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Are you into gymnastics? Or do you have a child who is into gymnastics? Well if you do, you probably are in need of gymnastic supplies and equipment. Surprisingly, there isn’t a lot available online for gymnastics equipment. But take a look at Flying High Enterprises for gymnastics equipment They’ve got stuff like: Indo Boards…

I was just recommended this course by someone who left me a comment in another blog post. I’ve spent just a couple minutes looking at the page. But I can see its usefulness. In a nutshell, it’s managing people based on their Myers-Briggs results. It’s something I’ve tried to do in an unstructured way. This…

Here’s my boy on father’s day: Now what could possibly be better than that.

As part of my recent money theme, here are some Money Quotes. Of these, these were the ones that suited my current interests: Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence. ~Max Amsterdam Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people…

OK. Here’s how I have learned to accomplish goals. You do a CBA – a Cost Benefits Analysis for doing something and you do one for not doing something. Having a CBA and reading it regularly when you think things are getting hard will often get you through the tough times. This has worked for…

The journey of business never ceases to entertain me. Where I mentally am now in business is very different than where I was even a month ago. Without getting into the specifics as to how I’ve gotten to this point, I have two goals now at SageRock. The company is now five years old… every…

This is an interesting article discussing blog policies at work. Here’s an interesting example policy: Jen recently helped draft the company’s first-ever blog policy. The policy says, in part, that employees can’t violate the privacy or publicity rights of another, can’t personally attack employees, authors, customers, vendors or shareholders and can’t post material that is…

Yesterday was Indiana’s first official photo shoot. Here’s all the proofs – all 216 of ’em. If you have any particular favorites let me know in the comments section. Indiana Lewis Photo Shoot – June 11, 2005

62. Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio 78. Akron, Ohio And then, to make matters worse: 16. Columbus, Ohio 5. Toledo, Ohio There’s no reason why Akron and Cleveland can’t make it in the top 20. If every technogeek in the area volunteered their time to put in one wifi point in their favorite pub or coffee shop we’d…

Are you tracking conversions on your website? If you are not measuring lead form or sales conversions, give it some serious thought. Knowing conversion information will justify all your online marketing efforts and is essential for making good decisions moving forward. SageRock – www.sagerock.com now offers one of the most affordable and comprehensive conversion tracking…

I recently had a problem with my vpn that I thought I might share with folks. It took me a lot of time to figure it out. But if you find this maybe it will help save you some time. I have a vpn set up between my office and my home network. My vpn…

I read an interesting book about understanding the behaviors of people to better sell them. It was: How to Mind-Read Your Customers by David P. Snyder Its premise is if you understand the psychology behind how a person acts you can then serve them better by working with them on their terms. Interestingly, he suggested…

On page 202 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, he covers The 6 Basic Fears They are: The fear of poverty The fear of criticism The fear of ill health The fear of loss of love of someone The fear of old age The fear of death All fears, he suggests, come from…

This is an accurate perspective, in my opinion, of the value of owning your own company. He [William Johnson, CEO of Heinz] talked about the “qualitative, intangible skills” that leaders acquire from failures, citing New York Yankees’ manager Joe Torre, who was repeatedly fired before ever winning a World Series. A commenter went on to…

You all know my mom’s house is for sale right? Well, check it out here: 510 W. Smith Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 Real Estate Listing – My mom’s house

I want to join a group in the area. These are some that I’m giving consideration to: Young Professionals of Akron (YPA) – a non-profit organization dedicated to providing young professionals in the greater Akron community the opportunity to enrich their careers through social, philanthropic, and educational activities.   Art Cetera – a project of the…

I found a good site of quotes. I pulled out some of the ones I particularly liked. But you can see the full list here: World of Inspiration – Inspiration, Motivation, Inspirational & Motivational Quotes / Quotations “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” William Feather “Far…

Here’s a site that was recently put up from a friend of ours at SageRock. I haven’t taken the assessment yet. But I plan to. Check it out: Relationship Assessment – Do you have a healthy relationship?

Calm, Centered, Present-ness Effort and Surrender. Of the two, Surrender is much more powerful. I’ve learned that in other days practicing Yoga. I learned today, surrender means being in the present. Effort is living in the past and future.

Sam Walton Author: Sam Walton How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World and W… Author: Bill Quinn Sam Walton was the shrewd businessman behind the world’s largest retailer. After working his way through the University of Missouri as a newspaper delivery boy, he got a job in Des Moines, Iowa as a management trainee…