Doug Haslam

I have been thnking about rules a lot, as I have been helping to coach my son’s Little League team. Rukes are in place for fairness and to protect the kids, but even then there are rules unwritten or open to interpretation. In general I like to have rules for anything I do. Unlike with [...]

…and Fearless Leader is ready with a SFW version of some classic Celtics victory parade nostalgia. Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz.  Replies. Tweet

Well, the Celtics pulled it off- winning their 17th NBA championship. This puts them at the pinnacle of their profession, so I wonder: what’s the pinnacle of your profession? is it accolades and awards? Peer recognition? Money? Accomplishment? There was n rioting in the streets when my PR agency won a ‘Bell Ringer’ award, so [...]

What makes people successful? Doling out information and proclamations guru-style is a sign of achievement. It is also a sign of blind arrogance. Success, accomplishment, and good old get-’er-done task completion is the domain of those who find information, and the greatest source of that is other people. Nobody knows it all- I don’t and [...]

Some people can look at things and see something that’s not there. My wife saw much-needed space in front of our house where I saw a hedge. How important are seeing things and making those visions come true? Pretty important, I think. Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 Tweet

Made the push and glad I did- feel like I have hit a new level. to sponsor: http://doughaslam.com/, click blue PMC icon @ right- thanks! Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 Tweet

I wonder sometimes if we think too much about words. ‘Tug of Fun’ may or may not be too ‘PC’ but I wonder if it’s unecessary to change it. Is ‘tug of war’ so bad? But, words and how we use them define us. The words we choose on behalf of others- script writers, speech [...]

With all this Internet culture we wallow in, we expect everything to happen right away, don’t we? Not so! It pays to step back and realize that things take time nurturing, whether it’s my wife’s roses- just bloomed this week, enjoy them whiley last-or trying t make a difference in a new job- as I [...]