In my position I get to exhibit at a lot of conferences. In some cases I get to sit in on the sessions also. AA few months back I had the chance to listen to Mamie
McCullough. She had actually worked with Zig Ziglar. She was full of Pithy statements, but one that I really liked was, Don’t complain about what you permit”. Listen to that again. “Don’t
Complain About What You Permit”.
How many of …
Recently at my weekly Toastmaster meeting one of our members asked me what I do. She then said, “I could never sell, I can’t lie.” Say WHAT!
This disturbs me, because throughout my career in sales I have made it a point to develop credibility and reliability. My customers can be assured that what I tell them is so and that I will deliver
what I promised. They won’t be surprised. Most of the sales professionals I know feel the same way we are committed to the …
I was at a tradeshow in Albuquerque a while back and Stride Inc. was there supporting the local office supply
distributor, by manning the booth and handing out Schwag. In addition to the goodies was a brief description of the company and an introduction to James.
James is a new employee who came to Stride through a program that helps students with special needs find employment. This was his first job and he likes working with the multi-color pen packs the
best. …
I don’t feel like it
It is that time of year and everyone is making Resolutions. The gym will be crazy busy for about six weeks and then only the gym rats will remain. A study at the University of Bristol says 88% of
the resolutions made fail. WHY?
My own observation is that people create a bunch of resolutions they feel they SHOULD make. (And let’s be honest we all have something we could improve upon). That said they get started …
It is with ironic interest that I see the media hyperbole regarding the market and investors. It seems investors are our bell weather for the state of the economy. If the market is up everyone is
happy. If the market is down we all get nervous. Yet I ask myself why?
Today’s Wall Street Journal whines that investors are worried. Well pardon me, so is the business leader. They want to build a business. They have customers and ideas. They can’t get financing
because the investors are worried.
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I heard a pilot say something the other night that says a lot about the culture he works in. For futurists I think you may be able to predict the future of the
airline as well from this comment.
Our flight was late and it was taking an extra long time to bring the gate checked bags up. The passengers were grumbling on the sub-freezing jet-way when the pilot says “Oh they are sure running
slow with your bags, well …
