Not That You Asked…

Not That You Asked…

Stories. Observations. Pet Peeves. Brassy, breezy—often funny, sometimes serious—always fast and edgy. From BillGoldstein.com

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June 10, 2024 3 mins

Isn’t it curious how certain everyday household appliances don’t get any better—ever? Years go by. Decades go by. And nothing changes. We can land spacecraft on Mars and create drones that deliver our groceries, but toasters & washer/dryers—as to speed and efficiency—have been stuck in quicksand for 50 years. But not anymore. Here are a few simple ideas.

 

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Wanna break into an industry that has no clear runway, no roadmap as to access? Here’s a bullet-proof, three pronged approach. Do these things and you’ll be on your way.


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June 8, 2024 3 mins

Isn’t it curious how the consequences of giving up your roots, by moving away from your home town, are not typically considered in advance? Curious because the consequences are both significant and foreseeable.


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Not exactly sure why most people seem to enjoy hearing the Boston accent but as an authentic Bostonian that's my experience. Here, the one essential component is explained in 60 seconds.


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April 20, 2024 6 mins

The most popular meme of all time. 4,000,000,000 downloads. What are the Millennials & Gen Z'ers telling us? And what's the appropriate response?


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The Secret Service, POTUS 41 and 43, and a breakfast speech in Ogunquit, Maine.


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It’s the summer of 2007 and Rudy’s flying high at the top of the presidential polls. Our paths cross in Quebec where he’s the featured speaker at one of our corporate shindigs.


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Today, we're going to talk about a few words and phrases that we could do without!


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Eighty percent of the population favor some additional regulation. But what’ll it be, and how do we execute in a way that’s fair to both sides? Maybe it’s more straightforward than you would suppose. Consider this.


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April 15, 2024 5 mins

For a moment forget Defund and BLM and all the rest, and let’s consider our day to days with the police. Our normal interactions. A few observations.


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You're in a meeting making a pitch about whatever, and the reception is negative. Lots of push back. Whaddaya do? What separates the "A Team" from everyone else? A few thoughts for your consideration.


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Ever notice the unfortunate connection between competition and service? No competition = lousy service. Naturally, it’s all about power. Take a monopoly like the DMV, where the clerks know you have no alternative, and demonstrate it with their tired, bureaucratic concept of service. But there are exceptions. Sometimes we get surprised by wonderful service. We’re uplifted by the right attitude. When it happens, it’ll light you up.


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October 28, 2023 2 mins

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, especially when you screw up big time. Here’s a short vignette about just such an incident, the kind of thing you can’t make up.


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What’s the one indispensable thing you need to live contentedly in Manhattan? And the answer is not money. That’s the “B” answer. Having lived and worked in Manhattan for 40 years your host, Bill Goldstein, will provide the “A” answer, which is certain to surprise.


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Q: Are the Hamptons expensive, pretentious and crowded? A: In season, you bet. And if you say otherwise, you either don’t know the place or are in denial. It’s also the American Rivera, serving up a breathtaking, always easy-on-the-eyes combination of ocean, bays, farms, vineyards, storybook villages, and that special light that has attracted artists for decades. So how does a Hamptons veteran joyfully navigate through the summer c...

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Catering to badly spoiled CEO clients rarely came with a reckoning. But every once in a while….


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A quickie story about contending with the former Vice President when he refused to adhere to our contract.


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Hear how your host, Bill Goldstein, interacted with, laughed with, and learned from the one and only Henry the K and the icy iconoclast Gore Vidal.


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1974, Madison Square Garden. College Basketball. Lifting attendance from 800 to 10,000. My first success as a “promoter.”


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October 28, 2023 5 mins

If you’re nimble and able to think on your feet, sometimes you can turn a bad situation into something great, which is how our agency, Sports Etcetera, was started. An unlikely tale, but a solid example of turning lemons into lemonade.


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