Archive for August 2015
Single or Double. Perceptions from the Cockpit.
I meet the most interesting people on airplanes. Some time ago, I sat next to a pilot. Even though he wasn’t in uniform, I knew. A seventh sense of sorts. My aviator radar pinged. “What kind of pilot are you?” I asked after getting situated in my seat. “F-16,” he answered. “Fighting Falcon?” His blond…
Read MoreThe Telephone Game and Marketing a Book.
Have you ever sat in a line with a dozen or so people, whispered a statement and then passed, what you assumed were the same words, mouth to ear, until reaching the last person in the row? Then, asked that last individual to repeat what was heard. Was it remotely close to the message you…
Read MoreDon’t Ask if You Don’t Want to Know–The benefits of reviews: the good, so-so and the “needs to improve.”
Those of you who follow my Facebook Fan Page know that I just returned from the first in a series of book promotional trips. If you’re not a follower, the journey was to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual fly-in where roughly 500,000 aviation enthusiasts gathered in Oshkosh, WI, to share flying experiences, swap airplanes, watch…
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