by Linda Reed Friedman | Sep 7, 2017 | Events
Seems the culture for using a knife started atleast two and half million years ago and were made from a variety of metals i.e. copper, brass, iron, steel and ceramics. Their uses included hunting, carving and eating. Knives were a tool as much as a...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Sep 4, 2017 | Events
What is more perfect on Labor Day than no work? No washing and drying of too many dishes and silverware Fancy napkins or not Making it pretty too! Seems the best way to make it pretty and no work is to use paper everything. Paper plates are a good starting place. But...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 21, 2017 | Events
Business is Slow – now what? Be tender with yourself during the slow times in your business. I panicked all the time – Too much business – get it done, get it done, do it right, get it done. I panicked when there was too little business. Get more work, get...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 19, 2017 | Events
Hopeful Tender Dedicated…. “To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.” Rebecca Solnit is an American writer. She has written on a variety of...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 14, 2017 | Business, Events
Outcomes Outcomes vs. activity. When the activity of practicing the violin matches the outcome of having a seat in an orchestra. Goal accomplished. But when business owners are so easily distracted by activity, and miss our goal and to wallow in the sea of...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 10, 2017 | Business, Events
Celebrate It is an important component of being a leader. It took me more years to learn about celebration than I would like to admit. As a company, I gave out a bonus as the end of the year. Yeah!! But so what? It was a complicated matrix – it took days to...
