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PM talk.


Everybody loves talking about the latest fad in clothing, shoes, and whatever makes people look good. But it takes more than talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
lecture, speech

rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
 make you look sharp.

The same is true for PM. Talking PM is great, but talk is cheap without a little action, lf you're gonna talk the PM talk, you've gotta got·ta  
Informal
Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. 
 walk the PM walk.

That means getting down and dirty--turning wrenches, performing PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol)
PMCS Project Management Control System
PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD)
PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services
PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School
, doing daily inspections, changing oil and filters or lubing when your TM calls for it.

So how do you spend your time? Do you talk about how good your equipment looks? Do you put off maintenance because you think there'll be time to do it tomorrow? Do you treat PM like a fad?

If so, start walking the PM walk now! Your life depends on what you have dune dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited by the wind as it encounters a bush, a rock, or other obstacle to  to keep your equipment mission ready, not on what you've talked about doing.
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Date:Mar 1, 2004
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