Sung to Prince’s “Purple Rain,” my inspiration for this poem/song's rhythm. — You say you want to create But you can’t make up your mind Let me steer you Into a new/old place Stats never meant to cause you any sorrow But they cause you plenty pain I’m only trying to help you Help you branch out, find a new way Writers linked arms in…

Think of the sparkle and happiness children can bring. Children illuminate and unveil so much to parents. Like magic, we see ourselves in them. Like an inverse mirror, we feel and hear our parents words and attributes expressing themselves. We hear our wrongs and rights exposed and shouting back at us…

A poem of learned optimism. Are you thinking about thinking? I’m undergoing a change. Yes. It’s a change you can’t understand, but every one of you knows it through and through. Hold on the line, this change may take several moments to actuate. The process is flawed. There will be…

A HAIKU Child’s Voice A time to expand beyond boundaries Seen and not heard then Absurd alone reverse tread Outside in grows new Copyright © 2023, Gregory Prince. All rights reserved.

The secret trick everyone wants to know about saving energy and time. — There is a simple solution when your load is hot and heavy, and you want to finish without too much effort. You want it fluffy. You want it to feel good without needing extra cleanup steps. Dryer balls are the answer. Sometimes they’re knobby. They can be spiky. They are…

Holiday jingles and music delight give me a headache every day and any night! No reprieve or sentiment or voice will make me believe, all seasons alike. No candy cane dreams. If there was a Santa he’d look like this sweet fellow above. Enforcing holiday songs and me to buy…

They were my dreams. But they weren’t mine. I learned them from the pages of a magazine or a comic book. The show on the box told me how to believe, what to wear, how to react. A version of a version. I loved the box and it loved me…

Expanding the gender gap in sales begins in the language sales training is taught. A primary source of sales techniques comes to mind: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Components of this tome are in books like Fanatical Prospecting, Gap Selling, and SPIN Selling. Is it…

Hunt a company’s problems down in your discovery for effective sales. Salespeople can be great at finding problems and knowing them before picking up the phone or writing an email, and we should touch on them briefly on initial contact. Then the fun begins. We uncover layers. Reveal your contact’s…