As a manager of several small businesses I am constantly scanning my organization to identify and amplify best practices. One particular quality stands out to me of late as being critical to building a successful organization: flexibility. A growing small business is typically typically a dynamic environment. Small businesses, like their larger counterparts, live and …
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"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings …
My sons and I are reading Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth and there is mention of the runic alphabet used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. It's the first alphabet the boys have seen other than English and they were thoroughly intrigued. If you've ever …
I am deeply fascinated by the mode of living which was perhaps best described some 2,000 years ago with the phrase "Resist not evil." It is a simple concept, really, but it can be applied to just about any situation you can come across in the world today. Think about the field of medicine. Virtually …
Each and every jot and tittle of life is richly detailed, but it's easy to miss the lovely subtle essences if you're not careful. I've made it a point when I'm with my children to point to the hidden treasure trove of detail in any and everything. One of the best ways I've found to …
Time will tell by Gregg Hake Night falls on another generation Men born into a cruel world now pass To the next. Day dawns on another generation Hopes and dreams surge against the tides and swells Of the past. Will the shores of our unformed tomorrows Be redrawn by the hand of man or God? …
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” - Winston Churchill I've …
My Father's Side by Gregg Hake I sit beside my father's side Remembering days of youth. The times of joy, the times I cried And learned about the truth. I sit beside my father's side And eye him tenderly. The look I give is one of pride For his endless dignity.
The night is darkening round me by Emily Brontë The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow; The storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. Clouds beyond …
“Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth. Thus I beg and beseech you. Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so …
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