Coming soon: Why many of these obvious suggestions are so frequently ignored.

Surprise! Unlike before, she was genuinely paying attention to each and every customer, nice as could be to them in addition to getting their orders filled efficiently. Yes, I was definitely amazed.

The hypocrisy of the “no ultimatums” policy is somewhat galling when you think about it…. a more accurate policy would be “No ultimatums for you (or else!)”

There are only a few ways to get the things you will want and need: steal them, be fortunate enough for someone to give them to you, or earn them.

“Gentlemen, it says right in the Bible that no man shall serve two masters. When you guys decide which of you is going to make this decision, please let me know and I will do my best to get the job done at that point.”

“You keep asking me for a guarantee,” I shot back at Mr. Paul. “Let me ask you something. What kind of a guarantee did you and your partner have back after the war when the two of you gambled everything you had on this new business?”

Student job nearly freezes my tail off — but it doesn’t drive me crazy.

I wrote this several years ago when I was focusing on career as an entry point for my desire to provide useful information for those wanting to make positive changes. That still makes sense to me.