The premise behind what we do here is pretty darn simple really. Celebrate what you have, who you have, what you are, or just celebrate for the heck of it, as it is plain old more fun that thinking how crappy people or things can be at times. We all...
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It’s Friday, I’m in Love…
We’re just not the place for that
One morning around 9 a.m., back in 2010, I had three interactions with people, and each of them in their unique way called to mind the principle philosophy of our mission. We stress our core principles of “Local” and “Good” in a blatant,...
Read MoreHelp Me, Help You
There is a great scene in the Tom Cruise movie where he passionately tells Cuba Gooding Jr (I swear I am not talking about this clip because he has good in his name – that is just awesome good luck), to Help Me, Help You. It is a funny and...
Read MoreStart Doing a Bunch of New Things That Have Been Proven to Work
Focused on new ideas and actions, this principle usually holds the most promise for additional opportunity no matter the age, position, or size of the company. However, the principle is listed after the first two articles in this series: Drop What...
Read MoreDrop what isn’t working like a bad habit
As a punishment from the gods for his trickery, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again. Don’t be that guy....
Read MoreAre Positive Political Campaign Ads Just a Crazy Idea?
Are positive political campaign ads just a crazy idea?Like anything in life, you can choose to view whatever you face as a negative or a positive, and anyone that knows me knows I am a bit nuts about looking at most anything as an opportunity. ...
Read MoreCHANGE – Embrace it, Shape It, or Get The Heck Out of The Way
CHANGE – Embrace it, Shape It, or Get The Heck Out of The Way If you look up quotes related to the word change, you could be reading for days. There are actually 92,700,000 examples or sites that that you can link to when you search Google for...
Read MoreWho Are You?
Who are you, Valpo, Portage, La Porte County, Northwest Indiana? Are you a mom that would like to rave about her kids, or commend another mom in town, a teacher, your husband, a neighbor, a shop you love, or your own Mom or Dad? Are you a dad that...
Read MoreMusic Hits You – If You’re Out There. John Legend
As I have written before, no matter what emotion it hits you with, you can not deny that music hits you. It brings you perspective, it motivates you, it lifts your spirits, it relaxes you, it saddens you, it gets you jacked up, it gets you riled up...
Read MoreLeaders are Paid Based on How They Need to be Spending their Time
You may call yourself a business leader, but are you really doing what it takes to lead your business? Often times, when I work with small to mid-size business owners, they tell me that everyone in their company is just buried in their day-to-day...
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