December 28, 2009 · 9:48 am
Here is the post that got the most reads this year and I’m happy it did so because the topic is very personal. It was written on the passing of one of my mentors in business. The best thing to come of his passing has been the reconnecting I’ve been able to do with a number of former co-workers who took the time to write.
Lots of businesses position themselves as “a family.” I don’t need to tell you that they really aren’t but I’ve been fortunate enough to get close to that familial feeling twice. The people who reached out after Mark’s passing were part of the first time. This was published last July. Continue reading →
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December 23, 2009 · 12:24 pm
After getting the stuffing (OK, I had another word there but this is a family blog) kicked out of him by Sugar Ray Robinson, Robert DeNiro‘s Jake LaMotta character looks him in the eye and says “You didn’t get me down, Ray. You didn’t get me down.” He may have been spitting blood but he wasn’t down. More importantly, although he was hanging on the ropes, he got back up. You watch that scene from Raging Bull and you wonder – how does any boxer get up after getting beaten to a pulp? I wonder that sometimes as well but not about boxers. Continue reading →
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December 21, 2009 · 1:12 pm
We had our first big dump of the season here over the weekend. I’m not a fan of snow or winter in general but putting aside my general disdain for the lack of golf and hazardous driving snow brings, it is kind of pretty.
As I was watching it fall Saturday night, I recalled the old saw about no two flakes being alike. While this is apparently not the case, it make me think of something as we wind down the year. Continue reading →
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