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LESSON LEARNED, BUT WHICH ONE? TRENDS

October 20, 2024 by

A lesson learned ought to last a lifetime. What has lasted a lifetime: riding a bike, tying shoes. What should last a lifetime: That one perfect haircut, true love, your dog. In most cases we adjust the timeline.

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CITY LIVING REALLY GOT YOU DOWN

August 24, 2023 by

City living gets everyone down eventually. Then we get back up and keep going. And it doesn’t have to be a big city. Someone from Coquille might call someone from North Bend a ‘city boy’, which is probably better than pretty boy. And it rolls on from there.

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HEDGE TRIMMER SEEN BUT NOT BOUGHT? HERE’S WHY:

July 13, 2023 by

A hedge trimmer on a pole for high shrubbery? No problem. Drag out extension cord, plug it in, and go at it. But a hedge trimmer powered by a battery?

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SATISFACTION: NOT ENOUGH, NEVER ENOUGH, CAN’T GET NO?

November 30, 2021 by

That moment of satisfaction where you relax, count your blessings, and reflect on what just happened? It’s a project just finished, a trip out of town, a night with the kids. You didn’t look for it, but you found some of that satisfaction. Maybe you didn’t recognize it at first. Or ever have. Now you […]

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ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL IS SUPPLY CHAIN MAGIC

September 7, 2021 by

A brick sounds simple. It’s just a brick like the one above, below, and on each side. Most of the time it’s not important, that brick, and it just does it’s work quietly. The work part makes it an icon. That brick didn’t fall out of the sky and get picked up by some wayward […]

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HARD WORK PAVES THE ROAD FORWARD, LAYS THE RAILS

June 17, 2021 by

Hard work is what others call your regular day? If that ever happens, congratulations, you’re a badass. When someone witnesses your struggle, but it’s not a struggle for you, it says more about them than it does about you. Of course there’s an accompanying saying to tie it all together. I don’t know who said […]

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FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS ON DOWN STREAM SUPPLY CHAIN BUYS

June 8, 2021 by

Following directions? It sounds so easy, so easy that anyone could do it. So why don’t they? Bad directions? Incomplete? Or maybe directions don’t apply to you because you’ve been everywhere and done everything? That’s where I usually start. And yes, I’ve had some regrets, leftover parts, and malfunctions. But that was then, way back […]

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AMERICAN JOBS: HOW TO GET FIRED

August 3, 2020 by

American jobs cross all boundaries and occupations. Work life is the common thread that connects east to west, north to south. From fields to factories, back rooms to board rooms, Americans show up to get things done. What does it take to get fired in America?

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SUPPLY CHAIN BLUES ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

February 7, 2020 by

A supply chain brings the stuff, the things we can’t live without. Large and small, long and short, it’s stuff that is researched and designed, approved and produced, then boxed and shipped. A strong chain delivers quality on time; then there’s the other supply chains.

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BOOMER CAREER PATHS LEAD MILLENNIALS

August 25, 2015 by

The Difference Between The Corporate Ladder And Building Your Own Boomer Career Paths? You’ve met people, chances are you’ve been one of them, who moved every five years. The company you started with out of college has been good to you, paying for your MBA good. The office joined in when you got married and […]

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