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Grateful Every Day

I laid in bed moping about how crummy business has been in April. Then I saw my beautiful wife of almost 54 years snoring slightly next to me and thought, “You fool. You are incredibly blessed. Start thinking about all of your gifts.” And so I did, and I had

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The Auction Deal

Today, I thought it was time to write something that I actually know something about. Why are some of the big players in the machining

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Talking to Strangers - What We Should Know About The People We Don’t Know, by Malcolm Gladwell.

Talking to Strangers

Not long ago our company made a deal to purchase a significant amount of machinery outside the United States. The deal seemed like a great

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Baseball Hug

By the end of the phone conversation, we were both in tears. My daughter, Sarah, and I were lamenting the collapse of the Chicago Cubs

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My Other Country

As I write this piece, Tuesday’s election in Israel is too close to call. Bibi Netanyahu and Benny Gantz are running neck-and-neck again. This is the

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