Archive for Archive for July, 2009
The Business of Golf: 18 Rules to Play By
Dan Weedin’s Best Practices for Winning the Business of Golf
If you’re anything like me, you love to mix work with pleasure. Especially, if it’s on the golf course. The links offers a great opportunity to tee it up with clients and prospects. Even if you don’t play a lot, charity golf tournaments make it easy [...]
Never Having to Say Your Sorry
An article in today’s New York Times details President Barack Obama’s retraction for a comment he made regarding the arrest of an African-American Harvard professor by a white law enforcement officer. He said that the police had “acted stupidly” in the arrest. What’s more, the comments came in a press conference on his health care [...]
Character Driven
I am a big fan of the CBS series, NCIS. My family recently purchased the DVD set of Year 1 and it included special features about the show. For those of you not familiar with the series, it chronicles the adventures of a team from the Naval Criminal Investigation Service based in Washington D.C. The [...]
At What Cost Leadership
Sarah Palin has become a polarizing national figure. Love her or hate her, this story in the Washington Post depicts what politics in the 21st century has turned into. It’s probably one of the reasons that many of our best and brightest say “no thanks.” I like Sarah Palin for a lot of reasons and [...]
Happy 233rd Birthday America
Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech
Talk about speaking to influence…
Here’s a great example from 70 years ago.
I’m kind of a baseball historian and it was very cool to read that Major League Baseball is honoring Lou Gehrig on the 70th anniversary of his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium. It will be read at every ballpark tomorrow during the 7th inning [...]
Saying Thank You Still Works
Not five minutes ago, I received a personal phone call from the head of a non-profit organization that I recently donated to. His call was to simply say “thank you” by phone. He acknowledged my contribution and said that in today’s economic challenges, every dollar counts. He finished by reiterating his thanks and said goodbye.
That’s [...]
