December is upon us; time to complete your business plan for next year! A big part of your business planning process is goal-setting, however goal-setting involves much more that predicting/forecasting/(maybe guessing!) production goals. It has been said that the best way to predict the future is to create it. While many circumstances are beyond your […]
Read MoreThis weekend I saw the new movie from Alcon Entertainment / Warner Bros. titled, “The Blind Side.” The movie stars Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, and Kathy Bates, and tells the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless teenager who is taken in by a family and given a second lease on life. The […]
Read MoreOn I-94 near Jackson, Michigan, there stands a massive yellow billboard with the following line in huge black letters: “Free Land for Industrial Development” This definitely attracted my attention, but my first thought was that these people are desperate. After all, the September 2009 unemployment rate in the state is 15.3%. Michigan continues to hemorrhage […]
Read MoreIn Thomas Merton’s autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton is pondering his life’s work. At some point in their lives, successful people struggle with their purpose, goals, and direction. In a conversation with his friend and mentor, Robert Lax, Merton is confronted by Lax, who suggests Merton should aim higher with his ambitions than being […]
Read MoreRestaurant business is down due to the economy; people do not go out as often. In the November 2, 2009 issue of Nation’s Restaurant News, trainer and professional speaker Jim Sullivan wrote, “Not that we’re out of the woods by any measure. Grocery prices are falling and restaurant prices rising. Technomic recently reported that in […]
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