Inspiration

Here’s to the New Year

December 31, 2010

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning”. – T.S. Eliot

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Today’s Job

April 13, 2009

“You can’t do today’s job with yesterday’s methods and be in business tomorrow.” Anonymous

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If You Want To Be Successful

April 8, 2009

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. Will Rogers American Humorist 1879-1935

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“Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.” W. Edwards Deming American Consultant, Stastistician and Educator 1900-1993

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Five Obstacles To Every Sale

April 2, 2009

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.” Zig Ziglar American Motivational Speaker and Author

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Business as Art

March 27, 2009

“To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art.” Chinese Proverb

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

March 20, 2009

A butcher, who had had a particularly good day, proudly flipped his last chicken on a scale and weighed it. “That will be $9.23,” he told the customer. “That’s a good price, but it really is a little too small,” said the woman. “Don’t you have anything larger?” Hesitating, but thinking fast, the clerk returned [...]

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What Small Towns Care About

March 18, 2009

“To read the papers and to listen to the news… one would think the country is in terrible trouble. You do not get that impression when you travel the back roads. The small towns do care about their country and wish it well.” Charles Kuralt American radio and television Journalist (1934-1997)

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Coping With The Modern American Tourist

March 9, 2009

The modern American tourist now fills his experience with pseudo-events. He has come to expect both more strangeness and more familiarity than the world naturally offers. He has come to believe that he can have a lifetime of adventure in two weeks and all the thrills of risking his life without any real risk at [...]

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Rural Sights and Sounds

March 2, 2009

“Not rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.” William Cowper One of the most widely read English poets of his day, 1731-1800