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“If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s gonna stop ’em.” Yogi Berra So, too, if people don’t want to work at their current place of employment anymore, “nobody’s gonna stop ‘em.” This blog and the next will address what has been dubbed the Great Resignation – the fact so many people […]
“Write like you are running out of time.” Alexander Hamilton (American statesman, military commander, defender of the U.S. Constitution, lawyer, musical performer!) Look Out Above! readers will attest that the book’s co-authors rarely come across a sports metaphor or analogy that they dislike, and it is only through ruthless editing that more “sports talk” didn’t […]
New Skill: Ending Phone Calls Gracefully “This phone call could have been an email.” Anonymous (popularized in meme form) Bet you’ve heard or used the phrase “I’ll let you go” lately, as it’s become a popular sign-off technique to get off a phone or a Zoom call. Sort of like George Costanza’s classic relationship break-up […]
“Even thinking about the future will cause it to change.” Thomas Frey, futurist As readers of our book and followers of our blog can attest, the LOA! team is not reluctant to apply sports analogies, metaphors, and lessons to the business world. So a short feature in the Wall Street Journal caught our eye. This […]
“There’s always two voices inside: there is one telling you that you can’t do it, that it’s done, it’s finished. That voice was pretty strong after the second set. So I felt that that was a time for me to actually vocalize the other voice and try to suppress the first one that was saying […]
“If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good. If you play good, they pay good.” Deion Sanders Today’s blog post is directed toward those working or job searching remotely, but there is plenty here for those who have returned to the office. Though we look to be inching toward […]
“Go West, young man, go West!” attributed to Horace Greeley, Editor, New York Tribune, in an 1865 editorial Never minding the sexist nature of the advice (which should of course have been “Go West, young person, go West”), it was offered the year the Civil War ended, and Horace was advising what he thought best […]
“Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.” Martina Navratilova, winner of 59 grand slam titles, including 18 singles, 31 doubles, and 10 mixed doubles The LOA! team (all two of us) are avid tennis fans, so it’s time that we opened one of our blogs with a quote from […]
“I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.” Elon Musk Before we get into the nitty-gritty of how to write a business email (and why it is so important), let us posit this question to our gentle readers: Are you, like Elon, a fan of asynchronous communication? What […]
“I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.” Shelby Foote, American writer and historian Thank goodness then for supervisors who “shortcut” your learning process — how helpful they are! So you’ve made a mistake […]
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