Junior Varsity Way back in high school (I mean WAY BACK), JV stood for junior varsity. I loved playing football! When I was in middle school I was a bruiser middle linebacker. I realized when entering high school as a freshman that all of a sudden the kids were 5 to 6 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier than I…
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Taking The Leads! I don’t know about you, but I’m a sports nut. I love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and especially golf. Now, I know at least some sports are probably boring to you, and some are boring to me, however here is what I know as truth. Playing from the position of being in the lead is…
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Do you remember participating in science fairs as a little kid? There were all kinds of cool experiments involving magnets, paper and lots of other stuff. But by far the coolest experiment that always got everybody’s attention was the erupting volcano. It was pretty simple and you literally had one shot at it. You created a papier-mâché…
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Do you ever lose sleep over your business? Okay, I may be dating myself, but there’s an old Three Dog Night song called “One is the Loneliest Number”. Being a small business owner or solopreneur does not necessarily mean that you’re an army of only one. Chances are, you surround yourself with all kinds of people to…
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Have you ever felt like a human doing … As opposed to a human being? In this highly connected, multimedia, I need it yesterday world, it’s so easy to become overwhelmed. Some people will say that you do it to yourself, and that’s partly true. But in reality, we carry around a supercomputer in our…
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Do you know who my favorite coach was? It was my dad! He spent a lot of time coaching all of us at baseball, softball and swimming. When I was a kid, I used to have to shop in the husky section of Robert Hall to get clothes. I was the fat kid who could not run the…
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I’m sure you have heard the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words”, however, I am also sure, that if you just describe each picture with 1000 words, you will bore people to tears. Pictures and words work hand in glove … especially on the Internet. Ultimately, it’s the words that will convince people to buy or not to…
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Now that it’s getting warm again, it is time to start thinking about the ice bucket challenge. Just a few weeks ago, people were taking the Polar Bear Plunge, running into the icy water of Lake Michigan which is partially iced over. Why do people do these crazy things? To think beyond their own scope and to care for others.…
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Are you a slave to beeps, bops, boops, dings, doubts, dees, does and the all-important vibrate? If so, you may be suffering from what is commonly known as Bright, Shiny Object Syndrome! This is not a new phenomenon; it’s been around since one of the first cavemen saw his neighbor making a fire. Those of us in business, who…
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Which One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others? Santa Claus, Leprechauns, the Easter Bunny or the Ideal Customer. Obviously, the first three have holidays associated with them, so why does the ideal customer not have a holiday? Because every day is ideal customer day! My guess is that you celebrate your customers every time…
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