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The Thanksgiving Menu’s Business Tip

Thanksgiving Turkey

Happy Cooking Day!  What?  You’re waiting until tomorrow to get going?  Well, maybe you’re better organized than I am.  Today, in between phone calls, emails, and project work, is spent baking the pies, turning the stock we made yesterday into gravy, prepping vegetables, making the appetizers, and many other little things so that we can get tomorrow’s feast in front of everyone all at once and on time.  Those of you with frozen turkeys should have them thawing (maybe in your bathtub if space is an issue?).

The menu we offer this year is the same as last year’s and most prior years.  Frankly, I find it kind of boring to make.  But therein lies the business lesson. Continue reading

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Facts About Statements vs. Statements of Fact

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I am the best consultant in the world. I hereby proclaim myself the king of all consultants.  There I said it. It is now absolutely true that I said it and if a blog or newspaper or one of you quotes me as saying it, that quote is 100% true. You’ll not get me denying having said it.  There’s only one problem with that fact: the statement itself may not be true. So what does this have to do with you and how you approach things? Continue reading

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A Focus On What

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The title of today’s screed isn’t a question – it’s a recommendation. It’s been my experience that we spend an awful lot of time paying attention to and arguing about the “how” and in the process we often lose sight of the “what.”  Let me explain what I mean and then you guys can straighten me out. Continue reading

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