Quote of the Day “How do I get my people to do what I want?” This is the one question I hear most from small business owners. “And the answer I invariably give them, “You can’t! You can’t get your
Seaside Vacation, Day 5: Date Night in Paradise
Seaside Vacation, Day 4: The Beach and Babysitting
Quote of the Day “Doctors keep their scalpels and other instruments handy, for emergencies. Keep your philosophy ready too–ready to understand heaven and earth. In everything you do, even the smallest thing, remember the chain that links them. Nothing earthly
Seaside Vacation, Day 3: A Story of Toys and a Sunset Cruise
Quote of the Day “The commodity is the thing your customer actually walks out with in his hand. “The product is what your customer feels as he walks out of your business. “What he feels about your business, not what
Seaside Vacation, Day 2: Beach Shade and Evening Games
Quote of the Day “The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man sees everything as either a blessing or a curse.” – Carlos Castaneda, found in
Seaside Vacation, Day 1: Shirts Off, Sunscreen On
Quote of the Day “Social media only works as a business model if it consumes users’ time and attention day after day after day. It needs to replace the various activities we did perfectly well without social media, for the
Seaside Departure and the Bike Rack Hitch Fit
Quote of the Day “Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; for men learn while they teach.” – Seneca, found in Tao of Seneca by
Poop Samples and Pre-Vacation Packing
Quote of the Day “Generally, in nontechnical, nonscientific text, write out numbers from one through one hundred and all numbers beyond that are easily expressed in words—that is, two hundred but 250, eighteen hundred but 1,823. Print periodicals with a
A Handy Chart for Tennesseans Vacationing to Florida
Quote of the Day “Use roman (straight up and down, that is, like the font this phrase is printed in) type encased in quotation marks for the titles of songs, poems, short stories, and episodes of TV series. Whereas the
There and Back Again
Quote of the Day “No, motivation is not permanent, but then neither is bathing. But does that mean I am opposed to bathing? Not at all! As a matter of fact, I think so highly of it, I thought you
Busted Goals and Ankle Braces
Quote of the Day “We use hyphens to helpfully link up a pair or passel of words preceding and modifying a noun, as in: first-rate movie fifth-floor apartment middle-class morality nasty-looking restaurant all-you-can-eat buffet However, convention (a.k.a. tradition, a.k.a. consensus,