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65Manana syndrome identified as possible pandemic by CDC
I just watched "Gone With the Wind". Must be about the seventeenth time. I'm from the south and watching GWW helps remind me we should have won the war. The movie also reminded me Scarlett O'Hara and I have something in common. Remember when...
1 comment62I wrote this when I was a mere fifty-five. Now I'm sixty-six and it's gotten worse.
My aging is a perplexing, sometimes diabolical, and an ironic experience. With each passing year I have a greater sense of my mortality. I’m perplexed because I do not understand the behavior of many...
3 comments61More of my great ideas
The average citizen never stops to think about the source of all the printed material they see and read. I guess the people in the printing industry are too busy working hard and fail to call much...
2 comments61Let's send all the perverts back to Perversia
A minister and principal of a "religious" school insists on being called "Sir Noble Prince." The man was recently charged with raping a female student, age 15. The DA had weak case and Sir Noble Prince was...
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60Never wear a yellow leisure suit when making a sales call!
I guess I’ll just reach in the old mailbag and answer some reader letters. This is a big part of my column writing job, helping ailing print salespeople. This first letter is from Covey...
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60My biases are showing. Everything else is covered.
I'm one hurtin' puppy. I just pitched batting practice to fifteen 17-18 year old All Star ballplayers. I had great stuff today. A perfect 65 mph...
4 comments59Getting in touch with my feminine side
Valentine’s Day just passed. I’m a hopeless romantic and I went a little nuts with gifts for all the women in my life; one wife, three daughters and six granddaughters. Some people have said that I’m...
3 comments59Selling is too damn hard so get a job as a beachcomber
Dear Salespeople in North Americaland: I've been wanting to write you about some of things that are on my mind. About half of you are unsuited for print sales and it would really help...
1 comment59World's worst salesman moves to Berkley
Dear Marvelle, You idiot! I got your message on my voice mail the first time. You didn't need to leave six more messages. By the way, Mister Impatience, voice mail is for names, phone numbers and...
1 comment58What does Harvard know about selling?
The Harvard Business School has announced the completion of a study to identify the common characteristics of top salespeople. They probably spent three years, 10,000 man hours and millions of dollars to find...
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