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Black Friday Thoughts (calm before the storm)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

As I have said before, I am not allowed to construct my gameplan until Thursday (Thanksgiving). But I have been eyeballing some things on www.blackfriday.info and I’d be lying if my brain wasn’t churning even a little.
If you are planning to embark on the Extravaganza that is Black Friday I will share a few things […]

The Winds are Picking Up

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

So, I was leading the bi-weekly financial department meeting at Midtown (don’t be impressed it consists of me and my business intern) and we were brainstorming and discussing how to make things better for 2009.
I realized something while I was talking through some things. I was teaching on “what leaders do.” The two points that […]

Are Reward Cards Worth It?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

I am going to leave the answer open ended but I will say my thoughts and show my work behind it.
When it comes to credit card companies I have heard a saying that connects. “If you mess with snakes long enough, you are going to get bit.”
Credit card companies have one motive. Can anyone guess […]

Lessons From Hockey

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

I promise that I am not forcing these life lessons from hockey every week, they’re just coming to me. It seems like after every game I come home with some fresh bread (not literally, figuratively).
I may have revealed this before but for some reason on evenings that I have hockey games I come home […]

I Got Cocky

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Last evening I came home to wifey playing the nintendo wii in the living room. We just got a couple new games (stuff that she likes to play) rather than the fun stuff that I normally play (NCAA Football 2009). This was a nice change, I am usually the video game connoisseur in our family […]