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Desperate Times?
Some would say these are desparate times in which we live. So my question is this. Is the sky falling or are people just getting caught being stupid? I personally think that it is more the later with a little of the former sprinkled in. Allow me to explain. First realize that I am not [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Carpe Diem
That phease caught on after the movie “the dead poets society” was released. My question is a simple one. Is this what we do? Do we take the time to make the most of every minute of every day? Or do we allow ourselves to drift wasting the most precious resource in existence, TIME? A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Venture
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Desperate Times?
A wise man, by the name of Edward Graetz, told me along time ago about his business philosphy. PAY CASH! don’t build anything you can’t pay for.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Current times
I have been thinking about this for a while. Not sure why but I have. The economic times we are in right now seem pretty dire. Jobless rate are up, value of the dollar is questionable, and suddenly everyone is looking for a new way to do business. Why is that? I believe in part [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Getting Things Done and a Lot of Questions
A Wise man once told me “if you wnat to get things done, you have to measure it.” Is that true? Have we wondered so far from our parents work ethic that the only way our employers can be assured things get done is to put performance measures on us? So if we measure and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Interesting Thought
You know I had an interesting thought just a little while ago. At least it was interesting to me so you will have to decide for yourself. Yesterday a friend sent me a link to a video that showed one of the most modern maufacturing facilities in the world. Can you guess what the were [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Eat your own Cookin’
Wow! It’s 5:00 in the morning and I have been awake for an hour shoveling the snow. I was going to fix the snow blower this weekend but I never got around to it. So here is the down and dirty of it. Unless there is some type of accountabilityor action involved somewhere measurement is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Let’s Talk Turkey
No, not in the literal sense. But in the sense that we are talking reality. For some this is a new thing. Reality, that is. We as managers often times require things from co-workers that is not realistic. Hmmm, Imagine that! An much to our surprise or chagrin they actually accomplish what we asked. What [...]
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