Understanding acronyms, listening and more

"There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak."

- Simon Sinek

#1

What does that mean? We see them all over the place in business. Acronyms in business names. We're not sure what many of the original names are as they are lost to the power of their acronym brand. So pour yourself an Allen & Wright frosty, grab some Mars & Murrie's candies and find out what most of those acronyms stand for.

#2

TTYL Acronyms - We need to address this problem in our business and industry. On the QT, ASAP….OK? We all get caught in this word laziness once in a while but this story does a nice job of reminding us why we should work to lessen and avoid their use where we can.

#3

Listen Up! We have two ears and one mouth. A good reminder that we should be listening twice as often as we speak. This story shared some great insight about the importance of upping our listening game.

#4

What are the rules? You may figure that you've got the rules of acronym usage and listening all figured out, but maybe you're not up on your Uno rules. Fun little story talking about the correct rules for this age old game.

#5

Blast from the past. Many of us grew up on this one. Mostly because there were no other channels or shows to watch but nonetheless, we all grew up watching the Beachcombers. As a nostalgia throwback, fun to see this brand being repurposed as an animated show. What other show would you bring back?

DID YOU KNOW?! The term?5X5?(pronounced Five By Five) is rooted in the communications within military forces through WWII to mean:

“I understand you perfectly.”

The first number represented the Signal Strength of a radio communication, and the second number represented the signal clarity on a scale from 1-5?— 1 being the worst;?5?being the best. Therefore?5?x?5?means the signal has excellent strength and perfect clarity – the most understandable signal possible. Five by five is the predecessor to the term “Loud and Clear” It also found its way into verbal slang, meaning “everything is good” or “everybody is well/good”.

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