Archive for July 2010
Ch-ch–changes
Not sure who wrote this but it’s worth reading: Think About This Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come! 1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial…
Read MoreThe Power of Thank You Notes—Handwritten
Thanks to Alena Watts for sharing this article on the power of a handwritten note. http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/workinglife/article1110497.ece
Read MoreThe Vanishing US Middle Class
A story worth reading and thinking about: http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/the-u.s.-middle-class-is-being-wiped-out-heres-the-stats-to-prove-it-520657.html?tickers=%5EDJI%2C%5EGSPC%2CSPY%2CMCD%2CWMT%2CXRT%2CDIA
Read MoreLeft Stranded
A friend of mine wrote this morning of being stranded at La Guardia for a canceled, early flight. Up at 4am. Rushing to the airport. Discovering the flight was canceled. Why didn’t Delta call? Email? Smoke signal? Something? There really is no excuse for an airline not to inform passengers of these kinds of things.
Read MoreSouthern Life
To all my southern friends – those born here and those transplanted – no matter how long it took y’all to get down here and all y’all others who just wish you were here! Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 Southern…
Read MoreNation of Fools?
Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic . Someone over there has it figured out. “The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be…
Read MoreIndependence Day
Celebrate America’s independence safely, enthusiastically, and patriotically. America is an exceptional country!
Read MoreAmerica–Still Great
From Tom Peters’ blog– Happy Birthday U.S.A. And 3 Throaty Cheers! – The Tom Peters Weblog by Tom Peters on Jul 2, 2010 5:22 PM There is a great deal of soul-searching going on in the United States as our 234th birthday arrives. Though nowhere near the soul-searching that loomed in Independence Hall 234 years…
Read MoreDo Other Countries Have a 4th of July?
When I was a kid one of the mind games we’d play on folks was to ask if they have the 4th of July in England or Canada or Japan. A lot of people would fall for it and say, “No.” Of course, the answer is that the 4th of July happens in every country…
Read MorePresentation Advice from Seth Godin
The 200 slide solution The next time you find yourself on the hook for a 40 minute presentation (with slides!) consider, at least for a moment, a radical idea: A slide every 12 seconds. 200 slides in all. You’re used to putting three or four bullet points on a slide. That’s at least four distinct…
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