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SMALL IN NUMBER, BIG IN DAMAGE

Last week I wrote about how two companies had to deal with small-scale groups of people who speak out. The first example the business caved to the few and the second business closed its doors. You can read the article, “Your Company May Be Next” here. In both cases, the organizations stepped away from their business model and gave in to those who speak the loudest.

That reminded me of what happened to Chick Fil A a few years ago but with a different ending.  Continue reading “SMALL IN NUMBER, BIG IN DAMAGE”

WHAT IF IT HAPPENS TO YOUR COMPANY

The Story of Two Businesses

After being forced to change the design of their businesses, the companies reported dramatic loss of sales and even bankruptcy. Though they did everything right, they still were unable to survive. They had a plan based on a target customer, had the funding and the location they needed. Yet an insignificant population prevented them from succeeding.

Just because you talk the loudest doesn’t mean you are right.

Story #1

We can determine who will be in a movie theater by what the movie is rated. If it is rated G there will be kids present. Rated R and we don’t anticipate kids there.  Continue reading “WHAT IF IT HAPPENS TO YOUR COMPANY”

Love Our Language

I love our Language.                                          “Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.”                                          Paul Tillich

BOY IF YOU DON’T STOP

Aubrey “DRAKE” Graham is a Grammy-Award winning R&B/Hip-Hop artist. His unique style of soft rap that deals with difficult subjects has propelled him on Billboard charts. Recently his work was rewarded when he received 13 awards at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. This is the greatest number of accolades ever given to an artist in a single year at this event.

Thirteen awards means giving thirteen acceptance speeches. The one that stands out is the second one. After giving shout-outs of appreciation to Vanessa Hudgens, Nicki Minaj and Ludacris, Drake gave a shout-out to his father, Dennis Graham.

Drake’s dad, a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis, attended the event wearing a purple suit and purple shoes. He looked exceptional. Drake yelled out to his father, “Boy, if you don’t stop!” That started a frenzy of comments because of the phrase. Continue reading “BOY IF YOU DON’T STOP”

THEY DIDN’T HEAR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SAID

The definitions of words are changing. Truth used to mean an “indisputable fact.” Now it means anything that will be “accepted as fact.” There are those who are aware of the change and those who are not. When you speak you don’t know what definition they are using and they don’t know your definition. Communication is becoming lost since we don’t have a common language.

In my blog, THEY THINK YOU ARE SAYING SOMETHING ELSE,”we look at the problems that are occurring today.

Truman’s Definition of Political Correctness

In a letter from
Henry S. Truman
To Douglas A. Mac Arthur
on September 1, 1945
when Mac Arthur asked Truman
what political correctness meant:

“Political Correctness is a doctrine,
recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority
and promoted by a sick mainstream media,
which holds forth the proposition that
it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit
by the clean end!”

BOOK REVIEW by Richard Waguespack, Ph.D., LCSW May 19, 2017

Pope, Dana Lynn (2017-05-05). Who’s Changing the Meaning?  Dana Lynn Pope, LLC. Kindle Edition.

In Who’s Changing the Meaning, Dana Pope explains in striking clarity the importance of integrity in language and its relationship to what is at stake in western civilization. While meanings do expand and multiply over time through normal transitions, today our language is undergoing revision by many whose primary purpose is not to communicate honestly, but to spin and manipulate!   Continue reading “BOOK REVIEW by Richard Waguespack, Ph.D., LCSW May 19, 2017”

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