Sunday, April 15, 2012

BloggeRhythms 4/15/2012

To this day, I distinctly remember the words of a very successful businessman who was giving me advice upon starting my first job in sales. He told me that in business, as in every aspect of life, it's always the little things that count.

In that regard, he explained, when visiting prospective customers be observant of their surroundings, because the environment they've established will indicate not only their aesthetic taste, it will reflect their attitude, approach and style as well.

For example, a neat, clean, well organized environment tells you that that's how your prospect is likely to think. So, to be most effective, your presentation should be succinct, to the point, extremely professional and precise. Keep it short and concise...but don't sound rushed or you might appear uncaring or rude.

On the other hand, obviously, is the other extreme: Relaxed, casual, no indications of pressures of time, folks moving at leisurely paces with no compunction about straying off the subject for anecdotes or even an off-handed joke.  

Over time, and the major reason I remember the advice so clearly, is that throughout my career I've found the advice to be absolutely true almost always. People do indeed reflect their environments and mirror their leaders or idols attitudes, postures, and thoughts.  And we couldn't find a better example of that premise than today's White House.

When you see a Congress push through a bill that no one has read simply to bolster a political hack trying to fulfill a campaign promise that makes no sense, I think it indicates that for them, politics is far more important than prudent, effective, sound legislation. Likewise, economically strangling most of the population via outrageous fuel costs to appease an environmentalist lobby, indicates partisanship payback is more important than good governance.

In that regard, just yesterday in Wyoming , Dick Cheney spoke of the president and said,  "He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country," which brings me back to my point.

Because although we have seen huge mistakes in almost every aspect of this administration's tenure, I think the most recent one proves my former mentor's point that it's the little things that count. Because if those closest to the incumbent, his own Secret Service detail, have obviously learned that their own misbehavior means nothing any more -unless you get caught- we've all just gotten an inside look at how little respect the guy at the top has for anyone, or anything, including himself.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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