Archive for May, 2011
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Over the last year I worked to develop a relationship with a large company in the transportation industry. This included starting over midway through when the person who oversees their coaching practice left the organization. Several months after that setback I had a terrific conversation with the new director. Finally, on her recommendation, I interviewed [...]
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Tags: bedtime, coaching, company, decision maker, dejection, disappointment, feeling, fresh air, hr specialists, industry, new attitude, next morning, organization, part, relationship, salesperson, setback, time, transportation, transportation industry, year
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Birds have always held a fascination for me. Not the sparrows, robins and blue jays that land in the crepe myrtles outside my office window. I like the big, soaring, graceful birds of prey: eagle, falcon and hawk.
The houses on our side of the street back up to a power company easement, so there is [...]
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Tags: Birds, birds of prey, crepe, crepe myrtles, cup of coffee, easement, energy, family, fascination, field, graceful birds, hawk, land, nest, Office, pine trees, red tail hawk, sparrows, three houses, two hawks
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
One of the things I take a lot of pride in is the appearance of our yard. While the one-eighth acre lot is not exactly a botanical garden, it means a lot to me that it’s always green and clean. While my 16-year-old son and I do the mowing and pruning, we turn over chemical [...]
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Tags: acre, appearance, area, botanical garden, chemical applications, compost, front yard, garden, last september, lawn, lawns, Leaf Mold, lot, one-eighth, pride, pride and joy, st augustine, Texas, texas sun, thing, yard
Friday, May 13th, 2011
You may have seen the series of insurance commercials in which a Rod Serling-type announcer asks, “Could switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?” In a current iteration, he then inquires, “Is the pen mightier than the sword?” After a ninja displays some slick sword work, the camera cuts to [...]
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Tags: 9 11 terrorist attacks, announcer, car, electronic device, fast paced world, Geico, insurance, iteration, martial arts clothing, Mendenhall, mightier than the sword, pen, Pittsburgh, pittsburgh steelers, rod serling, Rod Serling-type, series, Serling-type, sword, sword work, television spot, time in history
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
A sports radio show here has a recurring segment titled, “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” about items in the news. For instance, when Charlie Sheen announced that instead of heading into rehab he would be handling drug and alcohol dependency on his own, the host asked listeners to weigh in with thoughts on how badly [...]
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Tags: academic institutions, alcohol, alcohol consumption, alcohol dependency, any given saturday, Charlie Sheen, colleges and universities, controversial bill, drug, drug and alcohol, instance, Law, News, night, public colleges, radio, rehab, segment, show, sports radio show, state campuses, Texas, texas senate, Virginia
Green Thumb
Thursday, May 19th, 2011One of the things I take a lot of pride in is the appearance of our yard. While the one-eighth acre lot is not exactly a botanical garden, it means a lot to me that it’s always green and clean. While my 16-year-old son and I do the mowing and pruning, we turn over chemical [...]
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Tags: acre, appearance, area, botanical garden, chemical applications, compost, front yard, garden, last september, lawn, lawns, Leaf Mold, lot, one-eighth, pride, pride and joy, st augustine, Texas, texas sun, thing, yard