My wife and I are natives of Kansas. There is a debate across the nation on the merits of barbeque from Kansas City, through Memphis, to North Carolina and back to Texas. I personally like them all, but Kansas City style is my favorite. I grew up with it. When we moved to Texas almost […]
Author Archives: Jerry
The Employee Exodus
In the January 22nd edition of the Kiplinger Letter there was a disturbing fact stated. “As a business owner or manager, you should be worried about losing critical employees as the economy recovers. Some companies are now working to pick off the cream of the crop. Surveys show 20% of all employees wants to switch […]
How are you “different”?
I live in Austin Texas where the official mantra is “Keep Austin Weird”. I have lived in 6 other cities around the US and of them all, I love Austin the most because it is “different”. When I was in middle school and high school, being “different” was considered a negative- but it isn’t in […]
Finding and following your passion…
I’ve been blessed. I have the perfect job for me. The funny thing is, it happened by accident. Well, maybe not an accident, but it was not a choice I made initially. Let me explain. My wife and I had just finished building a home and three months later, the President of the company I […]
Be a Star, not a sales pretender
There are millions of sales people in the world, yet 20% of them drive 80% of the sales revenue and profits. Why is that? Why do so few drive the volume while so many just go through the motions? The Sales Executive Council ™, a few years ago, published a white paper on research of […]