I just kept plugging away at that dream. It paid off miraculously. - Captain Michael Foreman, AstronautLast week I posted about Bill Gates' question on LinkedIn. He asked how to get kids...
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Have you ever had a bad day? I don't mean the kind where you break a nail, snag your hose or lose a front parking place. I'm talking about the kind of day that makes you want to crawl......
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I was visiting Stephen Hopson over at Adversity University and he's started a gratitude theme - a weekly look back at who or what he is grateful for. I love that concept. In one of the many Jan...
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Remember back to high school when every little thing was the very "end of the world?" "I could just DIE!" I can remember saying that more than once. In your mind every person is...
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Have you visited Gaping Void: Cartoons on the back of business cards? I would be surprised if you hadn't based on the number of Technorati fans the blog has. I was doing a little research and...
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by Deborah Brown on September 24, 2007
I had the opportunity to attend a workshop on Saturday facilitated by Susan Mikolic, R.N., owner of Stepping Stone Mental Health She shared with us her personal history and what drove her to design...
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by Deborah Brown on September 07, 2007
It's an exciting day! The 1,000 post mark. I didn't get here alone, as there have been several superior bloggers writing on BizInformer since it began in July 2005. Jim Logan was the first...
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by Deborah Brown on September 06, 2007
Scott Ginsberg is celebrating wearing his name tag for 2,500 days today. For those of you who aren't familiar with the 20-something entrepreneur - he learned early on that wearing a name tag...
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by Deborah Brown on September 02, 2007
I was flipping through the channels while waiting for my daughter to re-enact last week's night walk to record the music of the night when I stumbled upon Sound of Music. It was in the scene...
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One of the things I did on vacation was to take a writing class. I spend my days writing for businesses, but in this class I was forced to free the fiction writer from within. I gotta tell you...
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Have you given any thought to your immortality lately? Having just turned 50 and starting to receive a barrage of materials from AARP, the thought has crossed my mind a time or two and I'm...
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Today is my 50th birthday. I love birthdays. I believe birthdays should be anticipated, celebrated, embraced and shouted from the rooftops. I have a really big pin that says "today is my...
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WARNING: I will be using the "a" word in this post. I am sorry in advance if this offends anyone, it isn't meant to. In my boardroom meeting this past week, one of the participants,...
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In this age of entitlement, have we lost the art of saying "thank you?" As a child when I'd receive a gift I was not allowed to wear it or play it or play with it until I'd written...
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Have you heard? Today, July 7, 2007, is supposed to be the luckiest day of the century. All those sevens in a line. If you are a gambler you might be having a field day. Luck is a personal belief.......
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This past week I attended a Women's Network luncheon in which Lynn Shepherd of The Swan Network presented the Circle of Wisdom. Her speech was entitled "Yes You Can" and was a discussion...
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Springtime. The first grill of the season. As the lone charcoal griller in the neighborhood, my bar-b-q grilled chicken smells mixed with the fresh mown grass brought back memories of a long ago day....
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We've all made mistakes in business. Our hope is that none are so blatant that they impact other's view of our ability to perform. Unfortunately, this week I made a stupid mistake - a careless...
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Less than half of the days in Cleveland are sunny and today there isn't a cloud in the sky - the sun is shining and the temps are a perfect 74 degrees. Time to get outdoors. I try to walk......
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Yesterday was a tragic day in our history as a man goes on a shooting spry at Virginia Tech killing 33 and wounding 15. As I listened to radio callers debate the issue this morning; one caller raised...
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Here is a quote worth reading and re-reading: Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new." That quote is from Og Mandino, the...
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When I was in fifth grade I woke one morning to discover I was sick. But that day at school there was a team project in which I was scheduled to participate. My mother sent me back to bed but......
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