It was a beautiful Indian summer morning here in September when Al Qaeda decimated the World Trade Center in New York City – and the entire world was plunged into chaos. I remember where I was, you remember where you were.
What I remember is….
It was a beautiful Indian summer morning here in September when Al Qaeda decimated the World Trade Center in New York City – and the entire world was plunged into chaos. I remember where I was, you remember where you were.
What I remember is….
My father-in-law, Ron, is a 77 year old retired farmer in Southeastern Nebraska. He wears a John Deere hat, sports a farmer’s suntan and talks kinda slow.
He had this to say about the Big Bailout:
You might not be in manufacturing, but no matter what you do, you’re still in the business of changing something or someone.
And whether you process plastic pellets or sell exotic travel packages, the following is always true:
I’m sad to report, my dear friend, mentor and father figure Tom Hoobyar passed from our midst this past Sunday, 71 years young.
Tom and I first met at a Gary Halbert seminar ten years ago. If you’ve never been to a Halbert seminar, it’s kind of like a Dan Kennedy seminar except everyone is on LSD. Not literally, mind you, but figuratively. Gary attracted a wooly, wild, creative bunch and that event was no exception. Halbert fans were advertising astronauts.
Tom was a CEO of a hi-tech company, hoping to….
This morning I got this email from Susan Kruger. She’s from Detroit. She sells study skills curriculum to public schools (which are a troubled bunch these days):
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Perry,
We have a very long sales cycle, so it will take a little while to get a full picture on all of our initiatives. However, these are some metrics I can tell you for sure:
* August 2011 = our best sales month…ever! 40% better than August 2010.
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