by Tammy Davis | May 12, 2011 | Daily dose
“The product,” Mr. Cairns explains, “is what you sell. The brand is what people buy.” –from The Various Flavors of Coffee by Anthony Capella Sometimes I find that the best lessons in life actually come from the works of fiction I so...
by Tammy Davis | May 11, 2011 | Daily dose
Following up on yesterday’s post, I don’t know anything about Justin Bieber or Nintendo DS or Selena Gomez or Sonny with a Chance. I know they exist, but only barely, and only because I have a nine-year-old daughter. She and her friends, however, are...
by Tammy Davis | May 10, 2011 | Daily dose
One of the greatest moments of my German-as-a-second-language life was the day I closed my bank account in Tübingen. I walked to the counter and told the bank employee what I wanted to do, just a simple withdrawal and closure. She asked me to wait a moment and sent...
by Tammy Davis | May 9, 2011 | Daily dose
One of the hardest things to remember–and accept–is that I can’t make connections for other people. The solution to a problem or the path to success may be absolutely clear to me, but it may not be as visible to the person who “needs” it....
by Tammy Davis | May 8, 2011 | Daily dose
I learned more German from a six-year-old than I ever learned in a classroom. It’s true. You see, when I lived in Germany, what I couldn’t express in the local language, I could usually fudge with a bit of English sprinkled into the mix. Most of the adults...
