Thank you speeches are hard. They are hard to write and they are certainly hard to listen to, especially over and over and over again. Thank you speeches are boring. We the audience don’t really care about shout outs to...
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Not Much to UPS. It should not be my burden to pay for their inadequacy to do their job. It seemed simple enough. Seven glasses needed to go from Tucson to Akron, from storage to my cupboard. Years ago I...
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It was just 10:20 on a Saturday morning. I had worked with a client, worked out, and was now running the dreaded errands. A dozen cupcakes was next on my to – do list.  I pulled up to cupcake castle,...
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“Someone call Victoria because her secret’s out,” is my favorite Tweet on the subject of bra straps that are seen by the outside world. Is the same person who is so anxious to tell a stranger that her bra strap...
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I walked into the tack room at Miraval, the renowned equine center of the world . . . or at least the southwest part of the world. It struck me that others would find it funny that the room with...
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Look outside your window. It is the 8th day of August. If you look outside a window in NE Ohio you should see sunshine. You may see green grass, flowers, maybe even a lawn being cut. If people are in...
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A high performing animal is like a high performing employee. They know when they have done well and they know when they have under performed. They really don’t need a supervisor, boss or owner to tell them.  In fact it...
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My parents – of the greatest generation – espoused a hard work theory on life. Apparently not everyone was raised by my parents. A year ago a business moved into office space two doors down from me. The way my...
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There is a lot to admire about successful business people. Because they made millions or perhaps billions it sometimes overshadows their own inadequacies. It could even beg the question: are they successful because of themselves or in spite of themselves?...
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I have to be upfront from the start. I never liked to return my books to the library. Not because I was lazy, but because I liked to own the book or feel as though I own it. Only once...
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