Death Making
Below is a video of a segment about an Arabic tv show that is called ‘Death Making’.
I hope that the program achieves the goals that they are striving for in reduction of violence.
check this site, what site?
Here is the body of an email I received today:
The 2009 Pumpkin Carve will be held this Saturday, October 17 from 2:00-4:00 pm in our commons area. Please make arrangements to attend this wonderful event.
I would also encourage you to read the new info on our website.
Thank you.
HOA Board
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Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez m’en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courriel ou par un autre moyen.
Now, here is all the dumb stuff in this email off the top of my head:
- this is for an email in 4 days, that is good, but is the first I have heard of it … why not email or post earlier?
- there is no link to the email <— huge, what are you thinking? Check the site and not include a link to the site?
- there is no person to contact for additional info
- it’s a one off email, this is not that bad with how few emails they send out, but could be huge, and minimum is a missed opportunity
- the email address is not from the domain name
- the email address cannot be replyed to
- There is *NO* way within the email to contact anyone at the org … this might even be illigal
- there is no way to stop the emails form this org — again, might be illigal
now some of these issues don’t look huge, and if this was a one time event it would not be, but every email from this org is the same … blah blah blah, check the website with no link to the website.
Hire a Pro?
This morning I was going through my RSS reader and listened to this one clip released by Dave Ramsey on selling your house on your own or hiring a Realtor.
Here is the clip: there is an ad at the beginning:
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Two messages that hit me:
- only a percent of “pros” really do the best job
- letting people do what they do best allows better results
I am a big fan of specialization of labor; I want you do do what you have a natural strength to do, a passion to do, and causes the resources you need or want to flow to you. That means that sometimes I do work myself, other times I hire professionals, great people who will produce either better quality, faster, or larger quantity results then I would doing it myself.
There are times to do stuff for yourself. You have a role to play is helping the pros you do work with achieve their greatness, but there is also a reason to work with them.
As for that first point, it can be hard and time consuming to find a real professional – or the best of the best, or at least someone/an org that is great. That does not limit or reduce the need we have to strive for it, but puts into light that sometimes we have to spend a lot of time, energy or other resources up front to find the greatness, then develop a relationship and attempt to make sure that both parties get what they want, or one day one of the parties will go away & do something else. That’s why I attempt to help my clients and my vendors succeed, I want them to keep producing what I use/like/enjoy from them.
