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Five somewhat warped inspirational thoughts.

Many people in my Twitter stream quote inspirational thoughts.  Although the five I’ve gathered over the past week aren’t the same caliber as those quoted by John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King, they are inspirational just the same (in a warped kind of way), so I thought I’d share them with you.
Give [...]

Six finger silent treatment for marketers

During the pilot of “Cougar Town” (Judge me. It’s OK. I think it’s a funny show!) Courtney Cox gets angry at one of her co-stars and holds up six fingers. Five on one hand and just the thumb on her other. Her co-star quickly retorts, “Oh, what? So now we’re not talking for six minutes?” [...]

You have to A – S – K to G – E – T

A very good friend of mine said to me one day, “You have to A – S – K to G – E – T.” She was saying it in reference to a phone conversation she was having with the front desk of a hotel we were checking into later that afternoon. She was asking [...]

Proud starts with a P

My daughter is learning to read, so numerous times throughout the day we phonetically pronounce letters and their sounds. The word PROUD definitely starts with a P.
And, I look at this Halloween photo and proud is what comes to mind. It’s not a fancy staged family photo – it’s not even all that great – [...]

When was the last time you quid pro quo’d?

QUID PRO QUO
A friend inserted this phrase into my daily vernacular a few years ago. According to Wikipedia it is, “(From the Latin meaning “something for something”)[1] indicates a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services.”
It’s a phrase that runs through my mind a lot lately and prompts me to ask — when [...]