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You’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.
Normally, I’m pretty happy when I visit my communities. A rare exception occurred the other day. Two Team Members in the office, no customers. As…
June 23, 2008
You can choose the lesson you learn
Sports contain many lessons for life. That is one reason I think we are so enthralled by sports contests. They are life condensed, all the…
June 16, 2008
Excusitis
Excusitis: Psychological disorder resulting from the need to defer responsibility to anyone or anything other than oneself. This disorder is usually accompanied by rationalization disorder.…
June 10, 2008
“The Speed of Trust” by Stephen Covey
This is a review and summary of “The Speed of Trust,” written by Stephen M.R. Covey, son of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People…
June 9, 2008
Emotion is Energy in Motion
Emotion can be thought of as “energy in motion.” To change your mood, MOVE! Or change your circumstances! The other day I received a phone…
June 2, 2008
The Secret of Success is No Secret
Toyota recently surpassed General Motors in the number of cars sold in the United States. Toyota enjoys a hard-won and long-held reputation as an innovative…
May 21, 2008
Personal Mission Statement
“Happy talk, keep talking happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do, You gotta have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, How…
May 20, 2008
Go with your strengths, Backstop your weaknesses
None of us are perfect nor, in spite of our best efforts, will we ever be perfect. We all have weaknesses. We need to be…
May 16, 2008
You can’t get enough of what you don’t need
“You can’t get enough of what you don’t need.” You may think you need it, but do you really? Is it what you really are…
May 15, 2008
Don’t Believe Everything They Tell You: The Fuzzy Numbers Behind the Numbers
I love my country. I don’t always trust my government. Take the CPI, the Consumer Price Index: First, there is the current self-serving focus on…
May 13, 2008
Plans are useless, but planning is invaluable
I have a button that says “Spending my life in Plan B.” I think most of us have spent a lot of our lives in…
May 7, 2008