He brought in all kinds of paraphernalia, tchotchkes, memorabilia, and accoutrements, each of which indicated exactly how cool he was, including a bookcase in the shape of a rowboat stood on its end." ...