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What Happened to Customer Service? |
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By gbenton on
7/15/2009 9:14 PM
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We all know that life is kind of weird right now. Some of us are trying to keep our job, some are seeking employment, and maybe there are even a few who are sitting on a park bench just looking up at the sky. Big businesses are hiring marketing professionals, accountants, and other myriads of specialists who can figure out why sales are not coming back up, and neither are the customers. As business after business look at their competitors, both locally and abroad, they all are wondering who will figure the mystery out first. I can even imagine some super computers in a lab spinning away with computations of Pi and other scientific calculations that maybe only 1% of 1% of the entire population could even understand. And waiting eagerly are the specialists ready to divulge the elusive secret of why sales are still down.
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A Sign of the Times |
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By gbenton on
7/7/2009 8:48 AM
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It’s not the only the sun that’s getting hotter every day and inflamed. Many American home owners, and unemployed citizens are becoming more irritated in the delays in mortgage modifications and the promised creation of new jobs. I am glad to see though, that society has remained calm, and peaceful. Companies like Ford have restructured and reinvented themselves, and recently surpassed
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Happy Fourth of July America! |
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By gbenton on
7/4/2009 11:15 AM
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Happy Fourth of July America! We are half way through 2009 and the great American roller coaster has taken our country up steep climbs and crested the scary peaks only to send us plunging downwards at breath taking speeds. The ride has never the less been a very wild one. I wish I could tell you how the rest of this ride is for the second half of 2009, but I nor anyone else really knows.
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It's Time to Grow Up! Hokey-Pokey is for Kids. |
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By gbenton on
7/2/2009 12:42 PM
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I usually try to stay focused and positive about the current events that are affecting many Americans. Well, actually, not just America, but much of the world. I am going to stray off my usual course this time, because I feel that the corporate world needs to wake the heck up. I have a personal story to tell, and briefly want to address the nonsense and absurdity that many well known companies have shown in recent trends. I am not a selfish person by nature, and have been married for many years to the woman I met in high school. We have a large family, and I am a work-a-holic.
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The Point of No Return. |
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By gbenton on
6/16/2009 11:44 PM
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There comes a point in our lives when we experience situations where we have invested tremendous amounts of energy, money, effort, or time but only to find ourselves fighting a losing battle. Even in the U.S. government we find patterns of huge investments only to later realize all was in vein. At what point does a person or group decide when to throw in the towel. I must first state and clarify that I am not referring to just giving up or quitting when such situations arise, but rather deciding that stopping further loss into something that will never yield positive results. One idea for knowing when to pull-out would probably consist of seeking an expert, ...
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Control the Burn! |
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By host on
6/13/2009 3:16 PM
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Do you have some suggestions or ideas that might be helpful for others to better manage their priorites. Maybe a few tips for good time management, or ways to improve the way we set out to achieve goals.
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It's Never Too Late to Try! |
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By gbenton on
6/1/2009 11:24 PM
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I was talking to a friend of mine about work. We were discussing the Pro’s and Con’s about our jobs. Neither one of us has a desk job, or an office, nor do we travel. We both have the freedom to take a break when we feel the urge, and can take lunch at any time of the work day. But, the work hours we have are long, and the physical and mental demands of our jobs can really take a toll on us. I asked him if he was doing the job he had dreamed about as a kid in school, or even in college. A definitive no was the reply, and after a short story of events that led to his current job, I was amused that he ended up in his current job.
We are both well passed college, but not close to retirement. I proposed that it is not too late for him to get in the field he has always wanted to be in. What are the reasons for not working in the field we dreamed or h ...
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Does the Cost of Your Health Insurance Make you Sick? |
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By gbenton on
5/14/2009 9:36 PM
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I remember as a child being accident prone, and hazard lucky. My parents always encouraged me to go out and play. Now that I think about it, what else was there to do. The only exception was maybe listening to songs on the record player. Like many kids in our neighborhood, I somehow managed to injure myself on a regular basis. Falling out of climbing-trees and launching my bicycle off homemade wooden ramps was normal. If my injuries required more than a butterfly band-aid and hydrogen peroxide, off to the doctor we went. My parents had a neat little card they gave to the doctor, but I never did see them make a co-payment. Even the local emergency room gave me a frequent visitor card, and it was free with no strings attached.
Flash forward many years and now most people still get ...
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Todays News:Journalism or Entertainment? |
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By gbenton on
5/4/2009 10:17 PM
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I recently spent some time with a group of senior citizens and we were all discussing some changes in social America. Our country has progressed further and faster than many people expected it would. Important building blocks have been put in place so that a solid foundation for improvement in the social sector can continue to take place. One very crucial contributor to helping American’s stay informed has been the news media. Many of the people I was talking to told stories how family and friends would tune into the local radio stations for new stories. When television came along, part of family time included watching the news reporters and their daily segments about local news.
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