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Staying Focused

As I’ve often said, there’s no limit on the sources from which one can learn a great lesson if you’re predisposed to observing and thinking about what it is you’re seeing.  I was reminded of this again yesterday afternoon as I was walking the dog.  Amazing what a 15 pound ball of fur can teach a guy. Continue reading

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Six Degrees

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6 degrees.  That’s what the thermometer is reading as I write this.  For my friends in Canada, that’s -14C.  I know that’s almost a balmy afternoon for you, but for this son of New York, it’s the coldest we’ve been in a few years.  The bitter cold that has been working its way east has arrived and I could be less happy only if they banned golf forever. Of course, I also find business lessons in the cold. Continue reading

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Dripping The Business Away

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Sometimes things that go wrong in a business are hard to find. Sometimes we don’t even know they’ve gone wrong. It’s easy to spot the employee that disrupts a vibe of a department or the salesperson who isn’t producing. Other problems are much more insidious and require a deeper dive by management.  The problem is that unless the business is under performing as a whole some managers are happy just to mosey on down the road. Continue reading

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