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Posts Of The Year – 1

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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Filed under Growing up, Helpful Hints, Reality checks

Time Off For Good Behavior

It’s almost Christmas and I know many of you will be taking time off from what you do day-to-day in order to relax.  Me too, sort of.  One thing I’ve found is that traffic to this blog (hopefully others as well) drops off a lot during holidays.  Makes sense – this is mostly business-related and who the heck wants to think about business whilst on holiday?

So a few brief things:

Thank you to all of you who read this blog.  If you’re a regular – spread the word.  If you’re not, please let me know what you’d like to see so I can get you back more often.

Thank you to the clients with whom I’ve had the pleasure of working over the last 12 months.  You guys are a lot of the inspiration for the blog.  Howdy and get some rest to clients both continuing and new.  You’re going to need it as we bust our butts to make 2010 a banner year.

Finally, I’m going to repost some of my favorite scribbles over the next week.  Please do check them out and let me know if they hold up as time has passed.  But that’s enough for today.  Let’s grab an egg-nog, fire up the Yule Log, and enjoy!

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Snow

Snowfall on trees, Germany

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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