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“Trash Man Jesus”

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My rubbish is quickly and efficiently collected early every Thursday morning, apparently by a man named “Jesus.” I know his name because it came to me last week in a holiday greeting card wedged under the lid of my emptied can. When I opened the envelope and pulled out the card, the inscription read, “Happy […]

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The Magic of New Zealand

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I recently returned from three weeks of work and play in New Zealand. This was my fifth trip to and from this distant land half a world away, which means I’ve now flown 80,000 miles through the years in a silver tube five miles up doing nothing more than coming and going. But every mile […]

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The Rise and Fall of Opposite Industries: Weed & Golf

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While Capitol Hill wrestles with granting approval of banking access for the fledgling but poised to explode marijuana industry, another green-based business — golf course management — wrestles with a crisis that desperately cries for reinvention. I live in Colorado and, along with Washington, our state has moved to legalize marijuana purchase and use. The […]

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Unexpected Termination: Now What?

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10 Tips to Help Land on Your Feet The reciprocal post-World War II loyalty bond between workers and employers has long since evaporated. Back then jobs were careers and workers enjoyed an implied assumption of continued employment. Businesses benefited because they could assume a stable, loyal workforce. Technology — specifically the invention of digital technology […]

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Why Core Values are Integral to Success

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When people leave one company for another, a major success or failure factor in their new assimilation is how well they match the existing culture. Bad fits rarely make it. Alignment of these core values is important for a number of reasons. From the company perspective Companies are nothing more than a collection of people […]

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Signficant Emotional Events: What They Are & How They Change Lives

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2 November 2013 Our map of the world is shaped by a variety of influences during our formative years, ages 0-to-13. Contributors include our family unit, friends, relatives, religion, socioeconomic status, schooling, neighborhood, teachers, coaches, life experiences, and more. Because of these things, who we are as an adult is fairly well formed by our […]

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