In the sports world, the “sweet science” refers to boxing. You punch, weave, display footwork and work on endurance. In short, you practice a variety of disciplines to become a winner.
Tom Perić: We see some ads, hear a lot of talk, and read articles about hiring military veterans. Yet if you own a small business and say you’ve got two openings, you probably have no idea of how to do that. True?
When I took over this magazine, I was fortunate enough to receive some laudatory comments about my arrival. Note, the comments came from others, and now that we’re approaching my second-year anniversary, I hope they feel the same way.
We do. That famous line became associated with the Apollo 13 mission when technical issues scrapped the lunar landing, and the crew was fortunate to return to earth after overcoming a myriad of problems. It was the mission’s laconic observation that they had a serious problem.
Tom’s Note: I was reading the Philadelphia Inquirer and noticed a full-page advertisement for a one-day class by Barry Schwartz, on Why We Work, which is also the title of his book.
For the misguided readers who tell me that you actually read my columns, it’s probably occurred to you that I find behavioral economics fascinating. Had this discipline existed when I was an undergraduate, I conceivably could have gone in a different direction. (For those who read the Freakonomics Fellows or Malcolm Gladwell’s books, you understand.)
I had mentioned in a previous issue that Distribution Center magazine would create an annual theme related to a topic of importance to the HVACR industry.
You’re reading this magazine sometime in mid-January. The afterglow of the HARDI conference, while hopefully not gone, is probably losing some of its luster. And the urgency to plan ahead for future HARDI conferences hasn’t struck home yet. You’re wading in that in-between crevice — one side relaxed, the other mulling over the planning mode you will eventually need to ignite.
