Duke & Carolina on Saturday Night

It was March 2, 1974 when that famous Duke-Carolina basketball game was played. When Carolina scored 8 points in 17 seconds to send the game into overtime.

Whether you’ve read or heard this story before, or many times before, today is a good day to read it or hear it again. It’s a fabulous basketball story…full of many lessons for business.

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Don’t Be a Patsy

Some of us are so nice we just wait for him to go away. Or we’re afraid. And we won’t stand up to him until/unless really provoked. Unless we get really mad.

Well let me ask you this…just what has this economy cost you?

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10 Ways to Punch This Economy in the Nose

It’s about time for somebody to punch this economy in the nose! That’s our Quote of the Week which was spotted in the Southwest Air terminal in the Salt Lake City Airport. Besides doing what Southwest Air intended – what can we do to punch this economy in the nose? Here are 10 suggestions.

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Quote of the Week from Southwest Airlines

I spotted this sign in the Salt Lake City Airport last week. Or maybe I should say it punched me in the nose. There was no question – it immediately became our featured quote for the week.

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Quote of the Week: On Battles & Kindness

This week’s quote helps to remind us that when a person interrupts, or pushes ahead in line or ignores us in the hallway or whatever it is that rubs us the wrong way or ticks us off – it’s probably not about us.

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Doing Business with Heart

blue heartDon’t you love it when people do business with heart?

They seem to love their work. They get the job done. They really care. They make you feel good. They warm your heart doing business with heart.

It’s great for morale. Great for productivity. Great for staff retention and customer loyalty

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