The Business Pro

So, I got an email from a young man a while back. College kid. He was looking for a job over the summer and he wanted to know if I would hire him as an intern to satisfy a requirement for graduation. It took everything I had to NOT call his advisor at school. 147…

How are you holding up on your resolutions for the New Year. I hope you are able to stay on track. Let’s try a different direction in this section this week. I had a family member pass last week. As such, I was tasked with gathering some photos. If you’re my age, you have picture…

As we turn the page from one year to the next, I always enjoy reflecting and projecting. Reading above is more of a business discussion than a fitting discussion, and it is certainly relevant here. Everyone sits around on New Years Day and comes up with “Resolutions”. Most of then are like under cooked pasta…

As we turn the page from one year to the next, I always enjoy reflecting and projecting. As we look at the landscape of the business of golf, it tips its hand to show us our direction for the coming year. Rounds are down slightly from 2022. Is this because of weather, or are we…

Recently, I was with my wife at my parents house. The home of tech savvy is absolutely not at the house I grew up in. My mother keeps a 3 ring binder with all of her handwritten notes and instructions. We are on a 2″ binder now, complete with alphabetical tabs, and there are things…

Maybe you had a chance to try the THINGS app. This week, I’ll highlight my favorite note taking App. I use Notability. It’s an iPhone app. This one has it all. It integrates with Mac and iPad. The notes are synced across all devices. I can make a shopping list for Lowe’s on my iPad…

Are you an APP fan? I try to not have too many on my phone, and I restrict anything that I think will cause background usage on my phone. I am always on the hunt for business apps that will make me more efficient. As I started trying to move away from any paper based…

Last week we started to chat about email. The week before we talked about managing your notifications. This week, let’s give some tips to organize your email.  Last week we talked about the difference between text messages and email. I believe the reason many people use text as a go to messaging app is that…

So far we’ve talked about WHEN to reach out to a professional contact and HOW to modify your notifications so they work for you. This week, we will chat about HOW to reach out. In a future segment, we can chat about a phone call vs. an electronic message. Today, however, let’s chat about what type of message…

Last week, I mentioned what your responsibility is as a sender, or as an initiator of contact with someone, and when is it OK to hit that send button or make that call. This week, it’s about what can you do as a recipient.  In other words, how do you manage your notifications? First things…