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16 March 2011 ~ Comments Off

New Idea Guy Mailing Address

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The Post Office I’ve been using for the past 8 or 9 years is closing. The form letter they sent (with ZERO information on how to contact any human being who actually works in that location) informed me of their intent to relocate my PO Box to a Columbus city office much further from my home than [...]

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04 January 2011 ~ 2 Comments

52 Weeks of Whensdays

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January is an ideal time to adopt an “Everyday is Whensday” philosophy. By now you’ve probably noted the unique spelling (or at the very least realized the date of this blog post is most certainly NOT the weekday that falls between Tuesday and Thursday.)
I first shared this concept last year after I’d spent some time [...]

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23 December 2010 ~ Comments Off

Back to The (Business) Brickyard

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Your Business Brickyard isn’t some fluffy business fable as one might judge by its slim storybook size and hardcover. The business insights contained within were heard-earned by Howard Mann (the author) himself via his own experiences in running a successful (but stressful) freight and logistics company.
The content is broken into core components that benefit everyone [...]

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22 December 2010 ~ Comments Off

Red Rubber Ball At Work

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The Red Rubber Ball At Work is an excellent companion to Rules of the Red Rubber Ball! I was expecting to be a more of the original (which I also loved) but the author slightly shifted the approach in this wholly original addition to the Red Rubber Ball series. I thought it was going to [...]

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02 December 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Attitude Adjustment

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During a recent presentation to the  American Marketing Association at The Ohio State University, I spent a portion of my time discussing attitude with the audience. 
When I asked the 50 or 60 attendees in the room how many of them felt that a positive attitude was key to their success, every single person raised their hand.  But, [...]

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