Most Comfortable When I’m Uncomfortable in Business, with John Griner – EP 246
Most shop owners get comfortable after 50 years. John Griner gets uncomfortable on purpose. John has been making screw machine parts since 1979 while starting countless other businesses, which he refers to as “hobbies.” As a machinery dealer, I’ve bought and sold equipment from John over the years. He’s always
47 Years
Today is my 47th wedding anniversary. “So what?” you may say. But if you have some curiosity about the marriage of a blogging trader in
Feeling Steady?
I talk to clients in the machining business almost every day. I often ask the perfunctory question, “How’s business?” and I usually get the perfunctory
Grecian Earn
I’ve probably been complicit in tax fraud. Certainly not illegally; I’ve always paid Uncle Sam every dollar he says he’s owed. Where I suspect I
Immigrants Welcome
Just got back from Spain and Scandinavia last week, traveling on business with a little bit of pleasure thrown in. During my travels it was
French Vanilla
Emanuel Macron is the new President of France. He is a political newcomer who saw an opening in a divided dispirited country of 80 million
Goodbye Columbus
I found last week’s Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS) in Columbus an exhilarating and exhausting experience. It was exhilarating because for the first time in