Month: January 2011
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Making Abstractions Concrete
Ever read something and found your mind go numb? Was it your company’s vision statement? Most vision statements are worthless. Not because they don’t try to establish a lofty idea of what the company desires to become, but rather because they are filled with abstractions. Much of our communication has be become so filled with…
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The Objects of Fear
I am not afraid of waking up to a stranger standing over my bed at night. While working out, the TV had a closed caption news report on the concealed carry permits in Phoenix. They showed the training that people go through as well as several with permits as well as interviews with several of…
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The Fat Shoes
Sometimes even the best laid plans backfire in ways that we don’t expect. It’s easy to think we should charge for everything of value we provide, but trying to extract the last penny can cost us the entire sale. This is one such story. We were shopping in Mexico and went to a Skecher’s shoe…