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Practice

Barden Ridge_Golf Driving Range
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I used to think of myself as a musician of sorts.  I played a lot of instruments, studied a few of them privately, and actually earned a fair bit of money both performing and teaching.   I guess I have (more like had!) a natural ability with them.  Because of that, I never felt as if practice was a top priority. I could play, it sounded pretty good, what more needs to be done?   Sure, the band rehearsed a few hours a week and yes, I used to play a guitar several more hours a day.  But that wasn’t practice – that was an extension of my arm. Now, playing the sax – that would have required practice! Continue reading

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One Hit In The Water

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I’m always looking for good business lessons in places I frequent on the Web.  Hopefully that explains why, dear readers, you get an awful lot of golf and food references as we explore the world of doing smart business.

Today it’s golf and a lesson we can get from a post on Golf.com which provides a blog post that demonstrates how smart businesses operate.  Unfortunately, it does so by showing us an example to the contrary. Continue reading

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There’s Gambling Going On Here

It amazes me how many pieces have been written over the last couple of months in which the author or the subject relays some epiphany they’ve had about the economy. Pick up today’s Times and read the business section and you’ll see what I mean.  Actually, most of these great insights aren’t about the economy at all. They’re really about horrible business practices and how the current situation stems from them. I think one can pretty much sum them all up as follows: Continue reading

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