Chances are that if you turn on your television tonight, you’ll be exposed to plenty of fumbles and personal fouls. The Atlanta Falcons (my favorite team) are in New Orleans to play the Saints in a game guaranteed to have plenty of intensity. I’m willing to go out on a limb and say that the…
Category: Communication
Words
Words have the ability to destroy, as well as to heal. They have the ability to empower, as well as to enslave. The right words have the ability to draw a precise picture in our minds, or muddy up a situation we thought was abundantly clear. Words always have an effect of some kind, but…
More Phone Book, Less Facebook
Yesterday, I did something that would be nearly unthinkable for someone who is involved in the profession of marketing – I removed all of my Facebook friends, with the exception of five people. Those five people are my wife, daughter, my wife’s parents, wife’s brother, and sister-in-law – -only so I may tag them in…
The Other Silent Killer
The other silent killer strikes many of us each day. We hardly seem to notice though, because we get used to things as they are. Families and organizations suffer alike. The Fortune 500 Company suffers the same lot as the local nonprofit organization, when it comes to feeling the effects of the other silent killer….
Block and Tackle
You and I could be having a better year. Sure, maybe we feel like we’re getting a little busier, but doesn’t it feel like there might be just a little more opportunity out there for the taking? Or maybe we feel like we’re just “spinning our wheels” sometimes. It isn’t right to blame circumstances –…