First Composed by Jim Bartolotta (HVAC – Mechanical Contractor & Friend), Chicago, IL / Tweaked by G. Crumpton / AirTight. “It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot … it can’t be done. When […]
Read MoreMany companies get to a point where you have to have some lieutenants to help forward the mission. So you corral your top talent, real stars who get it, care about the mission and yet, have been taught little, if any, leadership skills. Maybe a couple of them served our great country through one of […]
Read MoreI sat there on my favorite couch at home peering into this funky colored orange book, delighted to finally have it in my hands. Though it was a typical morning, me up early, great coffee and study time before the “real day” had begun. It was an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of Ctrl Alt Delete, […]
Read MoreI was fortunate to attend a tour, and subsequent Q & A session, at the Zappos world-wide headquarters facility. Zappos, huh? Maybe you are wondering why anyone would go to a shoe distribution place for a tour. Well, if you have ever dealt with Zappos and things didn’t go perfectly, then you would know. Many […]
Read MoreThis was my first thought when I saw the number of followers of mine start to dwindle. The Lizard Brain, as I have learned form Seth Godin, was quite happy about this. The lizard was thinking, of course, nobody wants to read what you write, you are a mechanical guy. Get over it. Who cares? […]
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