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Friday Filosophy #31

A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright. Lucille Ball All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. Charles M. Shulz Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. Polish Proverb The time is now.

September 28, 2012

Management Musing v1.9

I want to talk about tomorrow today. I want to look into the future and try to make some determinations about what management and leadership will be like in 2050 or so. I know that I am setting myself up for some ridicule but there are some truths I want to explore. This started with […]

September 27, 2012

Parts Pondering v1.9

The last time we met we talked about being in a rut. I believe it. The problem is that you do too. Shopping is not a “male” thing. I tease that we are missing a DNA strand or something. We typically know what we are looking for or what we want or need, go to […]

September 27, 2012

Service Statement v1.7

The last service blog listed a series of items that are required if we are to give customers the certainty they want when they work with the service department. The first of those required items is an inspection. Yes I know the customer tells us what is wrong and what they want done. And yes […]

September 27, 2012

Last Chance

Don’t miss the webinars today on Service Management. It is can’t miss webinar day.

September 24, 2012

CAS Filosophy v1.2

Some of you might know that my daughter has been fighting cancer since the early months of 2011 – multiple surgeries and serial sessions of chemotherapy and reconstruction and diet changes and untold emotional challenges. Now she is back to rebuilding her body and her life. Through all of this as a father you are […]

September 21, 2012

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I started working – an actual on a daily basis job when I was fifteen years old. Yes I did a bunch of stuff before that but I don’t count it. Sometime in those early years I took on this Sleeism #2. It has been heard by anyone who has ever worked with me or suffered a discussion with me or in one manner or another spent time with me - which leads to me two short stories. Remember me? I tell stories as a means of ensuring that people understand my strange mannerisms in communications.

Story #1: It is 1983 and my family and I have moved to Denver, CO. I was working for a computer software company, EBS. The VP of Sales was a gentleman named Bill McManes. He was one of the best sales people I have ever seen from a selling technique perspective. He was awesome in action. Well my family was invited to join Bill and his family for Thanksgiving Dinner. It was a wonderful gesture. We were new in town and we didn’t know that many people so it was appreciated. We sat down for the dinner and Caroline my daughter was sitting to Bill’s left and Marlene, my wife, and I were down at the other end of the table. Bill looks to Caroline and asks innocently “Caroline have you heard about your father’s three strikes rule?” Caroline is an extremely wonderful person and she has a rather scary attribute – she is extremely intelligent. I know that is a father talking but I promise if anything I understate it. Well without missing a beat Caroline, who was somewhere around 8 years old at the time, said “Yes Bill I have one strike how many do you have?” Bill in amazement looked down the table and said “You do this to your kid???”

Story #2: It is about 2009 and my daughter Caroline is going through her student teaching assignments. She was in a rather rough school in an underprivileged area. Well Caroline is a small woman somewhere around 100 pounds soaking wet and about 5”3. She also is a runner so she is incredibly fit. She calls me after school one day and relates the following story.

One of the students was causing trouble. This was a grade 5 class and the students are always trying to be the center of attention. After politely attempting to get control of the room there was this one young man who continued on being a disturber. He wouldn’t stop. So what did my daughter do? She asked him to stand up and while he was standing, being watched by everyone in the room, she walked slowly up to him and get very close. She held up one finger and said to this astonished your person in the appropriate tone “That Is One” – she turned didn’t say anything else and walked away. When she turned around to face the class she told him that he could now sit down. He never caused trouble again. She said to me on the phone “Dad does that ever work.” And I asked her why she thought it worked. She said – and I love it – he didn’t know what #2 was going to be.

So there are two stories to explain Sleeism #2 here it is:-

Sleeism # 2

Once is happenstance; Twice is circumstance; Third time is Enemy Action

March 8, 2012

This week, in Friday Filosophy #2015-22, let’s go back to an earlier era. Some of us might want to return to yesteryear - the times of Ronald Reagan.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

There are no limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination and wonder.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I am here to help.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

The time is now.

May 29, 2015

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