There are certain cars I have desired to own. The Ferrari 246gts. I have liked this car since high school. Everyone thinks the new Ferrari’s are great, but the conversation between Roger, the Ferrari salesperson and Memphis from the movie “Gone in 60 seconds” best describes my feelings:
You would not be a self-indulgent wiener, sir… You’d be a connoisseur.
I joke with my sons about this saying. They both have elaborate zombie apocalypse plans. I have learned about zombies by listening to their plans.
Zombies are pretty simple creatures. A zombie is bereft of consciousness and self-awareness. They eat and walk around. People, who are not zombies, try to avoid them. Any resemblance to your place of work is purely coincidental. Read more
In college, we all increased our margins. Word processing tools had a really cool feature. You could increase your margins from one inch to one and half inches. A four page paper instantly became five pages.
We focused on the length of the paper, instead of the content of the paper. We spent times working the system, instead of developing the skills we needed.
In life, we have a tendency to focus on the wrong margins. For many, margin is defined as the difference between income and costs. We focus all of our energy and time on increasing our margins. The challenge, is I have never seen a tombstone with a balance sheet. Read more
I visited my Grandfather’s grave with my Grandmother. Today, Grandfather would have turned 97 years old.
We have all heard the story of the dash. The beginning and end dates do not matter, but the dash in the middle is what is important. What did you do with your dash? How did you live? Read more
There are a multitude of classes on being an effective speaker. How to speak up. How to enunciate your words. Proper word choices. When was the last time you heard of a class to teach people how to listen. Read more