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President Reagan Was Always Ready with His Words

An article in USA Today reported that Ronald Reagan’s collection of note cards, on which he kept jokes, facts, and quotes, will be published in a book edited by historian Douglas Brinkley.  The book is called, The Notes:  Ronald Reagan’s Private Collection of Stories and Wisdom. Reagan was one of the most articulate presidents and […]

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Do it Well. From Adequate to Amazing.

There’s a great article on the Harvard Business Review’s blog.  While there are not a lot of specifics as to how to go from adequate to amazing, what the article shows is that most of us are only limited by our thinking and that we can improve whatever we’re doing. Here’s the full article:  How […]

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Drive Thru Funeral Home – Neither Well Done Nor Fun

I ran across an article on the Mental Floss website describing a drive-thru funeral home in Compton, CA.  There is a short article and video here:  Drive Thru Funeral Home If you’ve ever been to Chinatown in New York City or other metropolitan area, it’s not uncommon to see dead ducks hanging in the store […]

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Do it Well-Make it Fun…A White Paper

I just added a link to my white paper on Do it Well. Make it Fun. The link is on the home page. Plus, you can read it below. It’s long, but well worth it! Life is short. In a relative, big picture kind of way. So, we must make the most of the short […]

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A Well Done and Very Fun Video

The following YouTube Video is probably one of the best examples I’ve seen of doing things well and making them fun.  The amount of time it took to execute and record the video is the well done part.  The rest is pure fun.

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The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness

There is an interesting article in Fast Company Magazine focusing on a Stanford business professor who is teaching her students about the value of happiness in a corporate setting.  She’s working with some large companies to help them figure out how to use happiness to increase employees productivity and to woo customers. Now doesn’t it […]

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Morale is Your Responsibility

An article in USA Today newspaper today indicated that based on a study by MetLife, employee loyalty is at a three-year low.  You can read the article here:  Workers Eager It appears that morale has fallen and it can’t get up.  So what can leaders, supervisors, and employees do about this?  It’s a classic opportunity […]

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Clever Caffeine Cap

I’m always impressed when I see something creative.  Today, I was working on my book in the Duck Cottage Coffee and Bookstore and my eye caught one of their new products.  It’s a hat with an odd design on it.  Upon further review, I discovered that it’s the molecular design for caffeine.  Now that’s funny! […]

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How Disciplined Are You?

I’m writing my third book and decided to retreat to a beach house in Duck, NC.  The isolation has helped me to focus on why I’m here – to write. As inspiration, I re-read Stephen King’s book On Writing.  It’s a tremendous book and it covers the essential ingredients in good writing without getting weighed […]

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