May 2008
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“The best leaders … almost without exception and at every level, are master...”
– Tom Peters, from QuotationsBook
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How to tell the wrong story entirely
No matter what you do, you have a specialized vocabulary: technical jargon that makes complete sense to those on the inside, but that needs a translation key to those on the outside. (And yes, that vocabulary includes the acronyms and abbreviations that aren’t technically words, but get thrown around in conversation as though they are.)
The trick is, in just about every case, the person who...
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One man's trash is another man's story
I’ve never had Stacy’s Pita Chips, but I want to now. Last night, tucked behind the Sky Mall catalog in the seat pocket in front of me, I spied an empty bag of Stacy’s Parmesan Garlic & Herb Pita Chips, left behind by a previous passenger who had enjoyed every last crumb. The bag poked out of the pocket with the back side facing front, so peeking up above the catalog I saw the words, “The...