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Fruit: Should We Force Our Kids To Eat It?

We haven’t had an incident like this since the The Great Banana Standoff of 2006. That was a hard fought battle, but we won, by God. We won.

The formidable opponent? Our toddler.

All we wanted him to do was eat a banana. We knew he liked them, well, he didn’t hate them. It’s not like we put Brussels sprouts in front of him. It was a darn banana!

After hours of begging, pleading, and the threat of no dinner, he finally decided to eat the banana! He took a bite and said “Mmm I like bananas!” He finished the whole thing, and then said “Can I have my meatloaf now?”

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Hotel Chain’s Cost Cutting Debacle: Are YOU Making These Mistakes?

Business Owners: How Careless Cost Cutting Measures May do More Harm Than Good This may be a local Boston issue, but it has far-reaching implications. The Hyatt Hotel chain in Boston recently laid off close to 100 housekeepers who were making around 15 dollars an hour and replaced them with workers from an Atlanta company [...]

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Business Coaching is a Process; For Best Results, be Patient

Take Action and See What Unfolds We’re in a fast-paced world and many business leaders want to get instant results. While that might make sense in many areas, we need to remember that coaching is a process that unfolds organically. That’s not to say that we can’t make quick progress, I’d just like to remind [...]

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Formal Coach Training: Essential or Not?

Do You Choose Your Business Coach Based on Their Training? In the coaching world, there’s a big debate about whether formal coach training is essential. Coaching isn’t a regulated field. Anyone can call themselves a business coach. I don’t bash those who have no formal training, as I have worked with some good ones. I [...]

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Tweet Tweet: What Do Your Words Tell the World About You?

Keeping True to Your Values When Using Social Media as a Marketing Tool Recently, our nation has observed some pretty outrageous behavior from people who are in the public eye. For better or for worse, they are role models. I would argue that we’re all role models in one way or another and in the [...]

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