When I was a sophomore in high school we were required to run every day at the end of physical education class. After most of an hour of some physical activity (basketball, weights, soccer) we were then told by the toughest instructor at PVHS, Mr Harcus, to take a lap outside the fence line of […]
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We’ve all been involved in a conversation with a group of people that when the time comes, there are one or two who want to stay and talk about a separate issue not really meant for teh whole group. Do you know when “to take leave” from one of these situations? My case in point
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We’ve all done it: said the wrong thing at the wrong time to someone we thought we knew or knew about. The point here is be careful what you to anybody as they may not be as they seem. A business associate related a story to me the other evening that got me to thinking
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The most unbelievable thing about this year’s Singapore Air Show was that there wasn’t a lot of flying going on. “The air demonstrations were limited to one hour each day,” Kimberly Williamson told us. “Being at the main airport and with the sound and flight limitations imposed, flight demonstrations were limited to 12 to 1pm
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Yesterday was a good day for networking. It started off with a presentation at Dallas’ Jewish Family Services to a group of job seekers. It was great hearing from them and having a great exchange of ideas on what works for networking as you go out into the work of work. We talked about four
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We all need to have someone or several someones to bounce ideas off of. Having a team or contributors helps us gather information and make informed decisions rather than just maintaining in a vacuum. Do you have collaborators or informal advisers? My colleague, Peggy, and I meet face to face about once every two years
The Dallas Convention Center was the site of this year’s version of the rotary-wing exposition. Most of the newness was at last year’s show with the debut of the new Eurocopter exhibit in Houston. This year’s HeliExpo saw the product rollout of Bell‘s Relentless model (hey, that’s my name!). Seriously, the Relentless rollout took over
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Any good networker, sales person or job seeker understands barriers and how to overcome them. But there is one universal stopper we all can’t always come to terms with in how we deal with them–the receptionist. This is the woman or man at the front door or at the desk in outer office of the
We all think and remember things in threes and fives. I was reminded today of five tips to get the most out of a trade show. This is from our colleague, Malcolm Gilvar, at The Trade Group here in Dallas. Mr. Gilvar is EVP of Sales at the Carrollton-based exhibit company. His five tips: Train
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From the phone app that changes how you find information on the show floor to the ideas exhibited, the theme of this year’s National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show of “Retail’s New Rules” was more true that any previous theme. Technology, if it hadn’t taken over the selling floor already, certainly has now. From the
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