Maybe you read the headline and thought this piece is about a college conference. Nope – it’s actually about NASCAR. The weather didn’t cooperate this weekend in Texas and so NASCAR is running their top two series’ races today. You might know I’m a big fan of Sprint Cup racing and was watching yesterday afternoon during the rain delay because they hadn’t yet officially postponed the race. One interview Fox Sports conducted was with Carl Edwards who give what I thought was a pretty good business lesson. Continue reading
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Jamie
As usual, we have a food theme here on a Friday. Specifically, it’s about something that I hope catches on here as it did in England, and that’s Jamie Oliver’s campaign to get us all eating better. As he says on his website:
Jamie’s challenge was to see if he can get a whole community cooking again. He worked with the school lunch ladies and local families to get everyone back in the kitchen and making tasty meals with fresh ingredients – no packets, no cheating. He’s started a Food Revolution: to get people all over America to reconnect with their food and change the way they eat.
Here’s the problem with that, and it’s a good lesson for business as well. Continue reading
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What’s Your Story?
I think we all know the joke. A wife walks in on a husband while he’s bumping uglies with another woman. There are a lot of variations to the joke, but the punch line is “who are you going to believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?”
To me, this goes to another phrase that lots of folks use on a regular basis. Lots of children too although not explicitly. That phrase is immortalized in the chorus of a Jimmy Buffet song: Continue reading
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Consult Keith 