Years ago, I had a shirttail relative that went to the [tag]Air Force Academy[/tag]. I was just a school kid but he was an early hero of mine. All I knew about the Academy was what I learned from television, or maybe a movie. It was focused on technology (at the time); and if you [...]
Archive for May, 2008
What I Learned from Things That Weren’t Big Things (at the time)
Posted in May 15th, 2008
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Throw Away Your Crutches
Posted in May 14th, 2008
As tempting as an easy solution can sound, most turn out to be “crutches” and won’t get you to career or financial heaven. Here are five of the crutches I have learned that don’t work. 1. Let me send out some literature. This may well be the biggest crutch for the new sales rep. Brochures [...]
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Magical Glasses
Posted in May 13th, 2008
There is no doubt that being in start-ups makes you see the world in one way: how are sales this week? So, there is no doubt that I can be one of those managers who wears magical glasses, where every issue I look at through these glasses is traceable back to Sales. This does not [...]
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“Jumping The Shark” and What Happened to the Loyalty Thing
Posted in May 12th, 2008
[tag]“Jumping the shark”[/tag] is a term that identifies the time when something goes from hot to not-so-hot. I think it got started when [tag]Fonzie[/tag] in [tag]Happy Days[/tag] went waterskiing and literally jumped over a shark. [tag]Garry Marshall[/tag] said at the time that they needed to do something outlandish to stem the ratings slide. It didn’t [...]
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Dear Mom a Poem
Posted in May 11th, 2008
Mother’s Day, 2008 Hey Mom, how are you? It’s been while since we talked. Been busy, sure. You are here and there, you know. So no need to formal-ize it, right? Right. Anyway, your name comes up Weird moments, times. But here and there. Nothing big, no point to make. More often than you’d think.” [...]
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Best Man Toasts
Posted in May 9th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
From the brilliant xkcd–JEALOUSY—-http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/jealousy.png What is YOUR[tag] favorite best man toast story[/tag]?
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“Do the Opposite,” by George Constanza: A Customer Service Lesson
Posted in May 8th, 2008
by admin in Daily Wisdom
Scott Jagodzinski is a friend and board member who couldn’t be a nicer guy. Really. He hardly ever rants. Which is why when he told me about his experience today with DirecTV, I just had to share it. It’s been cleaned up so it is now suitable for children. It did remind me of the [...]
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IT’S THE HAT. From the School of “Less is More” Advertising.
Posted in May 7th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
From [tag]Ads of the World[/tag], an award winner. Advertising Agency: [tag]Serviceplan Hamburg / München, Germany[/tag] Creative Directors: [tag]Axel Thomsen[/tag], [tag]Alexander Schill[/tag] Art Director: [tag]Jonathan Schupp[/tag] Copywriter: [tag]Francisca Maass[/tag] It’s the hat. We all should learn this lesson, that often one needs to step back, reduce the business idea to it simplest form, and find a [...]
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Playing Well in Peoria
Posted in May 7th, 2008
The first of a sporadic series of visits to JobDig’s markets with introductions to some local bloggers. Pre-cinema, vaudeville was the entertainment venue of choice. It is where entertainers like [tag]George Burns[/tag], [tag]W.C. Fields[/tag] and [tag]Bob Hope[/tag] got their start—think dinner theater without bad chicken catchatorie. The vaudeville mecca was New York City’s [tag]Palace Theater[/tag]; [...]
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Do I Have to Take Out the Trash?
Posted in May 6th, 2008
The world would be a better place if everyone could see what needs to be done and just does it. I call it “seeing work.” Some people can see work, and others can’t. Some of the things that need doing are not in any job description. Mostly mundane, these could even be housekeeping type tasks [...]
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