Greetings. Have you ever noticed that there are special days and weeks each year to honor different professions? There's "World Teacher's Day," "National Nurse's Day," "International Fire Fighter's Day,"...
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What’s in a Tag Line?
Greetings. I'm in the process of buying my car off of its lease with U.S. Bank–a large banking company based in the beautiful city of Minneapolis with more than 62,500 employees. And, according to a recent letter I received from the bank,...
Having an Open House
Greetings. It's Columbus Day here in the United States–a holiday that seems to be celebrated by fewer people each year. And that's probably reasonable. It's not that I have anything against Columbus–though he never really...
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Greetings. I try to spend a few hours every week simply wandering around with my eyes wide open–looking for interesting ideas and offers from local businesses across a wide range of industries. It's a very good way to keep up with trends and...
A Little Too Late
Greetings. I seem to recall a country music song by Tanya Tucker from the early 1990's with the lyrics "It's a little too late to do the right thing now." A song about a less than perfect relationship. Which is, not too...
Unlocking Tomorrow’s Genius
Greetings. It's the start of a new week and a great time to think about all of the genius that resides in your company or organization. Because if you're like most enterprises, you're probably only tapping a small share of the ideas, insights...
Saying Goodbye
Greetings. On her last weekend with us Ella was treated like the most revered of royalty. And, it should be noted without hesitation that, rarely has such treatment been so well deserved. For the past eight years she had charmed all of us with her...
Competing With Yourself
Greetings. Amid all of the excitement about the new iPhone 5, it is interesting to think about the creation of the original iPhone. Launched in 2007, it became one of the most remarkably successful technology products in history–with each new...
Go Big or Go Home!
Greetings. One of our son Noah's favorite phrases is "Go big or go home!" It's a notion that is quite popular on the local playgrounds where Noah and his friends try to hone their basketball and soccer skills. But it's also a...
On the Road to Exceptional
Greetings and welcome back for Day 3 of my quest to have phone service restored at our office. But don't worry, through the wonders of technology we have had our office phone line forwarded to our cell phones–so we are definitely reachable even if...
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