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10 Commitments: #1 – No Shortcuts

As we attack our operating plan for the coming year, our goal will be to have every teammate in the enterprise to be fully committed to help us achieve results. While it is true that it is hard to expect every person to be on his game every day, if we don’t start with that […]

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Don’t Look the Other Way

Our plant manager Shane Tuck from Selma sent this poem to me. I thought it said it all. I CHOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY I could have saved a life that day, But I chose to look the other way. It wasn’t that I didn’t care, I had the time, and I was there. […]

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Recognizing the Elements of an Accident

I wear a headset when I drive. It allows me to talk on the phone hands free. In Chicago yesterday, I was passing through a toll gate and took the headset out of my ear to talk to the toll attendant. After paying the toll, I began on my way and realized that the tip […]

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Be Wise the First Time

“I’ll be wiser next time.” I heard a guy recounting an accident he had with a chainsaw. He was a first-time user. He refused an opportunity to receive training on it from an expert. He refused to wear the prescribed safety equipment while working with the saw. He placed his hands in the vicinity of […]

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