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“Elementary, my dear Watson,” said Holmes. “All things being equal, the simplest explanation is usually the right one.” I grew up (and still am) an avid Sherlock Holmes fan. As much as I enjoy the mysteries, I never thought the genius detective would give such great insight for business: simplicity! Think about HOW we all…

Ugh. I walked into the nearest “pak and post” store because I needed to Fedex something. We don’t have Fedex Kinko’s in Hooterville. It stunk—they’d been smoking in there and the smell of stale tobacco hung on everything and probably on me by the time I left. It was sloppy. I mean really sloppy. Stacks…

http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/lifestyle/article/top-10-etiquette-blunders-steve-strauss?cid=rs-gambd-2011Booming-Outbrain

Check out this Honda produced video (shared with me by Carla Brown)…

Tom Hopkins (by way of Brenda Brainard)… Several years ago, I attended a banquet for top salespeople. Before I gave my talk, the speaker introduced someone in the audience and said, "This man earned twice the national average in sales last year …" The speaker’s manner suggested that it was quite an achievement. But, it…

Pretty funny and pretty accurate: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/infographic-laziness-in-the

I came across this quote from my hero/mentor: Winston Churchill (no, they don’t have to be alive to learn from them): Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe. Now that cuts to…

Reading in Tom Peters’ “The Little Big Things” I came across the idea of “go ahead and make that 3 minute call you don’t want to make while the issue is still small.” Isn’t that the truth? Something happens and a quick walk across the office or a short phone call could set things right…