by Alan | Oct 30, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Parenting
Had a moment of inconsolable crisis tonite. Our kids got helium baloons at lunch today, and despite repeated warnings, our daughter let hers go upon coming home and it rose out of reach to our cathedral ceiling in the living room. For the next ten minutes, we heard...
by Alan | Oct 29, 2005 | Communication skills, Flying
I’m a pilot and love aviation and just about everything about it (except the cost). Today I finally got to go up on a pristine clean day after a long hiatus. Took The Boy and let him have some stick time (as far as he knows) for the first time in his life. Great...
by Alan | Oct 28, 2005 | Business, Communication skills, Delivery
Some odd items were displayed very publicly in our office building. Being curious folk, questions were asked. First in private, then increasingly more public. I personally was asked a half dozen times before the electronic message boards lit up. Those that knew or had...
by Alan | Oct 26, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
Worked with a speaker again today. Having seen marked improvement in so many areas, I pushed a little today on some things that are habitual and ingrained. For this particular speaker, it was voice inflection. For others it could be gestures, movement, eye contact, or...
by Alan | Oct 25, 2005 | Communication skills, Parenting, Sales
Baby sister found some new flip flops (summer sale item) in the closet. HAD to have them. Now. Parents relented, saying these were new flip flops for next summer and the pool. Sister parades around the house all night in them (pink, orange, green!) and was distraught...
by Alan | Oct 24, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
I recently turned on the Outlook (yeah, I know, I know) desktop alert for new email. I’ve discovered that over half of the emails I receive can be read and deleted with just the little preview it provides. Which leads me to believe:I get far too many emails that...
