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Work What’s the difference between seeing the Loch Ness Monster and achieving perfect inventory balance? One involves a completely unrealistic tale of lore. The other involves a large prehistoric water-dwelling creature with a long neck. Dad jokes aside, the effective management of inventory is a monumental challenge for any business that...
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Is attracting and hiring smart people over-rated? Heck no! A company, team, committee, or board can’t have too much intelligence among team members. Smart people develop smart ideas and, after all, those really are the best kind of ideas. It’s just that there are some other characteristics I’d like to...
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“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: Get busy living, or get busy dying.” This is my favorite quote from one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption. Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) is an innocent man who is wrongly convicted and imprisoned for a horrific crime. ...
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“I’m super excited for school to start!” said my kids never. In reality, they are excited for high school…to play soccer and see their friends. It’s all the getting up early and going to class parts that they’re not such big fans of. Learning is, of course, super important. However,...
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Last week my brother and his family came for a visit. We had a lovely time and at some point during the week, my brother asked my seventeen-year-old son how I had changed since retiring. “He’s a lot more relaxed and happier” my son replied. While I agree with him,...
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For 27 years, work provided me with an inescapable sense of purpose. I was not only responsible for providing for my family, but also for adding value at whatever work I was doing. Regardless of our career, entrepreneurial endeavor, or side hustle, we all need to generate value in order...
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Thank you Marci. My mom did get a chance to read it to him, and I'm very grateful for that.