Recently a new puppy came to join our family pack. Sally, our youngest Cairn Terrier, came to our home at age 4 months. An energetic puppy with a brain ready to be filled with ideas and new experiences. Sally has a tremendous advantage in our house: Harry. Harry is my 11-year-old Brindle Cairn. The old […]
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When you spend time with a company you get to know not only the products and services they offer, but the people inside the company as well as their partners and competitors. And you can see (and sense) when change is occurring. For the past seven years, I’ve had the good fortune to have a
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It was her first time out to a public event. Sure, Harry had been many times but not Sally. My new, very young (4 months old) Cairn Terrier pup was going to be a part of our Fourth of July celebration in Downtown Dallas. Little did I know that it would become a feel-good story
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They had been going to their biggest industry show for years. Really, since the company’s founding in the 1980s. But this year was different. Over the past few years, A Brite Company had been going through a transformation. Growing past their toll-blending roots in the surface finishing industry, the company developed new lines of business
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It’s a small act of kindness. One of those things we don’t always do and take for granted–that someone else will do it for you. Always tip the band. Last year, I dated a remarkable woman who had many talents, most of all being gracious and kind. Besides looking out for a long-retired World War
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Every morning when Harry and I head out the door, we get to the end of the sidewalk and that’s when it happens. Harry’s inner stray dog kicks in. I know his mood by which way he turns–to the left means we are headed to the lake. To the right means a meandering walk through
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Recently I had the chance to walk the floors of three vastly different trade shows. All are good examples of different types of shows. All had ties to a specific industry but each had a different approach to how they reached their intended audiences and how they served those aforementioned industries. The shows: ASIS, aka
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Listen with curiosity, speak with honesty, act with integrity. This #powernetworking tweet had its origins in a quote I had read the day before. Roy Bennett is an author and writer who specializes in positive prose. I heard this right before I was set to spend a day helping my client, Claire Billingsley, tape her
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It’s a question I ask myself quite often. Especially when I get to procrastinating about doing some task or project. “What the hell else are you doing?” It’s a good question. My youngest son got it recently when he called to discuss a project he was considering taking on. Well, I almost got to ask
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Every Sunday morning I turn the FM radio onto my local country station for background while I get ready for my walks and workouts that take up my weekend mornings. I learned something from those first two hours of the Country Top 40. Some real hard working artists make up the hits between 40 and
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