There’s a certain tendency in today’s hyper-segmented media environment to want to scream louder than the next get to get noticed. To a certain extent I suppose it’s part of the game along with the apparent contest of who can say the most outrageous things. I guess the more “out there” or offensive the statement the higher the chance of it going viral. I don’t necessarily fault those who do it – you guys can make a list pretty easily – except when they make things up and label them as fact. Not great in media and really bad in business. Continue reading
The Ambulance
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Suppose you’re exercising and start to feel shaky. You get kind of clammy and you’re sweating profusely. Sure, you haven’t eaten yet and maybe you should have been drinking more water as you went, but right now you know you’re in trouble.
So you call an ambulance just to be on the safe side, especially since you feel as if you might pass out. There are probably 100 thoughts going through your mind but one of them isn’t “will the ambulance show up” or even “will someone answer 911”, right? Continue reading
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Losing Weight
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Here we are at Friday again so it’s time for a few thoughts on food. Actually, I rarely need to be prompted to talk about food – it’s on my mind a lot. So much so that I really need to lose some weight. I’m willing to bet that many of you are in the same boat. Maybe it’s that we don’t think of food enough – we just stick it in the old pie-hole and it shows up on our waists soon thereafter.
In any event, of course I somehow got my weight thoughts tracking over to business. Let me explain. Continue reading
Filed under food, Helpful Hints
