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The Grasshopper and the Ant
Over the years many fables, stories, and tales have been told that always had a moral; something that you were supposed to learn, and grow from. But how many of them did you really pay attention to or internalize.nnAllow me to refresh your memory of the story of the grasshopper and the ant. I have told it many times to employees who didn’t want to work very hard or complained about work.nOnce upon a time there was a grasshopper and an ant. The ant was very industrious a
September 8, 2008
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Compensation Is Key
n One of the most obvious things that I have noticed, and experienced throughout my years in the work force and as a business owner is how companies, employers and employees are affected by compensation.n This is a very interesting part of having your own business because it can make or break you. It will create a good or not so good working environment for you employees. Let me share with you a couple of experiences, good, bad and ugly that may illustrate my point with compe
August 31, 2008
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Do You Really Know What You Are Getting?
So many times in my life I have looked back on decisions that I have made and wondered why in the world I did that; or why didn't that turn out as great as I had planned it to? n Thankfully, the invention of 20/20 hindsight has helped many of us to figure out why the idea never worked out the way we planned. As I have thought about some of these events I have noticed that I am not the only one that these mistakes have ever happend to, and so with that I would like to share wi
June 3, 2008