Your Voice
Your Voice What, MY voice? Thanks for asking. My voice has been favorably compared to an insurance commercial voice-over, a funeral home director, and Mel Tormé (while he was speaking, not singing. I think.). The…
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Voorpret
Voorpret! Yesterday I wrote about a couple of my favorite pronounceable acronyms, JOMP (Just one more push) and GELMO (Good enough, let’s move on). I suspect that in another language, those might actually be words….
JOMP versus GELMO
I love marketing. It gives me permission to invent new words. Here are two: GELMO, which means: Good enough, let’s move on. JOMP, which means: Just one more push! They say perfect is the enemy…
How do you do your to do
How do you do your to-do? Yesterday I wrote about my positive attitude toward summer ending and the workload increasing. And it’s true, I do have a positive attitude toward almost everything. And then I…
End of summer not end of world
End of summer not end of world I love summer. The daylight is long, the sleeves are short. Bike rides to the coffee shop, long walks with the dog, baseball games…. (I’m a Cubs fan….
Friday the 13th
On Friday the 13th, I’m writing about luck. Good luck. There are a couple of quotes about luck that I really appreciate: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and…
Academic Origin Praise highly and move in increments
Some of the best advice I ever received came to me from a professor at the University of Michigan. This wisdom came not in the classroom… I never took any of his classes… but during…
Compete n_ Eat
Compete ‘n Eat This week, I’ve been writing about my last ever visit to a Bob Evans restaurant. Do I have anything against Bob Evans the man (1918-2007), restaurateur and marketer of pork sausage products,…
Bye bye Bob and the Birth of a Grudge
Bye bye Bob How close to closing time is it still okay to walk into a restaurant? It will be a long time before we go to Bob Evans again… at least to the one…