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I Didn’t Want to Ride Today
Why do I ride? Because it inspires me. Because it is a metaphor for life. It isn’t always easy to get up. It isn’t always easy to be positive. It isn’t always easy to encourage others. However, when...
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The Ingredients for Success
In my opinion, success requires you to have all three of the following characteristics: Ability – To be successful at a given task, we need to have the skills necessary to complete the objective....
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Sizzle vs. Substance
Sizzle vs. Substance – it is a classic marketing debate. When putting together a marketing campaign, what is the right balance of sizzle vs. substance?
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May the Tradesman Rest in Peace, Long Live the Handyman
I noticed something very interesting this Christmas holiday. Many of my neighbors were putting up their own Christmas lights. It is something I am noticing a lot more of lately. Less people are using...
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Success – The Value of Relevance and Longevity
Everyone’s career will have peaks and valleys. The ability to fail, pick one’s self back up and have another success is what makes you successful. It takes intestinal fortitude. A career is not a...
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The Value of A Simple Red Light
Watching companies manage their product life cycles is often like watching a dog chase it's tail. Most company’s product strategies focus on outflanking the competition and forget to listen to the...
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The Importance of Staying Balanced
We all strive to be the best spouse, parent, child, neighbor, provider, student, athlete, and so forth that we can be. However, the truth is that we can't excel at everything. Something always suffers....
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The Value of Collaboration
The management skill that needs to be developed is the ability to “orchestrate” the noise to create music rather than conflict and chaos. Many managers feel threatened by teams who offer new ideas or...
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Henry Ford Had it Right…
On December 1st 1913, Henry Ford introduced the assembly line. Prior to this, every car was custom-built and the process was time-consuming and expensive. Once Henry Ford introduced the world to the...
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It’s not whether the glass is half-empty or half-full, it’s whether the...
The question is not whether the glass is half-empty or half-full, the question is whether the glass will quench your thirst. The glass may be half-full, but if it is filled with sand, then someone...
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