We came across a rather disturbing story the other day about yoga pants actually becoming part of dress attire in business. Not just ordinary yoga pants, but “dress” yoga pants. Kind of like “dress” jeans. Do they really exist? Here’s
Read more →We’ve been seeing a few commercials lately from Hotels.com featuring a colorful character named “Captain Obvious”. His objective… you guessed it, stating the obvious. The more we see this character the more we’re thinking he’s desperately needed in the banking
Read more →This short clip of a State Farm commercial makes the point… It must be true if it’s on the internet! As silly as this is, it’s kind of sad, the stories some people will believe that are on the internet
Read more →We came across an odd article the other day about Wal-Mart in China recalling donkey meat that was tainted with fox meat. Our first thought was, “who eats donkey meat?”. But then again, when in China… Regardless, it got us
Read more →It seems that in life there are two types of people. Those that are pushing forward to new and greater things in the future and those that are pulling backwards just grasping to the comfort of the old glory days
Read more →My wife called our bank at 9am the other morning and no one answered the phone. She called back a little later and someone answered after the 15th ring. This is not uncommon when calling this bank. Once she reached
Read more →Here’s a phrase to always keep in mind… “Don’t expect what you’re not giving.” It’s probably not the most popular phrase or widely accepted phrase in the entitlement culture we live in today, but it’s very accurate. Typically, most people expect
Read more →We’ve discussed the chain of command on many occasions and the discussion is well warranted. A great deal of destruction to your organizational culture can take place when a few loose links with loose lips do their magic in organizational
Read more →Striving for remarkable. Getting better every day. Always doing more. These are all mottos of the best employees, the actively engaged employees, the successful employees. What’s the opposite of this? A Bottom Feeder. A Bottom Feeder is typically in the
Read more →Last week I needed to purchase a roll (100) of postcard stamps. No problem, I’d go to the local post office, pick them up, be back home in a few minutes. Simple enough… or so I thought. When asking for
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