Halloween is your chance to relive childhood and to be something you are not everyday…you can be scary, cute or fun. Or, something else entirely different. Go crazy. Be creative. Enjoy the moments. Welcome the kids. Serve them treats. Be Read More …
Halloween gives you an option to be something or someone entirely different…but you are not pretending if you truly enjoy the celebration. Even with everything you have to do to make it happen. Early mornings. Cold weather. Lots of layers. Read More …
Meet new people and learn new names… Not always easy, but worth the effort. Don’t you want to be called by your own name and recognized the next time you see someone you’ve recently met? Figure out the best way Read More …
“Hello, may I speak to _________:” the manager / owner / person in charge. the parent at home. the one who just called me. the concierge. the one who placed the ad. the person who just said “Hello, this is Read More …
There are just five more days…until the most fun day of the year! At least for me. Halloween is one of my favs. I know that it is not everyone’s best but ooooooOOOOH! The candy! The costumes! The make-believe. The Read More …
When you meet someone else who has the same name it isn’t hard to just blurt out, hey, that’s my name. Unless you have a really common name. Or, you are just used to it. Not me. I have met Read More …
When you choose to do it, just write, refine and repeat. The process will get better. The output will be higher and the quality will improve. Of course sometimes you run out of time to do all the editing, planning Read More …
In today’s world, whether it is personal or professional the audience still matters – you need to know who you are talking to… Everybody has a different basis to start. Their own bias. Their background. Their experience. Their education. Their Read More …
More and more, when the phone rings, the question we pose to ourselves is “do I know you“? e-mail has figured out the way to identify spam the blog has tagged and quarantined questionable mail (direct mail) gets tossed (and Read More …