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Columnist David Brooks has written in the past on the difference between resume virtues and eulogy virtues. Resume virtues are the jobs and career accomplishments you’ve held in your lifetime. Eulogy virtues, however, are your character traits. Brooks concluded that eulogy virtues have longer term value than resume virtues. This became clearer to me at a recent funeral I attended. ...
A CEO with vision can accomplish far more than just sell products by leveraging their influence. An effort called Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for businesses that truly care for their community’s well-being to leverage their influence. Simple ideas like matching any donations your employees make on Giving Tuesday or allocating a percentage of your revenue to charity can make ...
Cyber Monday was born out of data. In 2004, according to Scott Silverman of Shop.org, research revealed that the Monday after Thanksgiving was one of the biggest shopping days of the year. The data revealed that many people shop in person on Black Friday but would finish their shopping online the following Monday. This led savvy retailers to leverage this ...
In the 1950s, the Philadelphia police referred to the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, due to all the people starting their Christmas shopping. A negative day for police, however, became a great day financially for merchants. Eventually, marketing savvy merchants became concerned about attaching a negative term like Black Friday to their best sales day. These merchants changed the ...
In 1827, Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the nursery rhyme, Mary Had a Little Lamb, began a campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday. For thirty-six years, Sarah lobbied senators, governors, and presidents to declare Thanksgiving as a national holiday. She believed that a national holiday of thankfulness could bring healing to a divided nation. Sarah’s persistence finally ...
The Gallup Organization conducts an annual poll to determine which institutions are esteemed most by the American people. Year after year, the number one esteemed institution is small business. Even though confidence has dropped to 65% of the population, small business by far still surpasses every other institution’s ranking, even the military. Hebrews 13:17 teaches, “Have confidence in your leaders and submit ...
Many years ago, my old Malibu needed some work. I found a car repair business in a Christian directory that had a fish symbol in their advertisement. I gave them a try. It was a horrible experience. Their level of incompetence was staggering. When I challenged the owner, as a fellow Christian, to make it right, the owner laughed and ...
Like any leader, there are times when disputes have broken out amongst my team, forcing me to referee conflict. It’s during those times that I try to encourage each team member to show respect to their peers. But as I was recently reading a passage in Romans, I realized the bar may need to be higher than just respecting each ...
Many business owners sign agreements to sell their business before discovering how to leverage that transaction for a greater charitable impact. Fortunately, Dennis was one we reached before it was too late. Dennis was in early discussions of selling his machine tooling business when I learned that none of his advisors had discussed with him donor advised funds. The result ...
Coca Cola Consolidated in Charlotte, North Carolina knew Covid was taking a toll on its employees, so they researched ways to help. Their research discovered that many of their employees had spouses who lost jobs due to the pandemic. Coca Cola decided to put these spouses on Coca Cola’s payroll until they could return to work. This amazing act of ...
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