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The Towery Report

In each edition of The Towery Report e-newsletter, Twyman addresses timely, relevant issues to executives, professionals, and managers who are striving to always improve their skills. The newsletter is free and is a combination of information to help you attain the success you desire in your speeches, talks and meetings, give you meaningful anecdotes, and quotations that can be used at a moment's notice in almost any setting. It includes management suggestions that work in practice as well as in theory. This is a newsletter for use in both our professional and personal lives. It is designed for you, your business colleagues and friends.

Current Newsletter (June 2011)

“WHEN A MAN TELLS YOU THAT HE GOT RICH THROUGH HARD WORK;
ASK HIM; WHOSE?”

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Vol1-Rpt1 When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail. -Abraham Maslow	Vol8-Rpt3 HE WHO HAS A WHY TO LIVE FOR CAN BEAR ALMOST ANY HOW! -Fredriche Nietzche
Vol1-Rpt2 NOTHING FOCUSES THE MIND BETTER THAN THE SIGHT OF A COMPETITOR WHO WANTS TO WIPE YOU OFF THE MAP! - Wayne Calloway, CEO Pepisco, 1991	Vol8-Rpt4 "ABOVE ALL ELSE - KNOW YOUR PROPER MEASURE" -Charlie Fortnum, in the novel, "The Honorary Consul" by Graham Greene.
Vol1-Rpt3 "CAPITALISM WTHOUT BANKRUPTCY IS LIKE CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT HELL" -Frank Borman, former CEO of what was formerly Eastern Airlines	Vol9-Rpt1 "WHEN I DIE, I WANT TO DIE LIKE MY GRANDFATHER - WHO DIED PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP. NOT SCREAMING LIKE ALL THE COWARDLY PASSENGERS IN HIS CAR"
Vol2-Rpt1 "LISTEN UP." said the coach, "IF WE DO THESE THREE THINGS WE CAN WIN THIS GAME - #1 STOP THE RUN, #2 EXECUTE ON SPECIAL TEAMS, AND #3 NEUTRALIZE THEIR PASS RUSH."	Vol9-Rpt2 "I LOVE DEADLINES. I LOVE THE WHOOSHING NOISE THEY MAKE AS THEY GO BY."
Vol2-Rpt2 Integrity: The quality or state of being of sound moral principle; uprightness, honesty and sincerity. - Webster's New World Dictionary.	Vol9-Rpt3 "RESENTMENT IS LIKE A GLASS OF POISON THAT A MAN DRINKS; THEN HE SITS DOWN AND WAITS FOR HIS ENEMY TO DIE."
Vol3-Rpt1 "If YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU ALWAYS DID, THEN YOU'LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT." - Anonymous	Vol9-Rpt4 "DON'T EVER START A FIGHT WITH AN OLD MAN. IF HE'S TOO OLD TO FIGHT, HE WILL JUST KILL YOU."
Vol4-Rpt1 What if the “Hokey – Pokey” is REALLY what it’s all about? - Anonymous	Vol9-Rpt5 "TRUE FRIENDS STAB YOU IN THE FRONT."
Vol4-Rpt2 ”When You Come To a Fork in the Road...Take It” - Yogi Berra	Vol10-Rpt1 "THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN IT TAKES ALL YOU'VE GOT JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE LOSERS."
Vol5-Rpt1 ”WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH INSURMONTABLE OPPORTUNITIES” - Pogo	Vol10-Rpt2 " IT IS BETTER TO SPEND MONEY LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW THAN TO SPEND TONIGHT LIKE THERE IS NO MONEY."
Vol5-Rpt2 “NOT EVEN A MOSQUITO GETS A PAT ON THE BACK UNTIL IT STARTS WORKING.” - ANON	Vol10-Rpt3 "IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH HELL, KEEP GOING."
Vol5-Rpt3 “NOTHING FOCUSES THE MIND BETTER THAN THE CONSTANT SIGHT OF A COMPETITOR WHO WANTS TO WIPE YOU OFF THE MAP.” -WAYNE CALLOWAY	Vol10-Rpt4 "Humor is falling downstairs if you do it while in the act of warning your wife not to."
Vol5-Rpt4 “YOU CAN'T THINK AND HIT AT THE SAME TIME.” - Yogi Berra, "The Yogi Book"	Vol10-Rpt5 "NEVER ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE YOUR PRIORITY WHILE ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE THEIR OPTION."
Vol5-Rpt5 “IF YOU THINK AN EXPERT IS EXPENSIVE, JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU HIRE AN AMATEUR.” - Red Adair	Vol11-Rpt1 "IF YOU EVER BECOME A MOTHER, CAN I HAVE ONE OF THE PUPPIES."
Vol5-Rpt6 “YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN ALL OF THE NAMES IN YOUR BLACK BOOK HAVE M.D. AFTER THEM.” - Arnold Palmer	Vol11-Rpt2 "IT'S NOT THAT I'M SO SMART, IT'S JUST THAT I STAY WITH PROBLEMS LONGER."
Vol5-Rpt7 “THE SECRET OF LIFE IS HONESTY AND FAIR DEALING. IF YOU CAN FAKE THAT, YOU'VE GOT IT MADE.” - Groucho Marx	Vol11-Rpt3 "A LIE GETS HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUTH HAS A CHANCE TO PUT ITS PANTS ON."
Vol6-Rpt4 “THERE ARE THEREE KINDS OF MEN; THE ONES THAT LEARN BY READING. THE FEW WHO LEARN BY OBSERVATION. THE REST OF THEM HAVE TO PEE ON THE ELECTRIC FENCE AND FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES.”	Vol11-Rpt4 "Good Advice Usually Works Best When Preceded By A Bad Scare."
Vol6-Rpt5 "DON'T ARGUE WITH AN IDIOT. PEOPLE WATCHING MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE."	Vol11-Rpt5 "THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND."
Vol6-Rpt6"FRIENDS DO NOT LET FRIENDS ......PLAY TO AN EMPTY ROOM."	Vol12-Rpt1 "Push" will get a person many places, but not through a door marked "pull".
Vol7-Rpt1 "MOST MEN OCCASIONALLY STUMBLE OVER THE TRUTH, BUT MOST PICK THEMSELVES UP AND CONTINUE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED."	Vol12-Rpt2 "SOME OF US THINK HOLDING ON MAKES US STRONG, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS LETTING GO". -Herman Hesse
Vol7-Rpt2 THEY CALL THE U.S. AUTOMAKERS THE "BIG THREE" BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY CARS THEY EXPECT TO SELL THIS YEAR.	Vol12-Rpt3 "GOD, I DO LOVE THE SOUND OF MY OWN VOICE." - JOHN J. HOOKER
Vol7-Rpt3 "The way to be successful is to know more about one thing than anybody else in the world." -T.L.T	Vol13-Rpt1 "COKE IS NOT THE ONLY PAUSE THAT REFRESHES" - Twyman
Vol7-Rpt4 "A LECTURE IS SOON FORGOTTEN, BUT A WITTY INSULT LASTS FOREVER." -T.L.T	Vol13-Rpt2 "NEVER LET ME SEE CHALK ON THE SOLES OF YOUR SHOES."
Vol8-Rpt1 "IF WE ALWAYS AGREE, THEN WE EITHER (1) ARE NOT USING OUR BRAIN, OR (2) JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH." -T.L.T	Vol13-Rpt3 "THE GREATEST GIFT IS NOT FOUND IN A STORE NOR UNDER A TREE, BUT IN THE HEARTS OF TRUE FRIENDS." ~ Cindy Lew
Vol8-Rpt2 THE SECOND MOUSE GETS THE CHEESE!	Vol14-Rpt1 "ADVERSITY AND LOSS MAKE A MAN WISE."

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