Category Archives: Helpful Hints

Did You Say Over?

Animal House

I can hear many of you answering that classic question from Animal House. “Nothing is over until we decide it is!” and despite the subsequent attribution of the Pearl Harbor attack, it’s damn good advice. In fact, we’ve had two incidents this week in the world of sports that bear it out.

There is , of course, a business lesson in there too. Continue reading

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Cracking An Egg

An egg yolk surrounded by the egg white.

It’s Friday, so it’s time for more Foodie Fun.  Yes, another incomparable combination of food and business, although I’m going to be really brief today!

I was watching Jacques Pepin the other evening.  In the middle of explaining a recipe, he stopped to explain how to crack an egg.  Now, I’ve been cooking pretty seriously for 40+ years (I started young!) and that’s one thing I’ve never even considered.  I mean – crack the shell, dump it out, look for shell pieces, move on, right? Continue reading

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Soup!

Potato soup

Today’s Foodie Fun Friday post is about soup. My current head/chest cold has me focused on this topic and of course it also relates to business in my mind. No, I’m not doing any work for the folks at Campbell’s but, as you’ll see, what goes on with soup is very pertinent to what goes on in the business world as well. Continue reading

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