We’re Back!

We had a great week – no phone, no e-mail, no blog, but a great program.

Another Break in Service

Your author will be off-line for over a week. I’ve been invited to the Boy Scouts of America’s National Training Center at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. See you in a week!

I’m Back!

The fishing was pretty good, even if the seas were a bit rough. We landed blackfin tuna, red snapper, vermilion snapper, mangrove snapper, chub, trigger fish and black grouper. I had the distinction of being the only one to land a sea perch. Some distinction.

Recruiting is a lot like fishing – the fisherman needs the right bait (branding/job/comp plan), the skill to know where to cast (market knowledge) and the skills to set the hook when the fish bites (communication skills). And the fisherman can’t expect to get a bite on every catch.

It says so in the Scriptures

John, Chapter 21, 2-3:

Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,
Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”
They said to him, “We also will come with you.”
So they went out and got into the boat,
but that night they caught nothing.

I’m off on a fishing trip with my father, my brothers and some friends. Blogging will be impossible. I’ll be back to the keyboard on Thursday, 10 May. Hopefully our party will have better luck than Pete, Tom, Nate, Big Jim, Johnny and the other guys.

Hello World!

Testing… Testing… Is this thing on?

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Hello World!