September 17, 2010 · 8:34 am
We’ve made it to the end of another week and so a food-related topic for today. Actually, it’s more of a lack of food topic since I want to mention a thought I had about fasting and business.
Tomorrow is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, a day on which every Jew is supposed to refrain from eating and drinking. That obligation is taken so seriously that one is considered to have participated fully in all the prayer services if they complete the fast even if they never set foot in the synagogue. Last month was Ramadan – a month in which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. There are fasts in almost every major religion and the notion of willingly abstaining from food and drink as penance or for some other reason is yet another thing most religions have in common.
But penance is not what prompted the thought about business (a religion for some as well, I know). Continue reading →
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August 30, 2010 · 1:12 pm
Some things just make you shake your head and today’s USA Today brought along another one of them. It’s almost as if the aftermath of the BP spill never happened or, at best, as if some folks are either not paying attention or just not getting what they’re seeing and hearing. I know it’s not Friday but this is food-related, sort of. It’s really about business and responsibility in my mind but I’ll let you be the judge. Continue reading →
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Tagged as advice, business, business thinking, Customer service, Eggs, Food and Related Products, marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Reality checks, United Egg Producer
August 23, 2010 · 10:33 am
A little bit of The Boss to start us off this week. Bruce recorded a song called Man At The Top for the Born in the USA album but it didn’t make the final cut. He performed it rarely until he released it 15 years later for the Tracks album. It’s a pretty simple song – kind of reminds me of Hungry Heart married to Ben E. King‘s Stand By Me.
In any event, I was in the car yesterday morning and it came on the radio. As I was singing along, the thought crossed my mind that the folks who want to be the man at the top should be careful what they’re asking for. Let me explain. Continue reading →
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