It was an awards dinner and the table talk turned to what is unique about Canada. I was in Ottowa, where I was speaking to the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada. What a absolutely beautiful city. Cosmopolitan, very European in fee. Of course you put a bunch of Chamber of Commerce people together and the fun meter kicks up about 5 clicks. “We Canadians are a humble lot,” said one of my table mates. “We apologize for everything . . . sorry about that.” Now that is funny. Then another volunteered that Poutine is unique to Canada. What? Poutine.
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Let the Hot Chocolate Continue to Flow . . . continuation of a previous blog
Variety is the spice of life. Because I am the curious sort I continue in my search for the perfect hot chocolate getaway. I continue to work on the next book each morning and thought my Starbucks and McDonalds forays might be helped with a journey to the other two A.M. eating establishments. Cracker Barrel. Pleasant surprise when I discovered the hot chocolate is 50 cents less than Mickey D’s. The table top space for my weapons of writing was huge but the wait staff was surly, I guess because of the demands on them to distribute the salt
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Pour Hot Chocolate into that Open Wound – and we liked it!
Writing the next book. My friend Janine Moon, an awesome business coach, gave a great insight. “There are too many distractions in my office. When I write I go to the local coffee shop.” Day 1 – Starbucks – The words flow onto my laptop as my hot chocolate sits next to the iPod that is pulling it’s load of a gentle mix of movie soundtracks. Outlets are everywhere as other business people sit addicted to their latest email fixes. A fireplace radiates heat into the warm oak-paneled space. Small and intimate. I sit at an oak table with hot
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Four out of Three People Have Problems with Fractions – How to Really Grow Your Business
Since 37.843% of all statistics are made up, how do you know what you should be measuring? (grin) This is a rant on numbers. Not just any number but one particular item and how it impacts your world. These are the days of eliminating the number of commas in your world. What? Commas. You know those nifty little period symbols with a tail. They, the coma, will allow you, and anyone else, to write sentences, and those, with independent clauses (OK . . . so I only got 6 commas in this sentence.) I have a problem with commas when
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