Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb? We can’t fool you! You know that the answer to the question “Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?” It’s Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. But the answer to the question “Who signed Grant’s memoirs?” is a little trickier. After he left office, Grant fell on hard [...]
Autograph Collecting – Identifying Non-Genuine Autographs Last week I was going through my autograph research files, yet again, and came across my ‘education folder.’ The ‘education folder’ is a hardcopy file full of most of my major buying mistakes, and so named because every time I made a mistake, I learned — the hard way. [...]
Signatures on envelopes – Free franks Benjamin Franklin was a printer, an inventor, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was also frugal. It was his “mission.” When he hit the ripe old age (for then!) of 20, Franklin decided to embark on what he called “moral perfection.” He created a list of [...]
The Long and the Short of William Henry Harrison It was a dark and and stormy night…. No, actually, it was a dark and stormy day when 68-year-old William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States, took his oath of office on the steps of the Capitol building. Harrison delivered his inauguration address under [...]
Have Your Sound Bites Ready to Go My good friend and restaurateur Anthony Capone just opened a new restaurant in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania, along the Delaware River. It’s called "The Narrows.” He also owns and runs ‘‘Alma’’ a fabulous rooftop Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn? Yeah Brooklyn! You gotta problem wit’ dat?! [...]
Selling Your Professional Services or Products When my host radio station, WNTI was moving across campus, and we were clearing out the old radio studio, I found this guy headed for the trash heap. Dilbert does not belong in the garbage, so I rescued him. With all due respect to his creator, Scott Adams, I modified [...]
James Gamble of Proctor and Gamble made this statement many years ago. No offense to our soap-making friends and clients - - but is it true? How much of the success of any item is based on the product - or is it just the ability to market and sell it? Your ability to sell [...]
Tips for Team Success The projects you and your team will explore contain many of the "issues" and "team processes" of projects in which you currently participate. To maintain high levels of team performance and employee satisfaction (not to mention the ability to work effectively), the following tips are offered. They will assist you in [...]
How To Build Teams That Will Still Respect You in the Morning A few years ago I wrote an article for Successful Meetings Magazine. The editors did some follow-up articles on my published piece, and made it a regular business column for a few years. Here is an excerpt from the series: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can't pick [...]
Explorer and “marketer” Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, led four Antarctic expeditions; traveling the furthest south of any human during his voyage aboard the Nimrod. How did he round up his crew? He advertised for what he did NOT want: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger. [...]