Our 2020 grads enter a changed world, and so do we, as westruggle to reopen businesses and revive the economy. Most of us left high schooland entered a landscape we recognized. Today we all face a changed world andadapting to that change lies incumbent upon all of us. What are [...]
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If you’re a lover of the Wizard of Oz,you’re familiar with flying monkeys. These creatures existed under the dominionof the Wicked Witch of the East and did her bidding, almost as if they had nowill of their own. When her spell was broken, we see a very different mindsetportrayed. Let’s [...]
When we moved to our new home I quicklyrealized it was infested with squirrels. These seemingly cute little creaturesscamper across our deck all day long, they forage through the tomatoes as if weplanted the crop just for them, and their antics taught me a lot about being arep. First and [...]
We all carry things through life. John Bunyan, that sage Christian writer from the 1600’s, described the pilgrim’s life from prison, being no stranger to burdens borne. Tim O’Brien in The Things They Carried described the emotional baggage of war, of horrific sights and lessons learned. He wrote that soldiers [...]
As we look at the return of normalcy and YAY!, the return ofour jobs. Let’s redefine what being a rep looks like. What is this world ofmerchandising reps? What do we do and what’s the best way to get the job done?Some of you may be ready to jump on [...]
Life is understood looking backward but lived lookingforward. True, isn’t it? We seldom see the path before us and where, over time,the myriad of branches leads, but opportunities are nevertheless around everytwist and corner. Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, is creditedwith aptly saying, “…one opportunity leads directly to [...]
April showers have always promised May flowers, but anothergrim reality of the month is the ever popular topic of taxes. My question, aswe talk about this month about appearances is a simple one: what do yourfinances look like? Are you taking advantage of the tax breaks your workoffers? No one [...]
There probably isn’t a child in America who hasn’t beencoached by a well-meaning mother: “Always wear fresh underwear.” “You’re notwearing that out into public!” “Clothes make the man.” “Dress forsuccess.” Sometimes we heeded our old mamas, and sometimes we shrugged offtheir advice, and if we paid no attention to their [...]
Every one of us is more glued to social media than everbefore, but this quarantine will end. When life resumes, how can you make socialmedia work for you? That’s right. It’s more than entertainment, lol. Manymerchandising reps work part time and for them this is a side gig. It’s avaluable [...]
Your grandparents referred to it as being the cream of the crop, but you may be more familiar with colloquial terms like "best of the best" or "top of the class". What does it mean to grow yourself into that classification? We all know that cream rises to the top [...]