Friends of Dave #152: All That Stands Between You and a Nap
The holiday before The Holidays is upon us....
Wow Friends, hard to believe Thanksgiving is coming up this week for those of us in the United States. Felt like it was just yesterday I was sharing my summer rants....
No matter where you go or how you celebrate it, one thing is certain -- a well deserved and hard earned post meal nap by you or multiple members of your crew is pretty much bankable. We all know that everyone's going to need the rest before the Holiday Rush and the flood of Amazon boxes soon to be coming to your residence, for sure.
I know you have got a lot going on, so I'm not going to take up too much space here in the preamble this week. Check out the links below when you have a chance -- especially if you need a bit of a break from the "family time." Good stuff but nothing too heavy (even the work related stories), I promise.
And hey -- thank you for subscribing and reading every week. I enjoy hearing from you from time to time and the emails, texts and feedback I get is great. I really am grateful that we have the opportunity to connect on a regular basis. It's a lot of fun and means more to me than you know.
Have a great week, safe travels to where ever you are going, be sure to stay away from talking about politics with your crazy uncle/aunt/sibling/in-law and, most importantly, TAKE THAT NAP!
XOXO
Dave
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Whether you are trying to convince a senior leader to accept your idea, you are selling a solution, or just trying to persuade someone to try a new direction, having a well-defined approval cycle for recommendations will add metaphorical grease to the decision-making gears, rendering the process smoother and more efficient. Worth the read.
The Power of Should & Shouldn’t
Check out this good follow up to the "should" thread started a few issues ago. I'll stop short of telling you that you should read it...
A Few For Your Day Job...
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Logistics technology CEO discusses how he recruited unconventional employees and trained them up to become a major differentiator between his company and the competition. There's a podcast, a full transcript and a synopsis here, so take your pick.
Disruptions of salesperson-customer relationships. Is that always bad?
If customers received high value from the relationship in the past and anticipate future value, they are more motivated to maintain and expand the relationship after a disruption.
Researchers published a showing that sales relationship disruptions can actually have overall positive effects for sales teams.
The 13 Critical Questions to Answer about Your Startup's Product Marketing
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Your Weekly Dose of Randomness...
Peter Luger Used to Sizzle. Now It Sputters.
The servers, who once were charmingly brusque, now give the strong impression that these endless demands for food and drink are all that’s standing between them and a hard-earned nap.
If you like a side of snark with your steak, this kick to the midsection review is for you...
Ham, Thanksgiving's second fiddle, will cost you this year
Plant based ham and turkey is around the corner, Friends.....get ready.....
South Koreans are faking their funerals to gain valuable life lessons
I don't care where they live -- humans are just weird....
The Strange Second Life of Ohio's 'Big Basket' Building — www.atlasobscura.com
If you don't want to fake your funeral, go to Newark, Ohio, where you can experience first hand going to "hell in a handbasket".....
And The Last Word....
The man who repossesses multimillion-dollar airplanes — thehustle.co
He isn’t jacked, bearded, or tattooed to the gills. He uses words, not fists, to wrestle airplanes away from loan defaulters. With kind blue eyes and an affinity for grandpa sweaters, he looks more like Mr. Rogers than a member of the Hells Angels.
When banks need to repossess a jet from a bankrupt company or a loan-defaulting mafioso, they call Ken Hill, one of America’s only airplane repo men.
Side comment: airplane captain and Mister Rogers? Someone get me Tom Hanks's agent on the phone!