Released on: October 8, 2008, 4:29 am

Press Release Author: Jean Moroney / Thinking Directions

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Press Release Summary: The Thinking Tactics course (offered in Houston 10/18/08)
helps managers, business owners, and other professionals managers and other
professionals grappling with the pace and complexity of business. When they get
pulled in multiple directions or caught in details, the skills from Thinking Tactics
help them concentrate, re-orient, and think through issues -- so they can get a
quality job done, on schedule.

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Business owners, managers, engineers and other professionals grapple with the pace
and complexity of business every day. When deadlines loom and they get pulled in
multiple directions or caught in details, they need help to concentrate, re-orient,
and think through issues -- so they can get a quality job done, on schedule. That’s
what they will learn in the all-day workshop on "Thinking Tactics" with Jean Moroney
at the Omni Houston Hotel at Westside on Saturday, October 18.

"As a small business owner, I’m always stretching my mind to come up with low cost
solutions to business problems," said Brian Phillips, owner of Philpaint, Inc., a
Houston painting and contracting firm. "I interviewed Jean Moroney for my network of
contractors at outofthebucket.com, and found her tactics to be quite useful. I’ve
used her 'Thinking on Paper' pamphlet and found it immediately helpful in resolving
a long-standing issue. I and several of my associates are looking forward to
attending her workshop in Houston on October 18."

In the morning, the workshop covers tactics participants can use when they feel like
they need several hours of uninterrupted thinking time, but they just can’t clear
that big a block, plus tactics they can use to combat overload, uncertainty, and
floundering in their thinking. In the afternoon, participants get a mental toolkit
for tackling big, amorphous projects that need to get done in limited amounts of
time. The tactics are designed to help them make difficult time/quality tradeoffs
and avoid perfectionism.

Participants bring their own business issues to class so they can try out the
tactics on real-life problems. "I went into the [Los Angeles] Thinking Tactics
workshop with a couple of problems to think about, one which I thought was
unsolvable. I worked on it in one of the exercises—and saw what to do. Jean gave me
a method to follow," said Jim McCrory, a lawyer from Albuquerque, NM.

The real-life application makes the course applicable to a wide range of business
people. Alec Bass, an Information Security Specialist who attended a Thinking
Tactics workshop in Baltimore, reported that "Everyone I spoke to during the breaks
felt as if Jean tailored the workshop for them. Considering the varieties of
professions and personalities that were represented, it is clear that Thinking
Tactics can benefit anyone who wants to think."

"This class attracts an ambitious and interesting group," said Jean Moroney,
President of Thinking Directions. "Whether they are managers or engineers, lawyers
or marketing specialists, they solve problems for the business, make business
decisions, and dig up facts the business needs. They are the brains of a company.
But no matter how bright or motivated they are, sometimes they’ll hit a mental block
such as overload or uncertainty. This happens most often when they are moving
outside their 'comfort zone' on the most creative and difficult tasks. My goal in
'Thinking Tactics' is to teach them exactly what to do when they hit these mental
obstacles. I want to help them leverage their own expertise, so they can get more
top-level work done with the same mental effort."

Thinking Tactics will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. at the Omni Houston Hotel at Westside, 13210 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas,
77079. Cost: $325 per person (includes continental breakfast and sandwich lunch).
Pre-registration by October 7 is required to guarantee a seat. For more information
or to register, visit http://www.thinkingdirections.com/Houston08.htm or call
212-972-9495.




Web Site: http://www.thinkingdirections.com/Houston08.htm

Contact Details: Jean Moroney
Thinking Directions
527 Third Ave., #223
New York, NY 10016
212-972-9495