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Are You Doing New Things in an Old Way?
Here and Wow: (Big) News from the Wow World
Nov 17, 2009
Today’s 10 Worst Phrases to Use in Business
In January 2009, YouGov published their list of the 10 worst business sayings. Some I more than agreed with (“thinking outside of the box,” “blue-sky thinking,” “heads up”); some didn’t…
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Nov 16, 2009
Building Your Wow Factor
I was recently interview by Vince Thompson at CBS’ Smart Planet on “Building Your Wow Factor.” Vince writes: We know it when we see it and feel it. Rarely do…
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Nov 7, 2009
Don’t Get Flustered, Get Factual
There appears to be an epidemic of inappropriateness pervading the job interview world these days. Several people I know have gotten questions that left them, literally, speechless—and one wasn’t so…
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Sep 28, 2009
“Freedom’s Just Another Word…”
I’m guessing that those of you who’ve listened to the Grateful Dead (actively or passively) can finish the above phrase. For those of you who haven’t, it ends,”for nothing left…
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Sep 18, 2009
Mic Snatching Aside, Kanye’s Apology Didn’t Wow
As has been endlessly discussed, Kanye West snatched the microphone from Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the Music Awards. What has received less press is his apology on…
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Aug 25, 2009
So You Want Your Kid Out of the Basement….
Summer’s come– and now gone– and while it was fun to have your college-graduate around the house for a few months, their persistent non-response to, “Have you thought about what…
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Aug 23, 2009
“No Sweat” Makes Me Sweat
I did a quick Tweet the other day on my aversion to mixing slang and bodily functions, and received so much mail about it that it occurred to me I…
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Aug 11, 2009
Victimhood is Powerful- but it Doesn’t Wow
This past weekend, some young chums of mine (10 and 7) took part in a lifeguarding clinic. One of the elements practiced was how to signal to a guard that…
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Aug 4, 2009
Bananas Have Their Own Bag
An alternative title for “Did They Wow?” has always been, “ThingsI”mNotAvailableFor.com” Among these things, people who put fruit and vegetables in plastic bags at the supermarket or farm stand. Now,…
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Jul 20, 2009
Let’s Get Interactive
Hello, hello: Up until now, “Did They Wow?” was a forum for commentary on the wow factor of various public figures. What I’d like to do now is create a…
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