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Click Here for this week’s dose of Holiday Cheer!  “A good conscience is a perpetual Christmas.” Benjamin Franklin Outside In:  “What Only the CEO Can Do” Most of us advance in our careers by being good at something going on inside the company, be it accounting, marketing, sales, HR etc. But the CEO’s role demands

“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. “ O. Henry American Short Story writer “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.” Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivor and

“I can tell you in the 35 years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never seen who was in Washington alter the course of a business cycle.”  Brian Beaulieu CEO – ITR Economics “The amateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can’t go wrong.” Julie Andrews Legendary Broadway Actress (Sound of

“A conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged; a liberal Is a conservative who’s been arrested.” Tom Wolfe Author of the “The Right Stuff” and “The Bonfire of the Vanities” Lessons from McDonald’s (BEFORE Ray Kroc) One of the true American success stories is McDonald’s.  The person usually associated with this is Ray Kroc, who was

My Mom tells me that her grandmother used to say this every time something untoward happened in her world. Of course, she was right. In the midst of almost every calamity there are those whose lives get better as a result of the disaster. If there was ever a calamity in this country, it’s the

“September. 11, 2001 seems destined to be the watershed event of our lives and the greatest test for our democracy in our lifetimes.” Lt. Col. Shelton F. Leskford, U.S. Marine Corps  This is the 15th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks Remember those who died that day and those that have served afterwards in the

“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men,

“You cannot do a kindness too soon; for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 The Self Reliance Myth We glorify the lone entrepreneur (Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk et al) that have created so much of our economy today. You may recall that in his 2014

“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were,to the very last minute, a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and 34th President of the United States Do NOT Follow Your Passion

“The growth of a company is limited by the growth of the leader.”  Randy Nelson Vistage Member and author of The Second Decision: The Qualified Entrepreneur The Low Cost Path to Profits When CEOs focus on profit improvement, they first look at raising revenue and lowering expense; but these are the outcomes of a profit