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When Gray Skies Loom
I know we entrepreneurs have to be our own best cheerleaders. When the tough times come, we have to have the strength of our convictions to help us muscle through any obstacles. What rot. OK, it's not completely wrong. It is true, in general, that we have to have...
Joyful Gatherings
I'm upstairs getting changed for Christmas dinner. Down below I can hear kids laughing and screaming. The adults are chatting and catching up on the latest news. My mom is working in the kitchen, as usual, but there are many hands to help out. I pause a moment and...
Children’s Prayers
We went to the Children's Christmas Mass at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church this evening. Our Pastor, Father Jim McDougall, has a tradition each year where he asks all the children to come up and sit around him in front of the altar. He incorporates...
‘Twas the Night Before Networking
'Twas the night before networking And all through the town, The networkers were stirring All moving around They set out their toolkits Preparing for lunch When connections they'd make Gath'ring cards by the bunch Business cards and holder A notebook and pen And...
What You Can Learn
I stopped by Best Buy today to pick up a mounting bracket for our new TV. On the way through the checkout line I struck up a brief conversation with Lori, the cashier. With a few questions and in a surprisingly short amount of time, I found out quite a bit about...
Networking Group Overload
Not long ago I wrote about dealing with networking overload, especially during the holidays. One of the things that can lead to this condition is over-committing to the number of groups in which we participate. I've spoken with people who are members in five, six,...
Working Your Goals Through Your Network
We're coming up on the time of year when people start thinking of resolutions. The new year always seems to be an opportune time to consider how we want to live our lives in the upcoming year. Personally, I don't like to think of resolutions so much as goals. In...
“Merry Christmas” Follow-up
Yesterday, I wrote my opinion to the "Happy Holidays" vs "Merry Christmas" controversy. When I referred to it as "world-shaking", of course, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole. There are those who want to avoid giving offense (almost impossible these days) and so...
“Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”?
Every year about this time I get a message or two in my inbox about this world-shaking controversy. Should we say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas"? Now, please feel free to do whatever you want, but here's the way I see it from the perspective of a...