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Caution: Mother Nature ahead
Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about random acts of dumbness (RADs).
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Getting ready for the Oscars
While football fanatics have the Superbowl, movie buffs like me have the Oscars.
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Do you brighten — or dull — the workplace?
When I mention the descriptive term “grumpy” or “moody,” is there any particular co-worker that comes to mind? Could someone apply the term to you every now and then — or maybe on a regular basis?
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Rail trip to Washington D.C dream come true
There’s a contagious wonder about trains that some people catch early in life and that holds to them with the tenacity of a tulip tree clinging to the side of an impossibly steep Sevier County hil...
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Encourage one another to achieve your very best
I take a hands-on, special interest in every organization with whom I am involved as a speaker, trainer or consultant. I want to make sure that what I say and do is relevant and on target for the ...
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Become more valuable to your organization, yourself
“Mr. Mays, I’m fairly new with the company and I’d like to get some tips on exactly what I need to do to make me more valuable to the company.” This was one of the responses I received when solicit...
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Performances leave a lot to be desired
I’m not a music critic. I couldn’t identify one note from another during a performance, but I can tell when a note’s not met by my automatic cringe-reflex.
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Saints epitomize the rewards of perseverance
Hap Glaudi would have been so proud of the Super Bowl XLIV Champion New Orleans Saints. He always said it would happen if people could just persevere.
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Don’t ban it, teach it to our children
With the new library set to open soon, we got into a conversation here recently about places we’ve been where they’ve tried to burn or ban books.
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Trail Mix: Toyota will gets its smile back
Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about the time I gained rare access inside two big Toyota plants in California.
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