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April 13, 2010

Since the return of spring my family and I have had the privilege of seeing two geese return to our property to feed and make a general mess of our yard.  Living on 5 acres does have some wonderful benefits. We on occasion will see foxes, raccoons, deer (during the winter we feed the deer [...]

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The Seven B’s of Relationship Building

March 30, 2010

1. Be real This is not an excuse to just be you.  But to be the best you can be. 2. Be interested We like people who like us.  Don’t be worried about how interesting you are. You should be interested in them. 3. Be knowledgeable Know more about your business than anyone else. 4. [...]

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“All I ever really needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten” – Robert Fulghum

March 22, 2010

These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours.  Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.  Wash your hands before you eat.  Live a balanced life.  Learn some and think some and draw [...]

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What is quality?

February 25, 2010

How many businesses have the word quality in their name? Quality Inns, Quality Meats, Quality Express, Quality Safety Supplies, Quality Cars, and Quality Pest Control.  At yellowpages.ca when “quality” is searched for business names, 964 are found in GTA alone. Companies capitalize on the term quality to give an impression they are better than their [...]

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Kids have it easy in Canada

February 22, 2010

I took a taxi from my apartment in Toronto (Charles St West) to the Zipcar office on Spadina today and during the small talk I shared that I spend 2 weeks in TO and 2 weeks in Wpg each month.  He asked about my family and I told him that I had 3 kids 5, [...]

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