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Q & A (eh?) at the Heating
Café
My trusted website developer from WebworX
insisted we call this the “heating café”…a
place where I can throw out ideas for people to ponder while
they sip their evening tea or morning coffee.
 I
thought the dog house was more appropriate given that the
Home
Comfort Survey™ tells us only 50% of Home Owner's are happy with their comfort systems…
Ruff, Ruff
So people - ponder these quotes
and stats to start or end your day ...
"People have a hard time thinking about what hasn’t happened in the past. Thus, they tend to incorrectly discount events in the future." Warren Buffet
"Demographically, health-seekers
are predominantly women between the ages of 30 and 50.
Many are college
educated, with an above-average income and health insurance.
Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger believes
these
health-seekers will reform healthcare, just as they have
changed retailing and financial services."
Russell C. Coile, Jr., editor of HEALTH TRENDS, founding
board member of The Center for Health Design
Men aren't dumb just numb...
Testosterone damps pain sensation in males by
Laura Nelson.
Excerpt, "It will come as no surprise to some... men are
less sensitive than women, at least to pain. Researchers
have found that the male hormone testosterone masks
feelings of discomfort. They believe that such tolerance
effects may help men to maintain their stamina in
fights, when testosterone levels are high. "If men are
less sensitive to pain, there is more willingness to
fight and participate in further fights," says Michaela
Hau, an animal physiology and behaviour scientist at
Princeton University, New Jersey."
RB's comment: ...and that's why us guys should not be
involved in making decisions that relate to health,
wellness and comfort. Women will make better choices
when given the information relating to HVAC systems.
Percentage of purchasing or life
decisions made by women :
Home Furnishings=94%
Vacations= 92%
Houses = 91%
D.I.Y. (major “home projects”) = 80%
Consumer Electronics =51%
Cars = 68%
All consumer purchases = 83%
Bank Account = 89%
Household investment decisions = 67%
Small business loans/biz starts = 70%
Health Care = 80%
Source Business Week
If you don’t like change, you’re
going to like irrelevance even less.”
General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff. U.
S. Army
“The problem is never how to get new, innovative
thoughts into your mind, but how to get the old ones
out.”
Dee Hock, Visa
“Men and women don’t think the same
way, don’t communicate the same way, don’t buy for the
same reasons.”
Popcorn & Marigold
“A woman knows her children’s
friends, hopes, dreams, romances, secret fears, what
they are thinking, how they are feeling. Men are vaguely
aware of some short people also living in the house.”
Barbara & Allan Pease, Why Men
Don’t Listen & Women Can’t Read Maps
“Women have insights into our
customers that no man—no matter how bright, no matter
how hard working—can match.
Albertsons CEO Larry Johnston
“To be a leader in consumer
products, it’s critical to have leaders who represent the
population we serve.”
Steve Reinemund/PepsiCo
...and now you know why I have been preaching about the
need to have women in the HVAC industry! (Thanks TP - I owe
ya!)
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