Socrates Says

Well here we are. After some resistance I seem to be surviving the travails of a blog. This is my 100th posting. I hope you are enjoying my blathering on about this and that. I appreciate the comments that you are sending my way and look forward to more. Doon’t forget that we had a […]

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle   The aim of art is to present not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle   Hope is the dream of the waking man. Aristotle

From the incredible mind of Stephen Wright Borrow money from pessimists — they don’t expect it back. I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. Half the people you know are below average. 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. OK, so what’s the speed of dark?  

In his blog Growth Without Pain – Jay Roszell makes many great points. I used to have a standard three questions I would ask regularly but at least twice a year of my co-workers. What am I doing that you like that I do and want me to coninue doing? What am I doing that […]

In doing background work for my monthly CED column I noticed some interesting facts about Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts is the parent of NAPA the parts specialist in the automotive replacement business. From my perspective they also mirror the construction equipment marketplace. Over the past four years Genuine Parts has seen through 2008 and 2009 declines in […]

Just a short note. A good man with a world of experience is starting into the world of the blog. His blog is – growth without pain. Check it out you won’t be sorry. The time is now.