I took my “first” stand-up comedy class this past week. I NEVER thought I would EVER write those words! You see, I view myself as an extremely hard working, serious, responsible business owner and family man. I do not see myself as “funny,” although I’m not opposed to having fun. But, sometimes the many challenges
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Two years ago during my Leap Year of Firsts, I spent May 5th, 2020 on Cinco de Mayo partaking in Margaritas for lunch, during mid-week at work with a friend who had visited dressed as a taco. We had no work coming in and all of our machines were silent in the midst of our
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I have been out and about recently at several events, networking group meetings, CEO Roundtables, Board Meetings, etc… and the conversation and/or observations have been about the current state of affairs – post Pandemic. Yes, everyone is dealing with increased pricing, supply chain and staffing issues. That is just the way of the world right
Two years ago today I had worked through the night for the first time in my life, without sleep, to sign up 123 employees to answer unemployment calls for the state of California. First time I hired 123 people in a day to save a job. And, I’m located in Philadelphia! This was in the
So, after you Limit you Pity Party, ask yourself Good Questions, rely on your Core Values and Sleep on It, it is time to go to work and Work the Problem! Don’t panic. Stay calm and work whatever the problem that you are being presented with. Anything worthwhile is achieved through thoughtful level headed hard
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Sometimes solutions or hope seems out of reach. Sometimes things are not going your way. In times like these I try to Limit my Pity Party, Ask Good Questions of myself and trusted others, while leaning on my Core Values. I’ve written about this in previous blogs. Many times this provides answers, solutions or a
Last week in my blog I covered “Limiting your Pity Party” in dealing with a crisis. To assist you in limiting this pity party it helps to ask yourself good questions. Ask these questions of not only yourself, but of trusted others. By voicing these questions it helps in clearing your thoughts. It provides needed
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“Limit your Pity Party”. Well, I threw a hell of a Pity Party March 20th, 2020 @ 2:30 p.m. prior to having to lay off my entire staff of 45 employees as a “non-essential business” for the first time in my life. BUT, those negative emotions of pity, depression, etc… don’t help you with solutions
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Two years ago today, March 17th, 2020, I wrote in my daily journal that was documenting my Leap Year of Firsts for my first book… “No Salary – Worked for Free.” This was at the start of the pandemic when my awards business, that I worked at for over forty-five years and now own, was
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Last Thursday, February 24th at 7:30 a.m. I gave my First LIVE paid speech in front of a room of people at Paris Casino in Las Vegas. I was there for the Awards and Personalization Association’s education day. I was one of the speakers on the docket. No one threw anything at me, and no
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