. . .and another from our Treasurer Don Grisham
-Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
>-Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating
>rink.
>-Only in America... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the
back >of the store to get prescriptions.
>-Only in America... do we order a double cheese burger, a large fry, and a
>diet coke.
>-Only in America... do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens
>to the counters.
>-Only in America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the
>driveway and leave useless junk in the garage.
>-Only in America... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then
>have call
waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to
>talk to in the first place.
>-Only in America... do banks have drive-up ATM machines with Braille
>lettering.
>-Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in
>packages of eight.
>***************************************************************
>
>WHEN THE HORSE IS DEAD
>
>Indian tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
>horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try
>other strategies with dead horses. See if any of these look familiar:
>
>-Buy a stronger whip
>-Change riders
>-Appoint a committee to study the horse
>-Move the horse to a new location
>-Provide status reports daily on the dead horse
>-Rename the dead horse
>-Create a training session to increase our ability to ride
>-Add more managers/supervisors per dead horse
>-Hire a consultant to give their opinion on dead horses
>-Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position
>-Terminate all live horses to redefine productivity
>-Arrange to visit other sites to benchmark how THEY ride dead horses
>-Provide an incentive bonus for the jockey
>-Schedule a meeting with the dead horse to discuss his productivity
problems
>-Do a cost analysis study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper
>-Hire another consultant to refute the first consultant's opinion that the
>horse is really dead
>-Bring in a motivational speaker to see if you can't get the horse to rise
>from the dead
>-Form a team, positioned to shift the horse's paradigm
>-Finally, if all else fails, prop the horse up, put ribbons in his mane &
>tail, and see if you can't find a buyer
>****************************************************************
| -Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
>-Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating
>rink.
>-Only in America... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the
back >of the store to get prescriptions.
>-Only in America... do we order a double cheese burger, a large fry, and a
>diet coke.
>-Only in America... do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens
>to the counters.
>-Only in America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the
>driveway and leave useless junk in the garage.
>-Only in America... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then
>have call
waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to
>talk to in the first place.
>-Only in America... do banks have drive-up ATM machines with Braille
>lettering.
>-Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in
>packages of eight.
>***************************************************************
>
>WHEN THE HORSE IS DEAD
>
>Indian tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
>horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try
>other strategies with dead horses. See if any of these look familiar:
>
>-Buy a stronger whip
>-Change riders
>-Appoint a committee to study the horse
>-Move the horse to a new location
>-Provide status reports daily on the dead horse
>-Rename the dead horse
>-Create a training session to increase our ability to ride
>-Add more managers/supervisors per dead horse
>-Hire a consultant to give their opinion on dead horses
>-Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position
>-Terminate all live horses to redefine productivity
>-Arrange to visit other sites to benchmark how THEY ride dead horses
>-Provide an incentive bonus for the jockey
>-Schedule a meeting with the dead horse to discuss his productivity
problems
>-Do a cost analysis study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper
>-Hire another consultant to refute the first consultant's opinion that the
>horse is really dead
>-Bring in a motivational speaker to see if you can't get the horse to rise
>from the dead
>-Form a team, positioned to shift the horse's paradigm
>-Finally, if all else fails, prop the horse up, put ribbons in his mane &
>tail, and see if you can't find a buyer
>****************************************************************
--------------------
-Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an
ambulance.
>-Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front
of a skating
>rink.
>-Only in America... do drugstores make the sick
walk all the way to the
back >of the store to get
prescriptions.
>-Only in America... do we order a double cheese burger, a
large fry, and a
>diet coke.
>-Only in America... do banks leave
both doors open and then chain the pens
>to the counters.
>-Only in
America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the
>driveway
and leave useless junk in the garage.
>-Only in America... do we use
answering machines to screen calls and then
>have call
waiting so we
won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to
>talk to in the first
place.
>-Only in America... do banks have drive-up ATM machines with
Braille
>lettering.
>-Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in
packages of ten and buns in
>packages of
eight.
>***************************************************************
>
>WHEN
THE HORSE IS DEAD
>
>Indian tribal wisdom says that when you
discover you are riding a dead
>horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
However, in business we often try
>other strategies with dead horses. See
if any of these look familiar:
>
>-Buy a stronger
whip
>-Change riders
>-Appoint a committee to study the
horse
>-Move the horse to a new location
>-Provide status reports
daily on the dead horse
>-Rename the dead horse
>-Create a training
session to increase our ability to ride
>-Add more managers/supervisors
per dead horse
>-Hire a consultant to give their opinion on dead
horses
>-Promote the dead horse to a supervisory
position
>-Terminate all live horses to redefine
productivity
>-Arrange to visit other sites to benchmark how THEY ride
dead horses
>-Provide an incentive bonus for the jockey
>-Schedule a
meeting with the dead horse to discuss his productivity
problems
>-Do a
cost analysis study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper
>-Hire
another consultant to refute the first consultant's opinion that
the
>horse is really dead
>-Bring in a motivational speaker to see
if you can't get the horse to rise
>from the dead
>-Form a team,
positioned to shift the horse's paradigm
>-Finally, if all else fails,
prop the horse up, put ribbons in his mane &
>tail, and see if
you can't find a
buyer
>****************************************************************
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