“Hey Steve Davies, give yourself a piece of mind by doing this…”
This is a solicitation that I got from somebody about something. I have no idea what it was because of course I didn’t click the link, but it got me wondering…a piece of who’s mind? It’s an...
View Article“Do you want the speaker on a deus?”
You mean like they were Gods or something? Maybe the “Deus” could come down from the sky or out of the projector showing the power point – a modern day “deus ex machina”. Or did you simply mean the...
View ArticleWhat is your favorite past-time?
This came up as a security question on some site where I registered. They felt the need for my music listening habits to be private and so they wanted me to create a password. One of the security...
View Article“Hey Steve Davies, I trust your well.”
This is the start of an e mail I got from somebody I hadn’t spoken to in a while. I was puzzled and figured that he meant he would buy water from me if he was passing through a drought zone in the...
View ArticleSomebody wrote to me once that “This is one of the tenants of my beliefs”.
That’s incredible, I thought to myself. Your beliefs are a house that has people living in it? Do they pay you rent? Wow, what a concept! Oh, I see, you mean “tenets”. The etymology comes from the...
View Article“It is time to let go the reigns”
This is startling news! Do you mean that you are planning a coup? You plan to get rid of the monarchy? I know the CIA does this routinely, but in which country? What have they done? Oh, I’m sorry….you...
View Article“It’s a mute point”
Do you mean that it is very quiet? I can’t hear it? Why would it be so silent? Oh, I see….you mean a “moot point”. Interestingly, the etymology of the word “moot” comes from the Anglo Saxon gemot,...
View ArticleA Non – Evasive Procedure
A few years ago, the health club I belonged to was promoting a supplement that was supposed to do wonderful things for your body. They had a baseline test you had to take to measure your weight,...
View Article“I’m one of the principles of the company”
I’m really impressed. It is rare to meet somebody who embodies, in one place, all the things that make up the culture and ethics of a company. I can’t wait to meet but one thing before we do. Are you...
View Article"Axe him to leave"
My old COO has been the subject of several of the entries in the “unintentional humor” section and here’s another gem. In common with a number of people in the New York area, he was unable to...
View Article“That employee has done a complete 360”
Years ago, my COO said at our weekly management meeting "That guy's really turned it around….he's done a complete 360". These days as my Emotional Intelligence has improved, I'd exercise self...
View Article“If that's what I meant I wouldn't have put it that way”
Years ago at our weekly management meeting I told the managers that the President of a large Bank was coming to see me. My VP of Operations said "That bank can't have much going on" so I gave him a...
View Article"Hats Off!"
I recently got this note from a colleague: “Thanks so much for what you’re doing and it sounds like you’ve made meaningful progress. My hats off to you guys!” I confess that I was puzzled. I know that...
View Article"Eminent Franchisor"
I read the following in a newspaper recently: “A bankruptcy filing by the franchisor seems eminent.” I suppose that the franchisor was pre-eminent in their field and because of poor results decided to...
View Article"Intense Purposes"
Another one that came to me in an e mail. “For all intense purposes this matter can now be considered closed”. I guess if the purposes weren’t intense then the matter would remain open.
View Article"A Leadership Roll"
One of my clients produces a circular for supermarkets. Years ago, he was trying to motivate the person who inputs the pictures into the circular to step up to take more responsibility. In an e mail...
View Article"Taken Back"
I was having a conversation with one of my employees about his performance and laid out a specific area where he had failed to perform. He apologized and said “I’m really taken back by what you’re...
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Patients Rewarded
This was an email I received from my local Y. I hadn’t realized until I saw the notice that the clientele is largely doctors who refer their patients for exercise therapy.
View Article"Part time woman"
I regularly see advertisements for part time workers. While it is illegal in most cases to be gender specific, people still are, and somebody told me recently that they were looking to hire a part-time...
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