Bradley Hartmann is El Presidente of Red Angle (www.redanglespanish.com), a Spanish language training firm focused exclusively on the construcción industry. Hartmann has been successful improving Safety, Productivity and Profitability by speaking Spanish on the jobsite. Hartmann lived in Guadalajara, México during his undergraduate studies and later earned his MBA. Hartmann also teaches Construction Spanish at Purdue University’s Building Construction Management Program. He has authored 2 books - Spanish Twins: Start Speaking Spanish on the Construction Site with Words You Already Know and Safety Spanish: Simple Spanish Skills for Solving Safety Problems. Hartmann would love to hear your thoughts digitally at bradley@redanglespanish.com or verbally at 630.234.7321.
College football fans forget the Miami Hurricanes program was nearly dropped. No, not because of the cheating and lying and the 1995 SI cover.
Long before that.
The program was to be dropped because the team stunk.
The Hurricanes were perennially stinky.
For a decade.
From 1969 to 1978, the Hurricanes finished the...
I’ve been enjoying the Chicago Blackhawks run to the Stanley Cup Finals. I went to a party last week where a friend, Bobby Krueger, owner of MAVREK Development in Chicago, was in attendance. Game 2 against the LA Kings was on TV.
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Two teachers start their respective 8 am classes.
Both classes have talkative students.
Teacher Uno raises his voice, demanding the unruly students quiet down.
Teacher Dos quietly opens a desk drawer.
A cowbell is removed.
After a pause, she clangs a few laps around the triangle. ...
Shawn Coyne is a writing partner to Steven Pressfield. Mr. Pressfield wrote The War of Art, the most important book ever written for people that do.
I know.
High praise.
Anyway, Shawn Coyne wrote a fantastic piece titled, The Courage to Do Nothing. Read it here.
In it Coyne...
Leadership is a numbers game.
The equation revolves around how many people you can positively impact on a daily basis. That is, how many people can you lead.
In order to lead effectively, you must communicate effectively.
When an intermediary is involved (you talk to the...
My son is six years-old.
It’s a fun age.
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The message on language retention is getting through…. maybe.
Two recent conversations reinforced what we at...
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It was a trip.
Stripping divers (plus one who lit himself on fire)… In.
Fat weightlifters...
I despise the term Knowledge Worker. Why? Let’s start with the definition of Knowledge Worker and you can judge for yourself.
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The definition...
Comas :: 2
Broken bones :: 21
Surgeries :: 23
Concussions :: 100+
Stitches :: 300+
You don’t become the greatest vertical ramp BMX rider in history without practicing. When you practice for big air, you learn from big crashes.
I recently watched ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary about Mat Hoffman, “The Birth of Big Air.” He...
It features a 9-inch outer ring that can pivot to increase spray coverage to 14.5 inches, which is 60 percent more coverage than a traditional rainshower.
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