Huge numbers of people are hammering away, trying to capture other people's attention and cause them to do this or to do that.

 

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Every Thursday someone places on my laneway a plastic bag filled with flyers and other direct sales stuff. I was very glad it didn't snow much last winter. I only choked my snow blower twice with those bags of sales flyers. Now, getting all those jammed-in chunks of paper out of my snow blower was quite a task. Now, I'm hoping it doesn't rain on Thursdays: it is annoying when those flyer bags get all wet and mushy.

 

Last week I received 5 e-mails promoting an upcoming presentation to be held in Oakville. I guess I could press a button somewhere to unsubscribe from these communications. But, I have decided not to do that. I'm very curious about watching these folks going about their marketing. And, maybe someday I will want to visit Oakville.

 

Yesterday, I received a note from a friend. The note was part of an exchange we are having about networking (ie, people networking). One phrase caught my attention:

 

 

That said, I'm going to cut this blog short...