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Friday Filosophy v.06.24.2022

Friday Filosophy v.06.24.2022 Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an Anglo–American atheist, writer and debater. He wrote for various magazines including The Nation, Free Inquiry, Slate, and others. He was a supporter of the philosophical movement humanism. Hitchens was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduation in 1970, he became a magazine writer. In 1982, he moved to Washington, D.C. In 1988, he learned from his grandmother […]

Hire Slow and Wait… Just a Minute Before You Fire Fast

Hire Slow and Wait… Just a Minute Before You Fire Fast Guest writer Floyd Jerkins walks us through the process of hiring and firing in a way that transcends industries in Hire Slow and Wait… Just a Minute Before You Fire Fast. If you’re responsible for direct reports, then you’ve heard the hire slow and […]

Friday Filosophy v.06.17.2022

Friday Filosophy v.06.17.2022 Alice O’Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум .February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American writer, screenwriter, playwright and philosopher.  She published several popular books in the United States during the mid-1900s, including her two best-selling novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, plus We the Living and Anthem. Her novels promoted a viewpoint of laissez-faire capitalism as a political and social goal. It is a kind of political philosophy […]

Your Customer Retention Rate Is Your Future Growth

Your Customer Retention Rate Is Your Future Growth  Guest writer Debbie Frakes tackles the all-important topic of customer retention in her blog post this week, “Your Customer Retention Rate Is Your Future Growth.” We are often encouraged to attract new customers and can overlook the value of keeping customers for life. At Learning Without Scars, […]

Friday Filosophy v.06.10.2022

Friday Filosophy v.06.10.2022 A Brief History of the Hawaiian Islands 1,500 years ago:  Polynesians arrive in Hawaii after navigating the ocean using only the stars to guide them. 1778:  Captain James Cook lands at Waimea Bay on the island of Kauai, becoming the first European to make contact with the Hawaiian Islands. Cook names the […]

Construction Equipment Used Parts

Construction Equipment Used Parts Guest writer Alex Weaver writes this blog post tonight on the topic of Construction Equipment Used Parts. Construction Equipment Used Parts is similar, in some ways, to the automobile or on-highway truck salvage business. A core is purchased for salvage, disassembled, parts are evaluated for inventory, and some parts and components […]