They don’t make ’em like they used to

Posted on April 6, 2011 by David
They don't make 'em like they used to

They don't make 'em like they used to

Making a deposit at the bank, I noticed one of the pennies didn’t look like the others. It was a wheat penny. They don’t make them like that anymore. It was in relatively good shape. They stopped making them in 1958. And I figured this one to be from around that time.

I turned it over and saw the date.

1916.

Wow! That coin was minted 95 years ago and still has 100% functionality today as it did the day it was made. Sure, it doesn’t buy as much as it used to. But it’s traded the same as a penny minted last week.

Is there anything else that is still functioning at 100% after nearly a century? This is one that has me scratching my noggin’.

Are you  as useful to your company today as you were on your first day?

 

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I don’t feel like it

Posted on April 5, 2011 by David

I don’t want to work today.

I don’t want to be responsible today.

I don’t want to be engaging today.

I don’t want to serve today.

How many times have you walked into a business and this is the treatment you get? You may not hear the words coming from the clerk behind the counter, or the person that answers the phone or the business owner hiding in the back office.

But because of the experience you’ve just had, that is the exact message that is being communicated. Their words don’t communicate it but their actions are screaming apathy!

For those of you that get it, go out and serve, engage, work and be responsible today.

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Wildfire – Are you the spark?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by David
It only took a spark

It only took a spark

Every wildfire begins with a spark. It can be from a cigarette butt, a campfire or a lightning strike.

It can come from the hand of an innocent camper, an arsonist or the hand of God.

Whatever the source, the outcome is the same. Thousands of acres of scorched earth come as a result of that first spark.

When it comes to new ideas which end are you on? Are you the spark or are you the change that comes about after the spark has ignited?

“One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation.” Journey Into Imagination with Figment

Be the spark that ignites innovation and imagination!

 

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Happy Birthday, Son!

Posted on April 3, 2011 by David

 

Ben
Ben

The day is not over. There is still time to say it once more. Even though I talk a lot about customers and good service, there’s always room for the important things.

Happy Birthday Benjamin. Although we are not together today, we are not apart. You are a part of me and I know I am a part of you.

See you soon! I love you!

Dad

 

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What is plan B?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by David

Got Plan B?

Got a backup plan?

Had a situation arise the other day when our primary system for ringing transactions went down and it was time to implement the backup. But we didn’t have all the tools ready to go and we had to improvise.

It would have been better if all the pieces were together.

Do you have a strategy for how and when to implement your backup plan in case your primary system is compromised?

I hope you don’t have to use it. But it’s there just in case.

Are you prepared?

 

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