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Patience is Self Control in Difficult Times

I’m reading a book called “Love Works” by a CEO named Joel Manby. It’s a business book describing how someone can “love” as a leader. He cautions that most people hear “love” and think of it as being soft. He takes care to make sure the reader understands “love” is a verb as compared to […]

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In Basketball and Business, “Do Your Job”

I’m watching the NBA playoffs. There’s a game every night and it’s winding down to the finals. I heard Erik Spoelstra, the coach of the Miami Heat, implore his team: “Do your job.” In basketball, that means a number of things. Cover your man. Rebound. Take good shots when you’re open. Execute the game plan. […]

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Being Lean Contributes to Improved Safety

Eddie Stokes of Butner wrote me back about my safety note from Tuesday. He thinks our May safety results have more to them than just us paying attention to new guys as they come in the plant. β€œI truly believe that lean is having a major impact on safety. Through the last several months of […]

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Six Reasons Customers Buy from You

Seth Godin is a businessman who writes and I pay attention to what he says. He wrote recently about why customers buy from you in a business situation. I thought his insights were interesting. He said that people buy for at least one of six reasons. There may be more than one of these but […]

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