A mental note isn’t worth the paper it is written on. You can make mental notes all day long, but they lack the safety features of paper and digital notes. For one thing, you lose them. They exist, but they… Continue reading

I have stepped out of most of my roles lately to participate in an interactive site called, Answerbag. There are a variety of characters there conversing on any number of subjects. Questions are asked, answered, and rated. It is another… Continue reading

We had two new outstanding members in Toastmaster’s. It made me think about networking and where we network. Both of them were able to present a pithy introducion of who they were, why they had come, and what they were… Continue reading

The Next STEPS of SOLUTIONS: I am looking at integrating the Entrepreneur’s table with the ministry of the local church and modelling it in our congregation. What is your impression about how much Proverbs and the rest of the Bible… Continue reading

"What are you selling?" I know it is a bit crude, possibly rude, but I get a lot of phone calls where we have to go through the "beating around the bush" dance for a few minutes and I am… Continue reading

Co-published at The Entrepreneur’s Table. There is some wonderful and thoughtful material on this blog which I will be returning to read and ponder. This relates to the subject in Entrepreneur’s Table because Christians, and especially social/spiritual entrepreneurs struggle with… Continue reading

I have not forgotten the TABLE acronym for Entrepreneur’s Table  (See also Entrepreneur’s Table on Blogger). I just haven’t been able to sit there for a while. The T – was for Timely Topics and Transferable Themes. We dealt with… Continue reading

I posted my last note from Starbucks in Clovis (Armstrong and Shaw). As much as I had touted the new lunch menu, I had not tried it. Now I can report good news. The half a taragon chicked sandwich with… Continue reading

Dad excelled in the sales profession. I am not sure what techniques he learned or practiced through the years to close a deal. I just know what I observed. It wasn’t the product that intrigued him although he never sold… Continue reading

Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. – Psalm 62:10 John Maxwell wrote, "There’s No Such Thing as Business Ethics" and intentionally gave it a… Continue reading