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I’m Grateful My Plans Fell Apart

 My beloved Chicago Cubs lost 17 to 1 to the St. Louis Cardinals last weekend, and I’m grateful I was there. I hadn’t planned on going to the game. My wife, Stephanie, and I were primed to go to Madison, Wisconsin, for a long-needed parent getaway. But my sister,

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Machinery Marriage

I often ask clients of our machine tool business where they make the most money in their businesses. They usually have an answer immediately, and

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Pull the Goalie

Malcolm Gladwell recently put out a brilliant episode in his “Revisionist History” podcast series about his Number One rule for living — “Pull the Goalie.”

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Amazin Opportunity

Take a flyer with me today. This is a blog about change, race, real estate values and the chance to make a fortune if my

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Gratitude

Written June 19, 2018 This isn’t a blog I really want to write. But I feel like I can’t write anything else right now so

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