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It was believed for many years that when you flip it you have a 50/50 chance of being able to call which side will land up. Recently, new research shows that when you flip a coin the coin is said to have a 60% chance of landing on the side of the coin that is [...]
Yesterday I commented on a very well known public speaker on the topic of business on a blog. When my wife said, “why do you have to make such a response?” I have been examining why I would make such a true and not flattering statement of the person. You know the old adage, “If [...]
Last Night Peter Hajas and Team came across the finish line for the first time. I have always loved the saying Leadership can be tough when your going up a downward escalator. Sometimes you lose and sometimes you win. Today was such a victory for Peter and his team. Up until this year no one [...]
CO2 Partners sponsors Peter Hajas and Team in the UTV Baja 500! They are at mile 445 in the 680 mile race! Peter drove thefirst quadrant, his brother the second, another guy the third, andabout now Peter is getting in the car for the last run. In thebeginning of the race at mile 8 they [...]
CO2 is the official sponsor of and logo has been applied to Car 1818, UTV Class, in preparation for today’s Baja Race. The car is, as I type, at the starting line, revving its engines, in Ensenada Mexico, where many locals are lining the street cheering madly..
Last night at the fundraiser I was sitting next to a really terrific guy who spends his time similar to me as an Executive Coach. When he described his career he mentioned that he worked for General Mills in Human Resources. One day he realized that he had to put his suite coat on to [...]
The question they ask and answer; What can I do for you? The listening house fundraiser in St. Paul tonight. Organizations like this that know the guiding question know how to stay focused on those they serve. T night they had us come to there table.
We were across the street from Tejas in Edina after seeing an amazing movie! Skin. And our friends called for a reservation and they were told 45 minutes. I said give me a minute! I logged in to opentable app on iPhone and zip zing we got a reservation for 4 in ten minutes. Walked [...]
This interview with Tim Brown, the chief executive and president of IDEO, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Tim Brown, chief executive of IdeoCorner Office Q. What were the most important leadership lessons you learned, and how did you learn them? A. My very first professional design job was with this little company in [...]
Having a Book Event in New York is great fun! If I would have known writing a book could be so much fun I still would have waited – it is a lot of work to get there. As my neighbor Marshall Besikof says, “It took them twenty years to be an over night success.” [...]
On the flight to New York I was reading Presentation Zen. The though that has struck me seemed so similar to one I had when out on a date night with Chris. “when you know your hanging over the edge. Dive in.” by joeseph Cambell ( likely got quote wrong from memory) the point is [...]
Now I understand a non-fiction book about questions but a novel. The novel is written by Padgett Powell. This is intriguing…. The author says he will not defend the book, but he will defend the order of the questions because of how they play off of each other. To him the order of the questions [...]
This morning I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Ken Morgan of KFNN 1510 Radio serving Centeral and Northern Arizona. What a high energy radio interviewer. You can tell he is definitly a morning person – not me. I had to just fake it. If you want to listen to the interview they publish [...]
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