Mid-morning. You and Carol talked
to Marsha on the phone today and Wednesday you are meeting Marsha and David for
lunch. While on BBC News you noted a small article related to business. Here it
is. - Amorella
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Monday June
03, 2013
The Marlin Company
"The Four Most Important Words in the English
Language"
By Frank Kenna
J.W. Marriott was
interviewed in the Sunday, May 26 NY Times. The entire interview
is well worth reading from a manager’s perspective, but there was one quote in
particular that I would like to share with you:
“The four most
important words in the English language are, ‘What do you think?’ Listen to
your people and learn.”
I
like this because so often business communicators think of communication as a
“me to them” process and ignore the return loop. Marriott makes the point
that listening is actually more important. After all, it’s our employees
who are on the front lines, have the most contact with customers and therefore
the best field intelligence with which to make decisions.
From:
http://.the marlin company blog
Via - BBC
News, 12 August 2013
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0957
hours. I like the "What do you think?" If it can be worked in at the
conclusion or near the conclusion of Brothers 21 I'd like to go for it, that
is, if it can be made to fit in context.
How do you know that it isn't already in the
cards, so to speak, to conclude Brothers 21? - Amorella
It didn't dawn on me that it was or could be.
What else is new? - Amorella
The more I think on this little circumstance the more humor I
see; some darker than others, but it is humor nevertheless.
1012 hours. I had a flash memory from my junior or senior year of
high school (1958-1960). We had an assembly on 'safe driving' and the speaker
was a likeable fellow who had won the Indianapolis 500 in 1950.
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Johnnie Woodrow Parsons (July 4, 1918 – September 8, 1984) was an American race car
driver from Los Angeles, California who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1950.
Parsons
had the dubious distinction of being the only Indianapolis 500 winner to have his
name misspelled on the Borg-Warner Trophy.. Silversmiths carved
"Johnny" instead of "Johnnie." He had a son named Johnny
who competed at Indy a dozen times.
From
Wikipedia
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What
I remember was his talking about hitting a brick wall at a high rate of speed.
He said that what happened after and before was all about physics. That was the
beginning, I think, of my focus on the existential elements of physics. It hit
home enough that I even remembered the man's name, stage presence and
soft-spoken manner after all this time.
Carol is ironing and you are wondering how to
get rid of the Body-Solid 1700S Home Gym you have in the basement. You called
the Veterans but they won't take anything that you need two men to carry out. You
could try Goodwill or All About Sports. - Amorella
Amazing. I never knew you to respond to something such as
this. (1258)
You are giving something away, orndorff.
When you give something away I show interest. - Amorella
Goodwill will not pick it up but College Hunks Hauling
Junk will and as it is a donation to Goodwill we get ten percent off. That
sounds reasonable to me and I am taking the money to pay for the removal from
my stash fund. Shoot, if I were a college kid I'd just take the gym home and
use it. Why not?
This would not bother you? - Amorella
Not really, as long as it is being used what difference
does it make. I've tried to give it away just for getting it out of the
basement but no one is interested.
[The blog is not printing correctly, sorry.]
Late mid-afternoon. You are back from
MicroCenter after purchasing your Audio-technica Solid Bass ATH-WS55 over the
ear headphones.
1653 hours. I am just trying them out. Best headphones I
have ever had. I have spent a couple of days researching for the best
headphones under a hundred dollars and so far they are quite good. My
experience does not range to excellent because I don't know what that is in
reference to headphone quality and technology. I'll have to wear them for an
hour or so to see how comfortable they are then but right now they are much
more comfortable than the ten year old Sony over the ear, but then they were
twenty-nine or thirty dollars, these were three times that. These hopefully
will last my lifetime (which is much easier the older I become).
Later than dusk. You have been working on
updating both TomTom GPS machines and are still in the process of one of them.
Post. - Amorella
2124 hours. Perhaps I can do some work when this is last
update is complete. It is taking longer than I expected it to.
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