by Tom Hailey | Nov 5, 2017
Conciseness is not my superpower. Sometimes I use four sentences instead of one. I also have a talent for saying the same thing twice, just with slightly different words. I’ll just repeat the same thing. There, I did it again. Maybe you occasionally fluff up...
by Tom Hailey | Oct 29, 2017
Let’s reminisce about Boom Boxes! Did you have one? Do you remember how a person would carry it on his shoulder, blasting sound into his own ears and into all those ears around him within a city block? Or some would set them up and broadcast music loud enough...
by Tom Hailey | Oct 22, 2017
Here’s the problem. You’re in a restaurant or the waiting room at your doctor’s office, or concentrating on your workout at the gym, or waiting to board a plane. And then it happens. Someone near you begins talking on their phone as if they’re sitting...
by Tom Hailey | Oct 15, 2017
I was talking with the president of a company about his sales team. He said that he doesn’t send empty suits out to talk with his customers. First, he only hires engineers to be his sales representatives. And then they devote a year to the business before they are...
by Tom Hailey | Oct 8, 2017
Listen Here Good Times Recently I attended a double nickel birthday party. It was a boomer blast. The birthday girl’s husband went all out to make 55 a festive and memorable event. We enjoyed a chimenea fire, storytelling, live music by some of the guests, delicious...
by Tom Hailey | Oct 1, 2017
Have you wanted to kick yourself because you forgot to pack something? When I began my career in the 70’s, my boss taught me the value of a list. His example was simple. He told about packing for a trip and forgetting his “good” shoes. He discovered it the next...
