“Father Forgets”

I have been listening to Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” in the car lately and one of the first lessons in the book hit home for me. The lesson was not to criticize others. One thing I have been working on (and have a ways to go still) is not criticizing…

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How Mavidea saved $5500 during the Snowpocolypse.

Clever title, isn’t it?  But it’s true – Mavidea saved at least $5500 during the “Snowpacolypse” snow event last week. For those of you not in central Illinois, I’m sure you heard about the blizzard that tore through the area.  Bloomington was luckily spared most of it – we only got 12-13 inches of snow. …

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A Truly Remarkable HTG Group

First, I have to say thanks to Chris, Julie and Jason for being the guest emailers while I was out of town.  The emails you guys sent were ridiculously good.   I enjoyed every one. Since I was at our HTG meetings in Phoenix this week, I thought I would share some of the positives from…

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