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Bill Goldstein

Stories. Observations. Pet peeves. Brassy, breezy—often funny, sometimes serious—always fast and edgy. A shot of whiskey in a white wine spritzer world.

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A few very quick stories from the upper reaches of Maine about the distinction between shooting off your mouth when you’re not at risk vs. when you have something significant at stake. It's a big difference, which is what having skin in the game is all about.

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Not exactly sure why most people seem to enjoy hearing the Boston accent but as an authentic Bostonian that's my experience. Here, the one essential component is explained in 60 seconds.

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The most popular meme of all time. 4,000,000,000 downloads. What are the Millennials & Gen Z'ers telling us? And what's the appropriate response?

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The Secret Service, POTUS 41 and 43, and a breakfast speech in Ogunquit, Maine.

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It’s the summer of 2007 and Rudy’s flying high at the top of the presidential polls. Our paths cross in Quebec where he’s the featured speaker at one of our corporate shindigs.

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A tale about what triggers innovation. And it’s not about receiving inspiration from out of the blue. No, rather, innovation is almost always triggered by circumstance, by observation, and often by dissatisfaction. And remembering that it’s generally easier to get forgiveness than permission doesn’t hurt either, because if your innovation is worthy, it’ll require change and likely risk, which suggests keeping it under wraps early on.

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Eighty percent of the population favor some additional regulation. But what’ll it be, and how do we execute in a way that’s fair to both sides? Maybe it’s more straightforward than you would suppose. Consider this.

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For a moment forget Defund and BLM and all the rest, and let’s consider our day to days with the police. Our normal interactions. A few observations.

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Wanna break into an industry that has no clear runway, no roadmap as to access? Here’s a bullet-proof, three pronged approach. Do these things and you’ll be on your way.

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Buy the book “Skip the Funeral,” available on Amazon.

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You're in a meeting making a pitch about whatever, and the reception is negative. Lots of push back. Whaddaya do? What separates the "A Team" from everyone else? A few thoughts for your consideration.

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Isn’t it curious how the consequences of giving up your roots, by moving away from your home town, are not typically considered in advance? Curious because the consequences are both significant and foreseeable.

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Today, we're going to talk about a few words and phrases that we could do without!

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Isn’t it curious how certain everyday household appliances don’t get any better—ever? Years go by. Decades go by. And nothing changes. We can land spacecraft on Mars and create drones that deliver our groceries, but toasters & washer/dryers—as to speed and efficiency—have been stuck in quicksand for 50 years. But not anymore. Here are a few simple ideas.

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Ever notice the unfortunate connection between competition and service? No competition = lousy service. Naturally, it’s all about power. Take a monopoly like the DMV, where the clerks know you have no alternative, and demonstrate it with their tired, bureaucratic concept of service. But there are exceptions. Sometimes we get surprised by wonderful service. We’re uplifted by the right attitude. When it happens, it’ll light you up.

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Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, especially when you screw up big time. Here’s a short vignette about just such an incident, the kind of thing you can’t make up.

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What’s the one indispensable thing you need to live contentedly in Manhattan? And the answer is not money. That’s the “B” answer. Having lived and worked in Manhattan for 40 years your host, Bill Goldstein, will provide the “A” answer, which is certain to surprise.

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Q: Are the Hamptons expensive, pretentious and crowded? A: In season, you bet. And if you say otherwise, you either don’t know the place or are in denial. It’s also the American Rivera, serving up a breathtaking, always easy-on-the-eyes combination of ocean, bays, farms, vineyards, storybook villages, and that special light that has attracted artists for decades. So how does a Hamptons veteran joyfully navigate through the summer crush? If you know the territory there are simple, even fun, workarounds. Here are a few tips.

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Catering to badly spoiled CEO clients rarely came with a reckoning. But every once in a while….

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A quickie story about contending with the former Vice President when he refused to adhere to our contract.

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Hear how your host, Bill Goldstein, interacted with, laughed with, and learned from the one and only Henry the K and the icy iconoclast Gore Vidal.

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1974, Madison Square Garden. College Basketball. Lifting attendance from 800 to 10,000. My first success as a “promoter.”

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If you’re nimble and able to think on your feet, sometimes you can turn a bad situation into something great, which is how our agency, Sports Etcetera, was started. An unlikely tale, but a solid example of turning lemons into lemonade.

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For more content, go to BillGoldstein.com.

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My trials and tribulations at the NBA, struggling with a job for which I was not yet qualified. Not an easy circumstance with which to contend.

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“A home without books is like a room without windows.” —Horace Mann. And yet, no one buys or read books anymore. Men especially so. Let’s talk about it.

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Here I discuss the growing importance of dogs. Adoptions are up. Dependence is up. Business is up. For some, canines are more important than people, especially these days.

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It’s 1965 and your host, Bill Goldstein, is a college freshman. One Sunday morning he gets a surprise phone call. By the end of the call, his view on life and how to set priorities had been changed forever.

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Buy the book “Skip the Funeral,” available on Amazon.

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If you’re nimble and able to think on your feet, sometimes you can turn a bad situation into something great, which is how our agency, Sports Etcetera, was started. An unlikely tale, but a solid example of turning lemons into lemonade.   

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Meeting at her apartment. Having a hit with her on the building’s tennis court while being peppered with tough questions. Quite an experience. Hear how it worked out. 

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Applying the sports sponsorship model to symphonies, operas, theaters, and dance groups, we changed their relationships with corporations, and in the process got a bird’s eye view of how these organizations operate.  Get a copy of Skip the Funeral, out now on Amazon! Get a healthy dose of Bill on:

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My trials and tribulations at the NBA, struggling with a job for which I was not yet qualified. Not an easy circumstance with which to contend.

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My first black tie sports dinner. Seated with sports legends at Madison Square Garden’s table when I commit a major blunder. An inauspicious beginning, which could have easily closed the door forever.

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Living a simple life in the year 2020? Says easy. Does hard. Real hard. But, as my old Pappy used to say -- “everything is relative” -- and in small bites, simplicity is there for the taking. Here’s a few quite varied examples.

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A thought or two on: dreams, micro-ambition, predictability, sundials and the truth.

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If you want to become a lawyer, there’s a road map, as there is for most professions. But how do you get a job in an industry where there is no road map. Follow these three rules, and you’ll be on your way.

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Which category of workers is the richest in the world? Salespeople, that’s who. And with good reason. They do the hardest work. Selling ain’t no fun. Anybody who tells you they like to sell is bs’ing. Still, selling is a necessity. A skill we all employ every day, for better or worse, even though we may not realize it.

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A few very quick stories from the upper reaches of Maine about the distinction between shooting off your mouth when you’re not at risk vs. when you have something significant at stake. It's a big difference, which is what having skin in the game is all about.

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The one and only Muhammad Ali, the Bayonne Bleeder Chuck Wepner, and my own broken jaw. Lesson learned … don’t mix business with pleasure.

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It’s the summer of 2007 and Rudy’s flying high at the top of the presidential polls. Our paths cross in Quebec where he’s the featured speaker at one of our corporate shindigs.

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A quick tale about me, the Secret Service, POTUS 41 and 43, and a breakfast speech in Ogunquit, Maine.

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A quickie story about contending with the former Vice President when he refused to adhere to our contract. Get a copy of Skip the Funeral, out now on Amazon! Get a healthy dose of Bill on:

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First impressions count!

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A story about transgendered people in sports back in the day, and how things have changed since then.

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1974, Madison Square Garden. College Basketball. Lifting attendance from 800 to 10,000. My first success as a “promoter.”

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Ever notice the unfortunate connection between competition and service? No competition = lousy service. Naturally, it’s all about power. Take a monopoly like the DMV, where the clerks know you have no alternative, and demonstrate it with their tired, bureaucratic concept of service. But there are exceptions. Sometimes we get surprised by wonderful service. We’re uplifted by the right attitude. When it happens, it’ll light you up.

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Ride along with a true tale about the ‘70s in Berserk-ley. Great fun, commingled with misbehavior.

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Ok Boomer. The most popular meme of all time. 4,000,000,000 downloads. What are the Millennials & Gen Zers telling us? And what's the appropriate response? If you haven't already done so, check us out on:

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Here are a few things that bother me. Take a listen and see if you feel the same way.

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Today, we're going to talk about a few words and phrases that we could do without! If you haven't already done so, check us out on:

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Isn’t it curious how the consequences of giving up your roots, by moving away from your home town, are not typically considered in advance? Curious because the consequences are both significant and foreseeable.

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Here’s a topic that might surprise, the art of naming. Whether you’re naming a child or a business or a book or, indeed, a podcast. Sounds easy, but it turns out, not so much. If you haven't already done so, check us out on:

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After a year of weekly “Not That You Asked” podcasts, many listeners have asked for info on my background and why I started podcasting; publishing books; maintaining www.billgoldstein.com, and being active on multiple social media platforms. Here are some answers. If you haven't already done so, check us out on:

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“A home without books is like a room without windows.” —Horace Mann. And yet, no one buys or read books anymore. Men especially so. Let’s talk about it.

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Here are four “must-haves” for any successful business. Follow these - which is easier said than done - and you’ll never go wrong.

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Unless I can see land, I’m not a real big fan of boating or cruises, no matter the size of the boat, which out in the water is nothing more than a bobbing cork. And fishing was never my thing, especially the “Catch & Release variety, with which I do have few problems.

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Halloween and burning leaves. Two Fall traditions, one growing, one dead and gone. Here you’ll hear my point of view on each. See if you don’t agree.

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Doing business with friends and family. Should you or shouldn’t you? A common question. As with most things, even pancakes, there’s two sides. Today we’ll consider both.  Not That You Asked.

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Wanna break into an industry that has no clear runway, no roadmap as to access? Here’s a bullet-proof, three pronged approach. Do these things and you’ll be on your way.

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Florence Nightingale hated excuses. Me, too. Speed is nice. Proper direction is better. And if you come upon a good prospective mentor, run don’t walk.

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Surprised that politicians fail to notice that people pay for service & convenience, so why not deliver more of it? And talk candidly to the electorate. Almost never employed yet always works. Candor sells.

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Catering to badly spoiled CEO clients rarely came with a reckoning. But every once in a while ...

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Far more important than most realize. You want more control over your life? You want less stress? Try being early as a matter of course. You can’t lose. Not that you asked.

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For a moment forget Defund and BLM and all the rest, and let’s consider our day to days with the police. Our normal interactions. A few observations.

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80% of the population favor some additional regulation. But what’ll it be, and how do we execute in a way that’s fair to both sides? Maybe it’s more straightforward than you would suppose. Consider this. For more content go to BillGoldstein.com, Not That You Asked!

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Here we discuss the growing importance of dogs. Adoptions are up. Dependence is up. Business is up. For some, canines are more important than people, especially these days.

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You're in a meeting making a pitch about whatever, and the reception is negative. Lots of push back. Whaddaya do? What separates the "A Team" from everyone else? A few thoughts for your consideration.

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Not exactly sure why most people seem to enjoy hearing the Boston accent but as an authentic Bostonian that's my experience. Here, the one essential component is explained in 60 seconds.

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Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, especially when you screw up big time. Here’s a short vignette about just such an incident, the kind of thing you can’t make up.

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If you want to become a lawyer, there’s a road map, as there is for most professions. But how do you get a job in an industry where there is no road map. Follow these three rules, and you’ll be on your way. 

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Do others object, as I do, when teams and cities expropriate the names and championships from the teams that they replaced? Is Los Angeles known for its “lakes?” Do its citizens have a history of having to “dodge” anything? Has its principal professional basketball team actually won all those championships they brag about? Would the Baltimore Ravens be better off had they become the Baltimore Browns? The answers are no, no, no and no.

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Lost in all the commotion about interns being ripped off in the past, lies the real question which is not whether interns should be compensated, but rather how they should be compensated. And money is not the coin of the realm, not when you’re just starting out. There are bigger stakes.

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Which category of workers are the richest in the world? Sales people, that’s who. And with good reason. They do the hardest work. Selling ain’t no fun. Anybody who tells you they like to sell is bs’ing. Still, selling is a necessity. A skill we all employ every day, for better or worse, even though we may not realize it.

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What’s the one indispensable thing you need to live contentedly in Manhattan? And the answer is not money. That’s the “B” answer. Having lived and worked in Manhattan for 40 years your host, Bill Goldstein, will provide the “A” answer, which is certain to surprise.

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How do we prepare children for adulthood when we teach stuff they’ll never use in adulthood while ignoring stuff with which every adult must contend? How do we compete with the rest of the world with our schools typically in session only 7 or 8 hours a day for only 180 days a year? A few questions. A few answers.

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Assuming the food is north of acceptable, what else should restaurants do, and not do, to win your business? Seating, spacing, service, spirits and the “Specials.” Let’s do lunch.

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It’s 1965 and your host, Bill Goldstein, is a college freshman. One Sunday morning he gets a surprise phone call. By the end of the call, his view on life and how to set priorities had been changed forever.

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Isn’t it curious how certain everyday household appliances don’t get any better, ever? Years go by. Decades go by. And nothing changes. We can land spacecraft on Mars and create drones that deliver our groceries, but Toasters & Washer/Dryers -- as to speed and efficiency -- have been stuck in quicksand for 50 years. But not anymore. Here’s a few simple ideas.

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Yes, there should be standards for talking in public. We’re not referencing content here, just normal, non-controversial, plain vanilla talking. But try talking on your cell phone on a public conveyance and see what happens. Or on the flip side, fail to whisper in a library and see what happens, or more precisely, what doesn’t happen. It’s time for new rules, or really, a return to the old rules.

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A few very quick stories from the upper reaches of Maine about the distinction between shooting off your mouth when you’re not at risk vs. when you have something significant at stake. It's a big difference, which is what having skin in the game is all about.

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3am. Overboard. In your underwear. Alone, lost at sea for hours. In such a situation, two things control your survival. Luck, which you can’t control. And attitude, which you can control. Here’s one man’s true story about how you can improve your chances of surviving such a crisis.

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Hear how your host, Bill Goldstein, interacted with, laughed with, and learned from the one and only Henry the K; the icy iconoclast Gore Vidal, and the irreverent comic Jackie Mason. Bite size anecdotes that pack a punch.

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A tale about what triggers innovation. And it’s not about receiving inspiration from out of the blue. No, rather, innovation is almost always triggered by circumstance, by observation, and often by dissatisfaction. And remembering that it’s generally easier to get forgiveness than permission doesn’t hurt either, because if your innovation is worthy, it’ll require change and likely risk, which suggests keeping it under wraps early on.

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Q: Are the Hamptons expensive, pretentious and crowded? A: In season, you bet. And if you say otherwise, you either don’t know the place or are in denial. It’s also the American Rivera, serving up a breathtaking, always easy-on-the-eyes combination of ocean, bays, farms, vineyards, storybook villages, and that special light that has attracted artists for decades. So how does a Hamptons veteran joyfully navigate through the summer crush? If you know the territory there are simple, even fun, workarounds. Here are a few tips.

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