Chris Hurn’s Articles


The Starbucks Experience

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Dr. Joseph Michelli, author of the bestselling book “The Starbucks Experience: Five Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary,” is an international speaker, an organizational psychologist by training, and a business consultant. While his newest book, The New Gold Standard, was released in July 2008, Michelli took some time out of his busy schedule recently to talk to Chris about the lessons that can be learned

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Kennedy’s Introduction – July/August Issue

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Welcome back to The Guidebook for the Successful Gentleman™! I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day and that your Summer activities with loved ones are keeping you busy and happy. As a Kennedy’s man, whatever you do, make sure you’re In Motion. Don’t be like so many in the “Mediocre Majority” with their heads buried in the sand like ostriches, hoping

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What Do the Masters, Easter and Spring Have to Do with Joining Your Local Kennedy’s?

Monday, April 20th, 2009

This time of year, three of my favorite things come along: the Masters golf tournament, the arrival of spring, and the Easter holiday. Each of these is wonderful in its own way, and believe it or not, all three give a lesson in why you should tell your friends to join our men’s grooming club, Kennedy’s.

Spring and Easter are about renewal and about things not

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How to be a Street Smart Entrepreneur

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Co-authors Bo Burlingham and Norm Brodsky first teamed up in 1995 to collaborate for the Inc. magazine column Street Smarts. Success of that monthly column led to the duo writing their book The Knack: How Street Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up. Burlingham and Brodsky joined me to talk about their tips for entrepreneurs and how they can weather the current recession.

CH:

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100 Greatest Movies Any Guy Must See in His Lifetime

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The Ultimate Kennedy’s Movie List

I’ve never had any particular vices that I’m aware of, with one exception: movies. Before children, my wife and I would go out nearly every Friday and Saturday evening to watch the latest flicks. When we can get a “date night” now, we still usually see a movie. It was and is about the only thing that

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You’re Hired!

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Bill Rancic, winner of season one of The Apprentice, has been an entrepreneur since he was young, but nothing could have prepared him for the journey has taken since winning The Apprentice. In addition to working side-by-side with Donald Trump, Rancic is a renowned speaker and bestselling author. Rancic joined Chris Hurn to talk about his book, “You’re Hired,” and life on The Apprentice.

Chris: So

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Chris Hurn Interview With Bill Rancic

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Bill: Hey, guys. It’s Bill Rancic.

Chris: Hey, Bill. It’s Chris. How ya doing?

Bill: Good. How are you?

Chris: Good.

Bill: Well, you read to get going?

Chris: Sure. I think we got – this is recording, right?

Male: Yeah.

Chris: All right. Good. I’m just gonna keep you on speaker. We normally – I do these every month with bestselling authors

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Not Leaving Las Vegas

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A couple years ago, during the Friday night of the Masters golf tournament, I was sitting down at a lawn table in someone’s Augusta, Georgia backyard I didn’t even know at an intimate gathering I’d been flown to on a private jet. I was getting ready to dig into a juicy, freshly-grilled ribeye when a gentleman asked if the seat next to me was

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Become a Maverick in Your Business

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Bill Taylor was the cofounder and founding editor at Fast Company. Now an adjunct professor at Babson College, Taylor teaches a seminar for second year MBA students called the “Maverick Seminar,” named after his most recent book “Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in the Business Win.” Taylor joined Chris Hurn to discus Taylor’s book and its business applications.

BT: The first question

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A Dog’s Love

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

It is an acknowledged fact of life that one of God’s great, unexplained mysteries (and cruel realities) is to let dogs live such short lives. One month, almost to the day, after my wife and I got married nearly 12 ½ years ago, we opened the Sunday classifieds of the Washington Post and began looking for our first “baby.” I suppose it’s rather

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How to get the most out of everything you do

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Timothy Ferriss, bestselling author of The Four Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich, joined Chris Hurn to discus his book and its applications.

Chris: It seems like there are a fair amount of people who are immediately turned off by the title. There’s a little bit of a story behind how you got that title, right?

Tim: Absolutely. The title is controversial. The

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