Don Spetner

 
 

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Never stop swinging

February 01, 2012

I don't know the exact number of speeches I've listened to in my life, but it's a lot.
 

A phone call to remember

January 01, 2012

I read an article recently about the reduction in business phone calls and the prediction that voicemail would soon be extinct.
 

Greatness courts simplicity

December 01, 2011

In 1999, AIG acquired the company at which I worked. This was long before AIG received one of the biggest bailouts in history.
 

You can learn a lot from a 12-year-old

November 01, 2011

A few weeks ago I was trapped in off-site hell: a two-day series of meetings consisting mostly of PowerPoint presentations.
 

Surviving the corporate wilderness

October 01, 2011

I learned a lot in my brief stint as a Boy Scout.
 

The high road is the one best traveled

September 01, 2011

I keep a crumpled and yellowed article on my desk next to my computer.
 

Don't always count on courtesy

August 01, 2011

When I was a kid, I always wondered what "professional courtesy" meant.
 

It doesn't always pay to know it all

July 01, 2011

When I got hired in my first job as an account executive in 1981, I was disappointed my starting salary was $16,500.
 

An email problem you must address

June 01, 2011

I once won an argument with my son. Not that I'm petty or competitive about such things.
 

Protect yourself from a power trip

May 01, 2011

Most of us have had the unfortunate experience of getting crushed in a corporate meeting room.
 
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