by herrickpeter | Mar 1, 2017 | blog
Back in the 80s and 90s, I remember several conversations with friends – and I think it was used in some TV shows and movies – about how convenient it would be if all of the people who have crazy ideas would wear aluminum foil hats. It would make it so much easier to...
by herrickpeter | Feb 22, 2017 | blog
No, seriously, I want you to try. Not in some internal, meditation, get in touch with the “inner you” sort of way, but the way you actually SAY words out loud. Many of us are in a job where we say the same thing day after day. Do you answer the phone at your office?...
by herrickpeter | Feb 15, 2017 | blog
When it comes time to hire someone, a lot of employers will take an interviewee out to lunch or dinner. If you didn’t know, this isn’t just to have a delicious burger that someone else is paying for. It’s to see your table manners, to see how you treat the waiter or...
by herrickpeter | Feb 8, 2017 | blog
There’s a picture that’s been floating around social media for a few years of a blue ribbon saying “I survived another meeting that should have been an e-mail”. People love to share that because it’s so true that many meetings are pointless. No meeting should be...
by herrickpeter | Feb 1, 2017 | blog
Advertise on Facebook? Buy a full-page newspaper ad? Do radio commercials? Put flyers on windshields in a parking lot? These are all questions I’ve been asked about the best (or cheapest) way to advertise a business or service. The answer is no to all of those…at...