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From Ghoulies, Ghosties, and Less Terrifying Beasties….

I love All Hallows Eve.  Everybody does – and they always have.  Even back in the mysterious elder days when folks trembled in the belief that the spirits of those after death would walk abroad at night, Halloween held a grinning, conspiratorial excitement.  In recent years this excitement has not in the least abated.  In fact, if the legion of inflatable goblins and witches around my neighborhood is anything to go by, there is less fear of the walking dead, than fervent relish.  And frankly, Dr. Frankenstein, I think it’s a lot more than the Pavlovian candy salivating.

The nice thing about the haunting spirits from the underworld is that they take a lot of time off.  Last night when all was dark, I went to the old Gothic Hopewell train station and sat slack jawed while listening to a coven of accounts about actual house poltergeists.  But even in the most spirited of ancient dwellings, the sightings of spirits entering through walls were rare.  Even the most head-shaking tales of furniture mysteriously moved and flying water glasses, our evening’s Virgil admitted, came quite infrequently.  And in most cases, these otherworldly souls and events rise only to the level of mild annoyances.  Not so with the more solid-flesh ghouls of this world.

As the moon sets on the first of November, we will all rise and face those ghosts who deeply haunt us, and refuse to go away.  The boss will still treat me like an idiot.  The trades people I have been alternately bullying and begging to fix my pool, my computer, my leaky cellar, and the latest insect infestation will still be just as unresponsive, and still treat me with undisguised disdain.  The neighbor, whose costumed kiddies I sent merrily away on a sugar high, will continue to bad mouth me secretly and vote the way I truly know he shouldn’t.

Real life is not for sissies.  In truth, as I review all these too-mortal beasts that plague my daylight, the dark realms of the afterlife seem to hold very little horror indeed.   So on this Halloween, I wish you the best as we dip into a fantasy world of unearthly specters.   And from ghoulies, and ghosties, and long-leggety beasties, may the good Lord deliver you.

– Bart Jackson

 

Making Your Adequate Presentations Powerful

Presidential presentation coach Stephanie Scotti critiques host Bart Jackson’s on-air ramblings, proffering fun and great lessons. “I learned so much from this show.”

Isn’t about time people started listening to you?  Time you got the influence you deserve and the reactions you require? Presentation coach to President Carter’s cabinet and major C-suiters, Ms. Stephanie Scotti lays out an incisive, masterful strategy that will have you taking command of the podium and speaking effectively.

For the last 24 years Stephanie’s Professionally Speaking firm has provided individual and team mentoring for individuals facing the often fearful challenge of presenting their ideas in all business situations.  You can catch the Scotti method by reading Stephanie’s recently published Talk on Water – Attaining the Mindset for Powerhouse Presentations– or you may tune in and listen to Coach Scotti dissect the verbal ramblings of host Bart Jackson, as he delivers them right on the air.  If Stephanie can repair this host, there is great hope for you, my friend.        www.theartoftheceo.com 

I salute Sol Spierer and Alan Spierer on the release of their new book

I Beat Stalin, I Beat Hitler, My Story“.  Sol’s powerful memoir about how he survived the WWII German and Russian prison camps in Siberia.  At the October 8th launch party, Alan graciously thanked Bart and his staff, Christian Kirkpatrick, editor and Dorothy Amsden, art & design, for their help in publishing, and as Shloime Spierer so poignantly put it, “I survived a Siberian work camp; I have two children of whom I love and of whom I am so proud.  It has been a grand life.”  (Available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Stalin-Hitler-My-Story/dp/1732701202/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539097260&sr=8-1&keywords=i+beat+stalin+i+beat+hitler)

Workplace Harrassment: No Myths – Just Facts

Where does your free speech end and workplace harassment step in?  Can my company make humor – and romance – a punishable crime? To answer these dicey legalities and to sweep away the miasma of harassment law misunderstanding, host Bart Jackson brings on the cogent counsel of veteran state and federal employment law attorney, Marc Garbar.  Delivering some uncommon sense to this sensitive set of statutes, Marc lays out what does and does not legally qualify as harassment, what preventative initiatives wise employers are establishing, and if there is any redress available to the wrongfully accused.  Tune in an learn how you can get instant legal solutions using Marc’s new Harassment App (for real).                https://www.theartoftheceo.com/