When the postal service started out in the US hundreds of years ago, it was used as a communication medium between two people. Today it has evolved into a communication method between corporate computer systems and you. Hardly anybody ever sends personal mail anymore - which is truly a shame because everybody LOVES receiving hand written notes in their mailbox. You always feel a great level of excitement as you rip open the envelope to discover what message lies inside. Since receiving personal…
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How much do you like mail?
June 8th, 2009 by Brett Krupp 1 Comment »How much junk mail do companies need to send out? It seems like I am getting more and more junk mail these days and to be honest I can’t really understand why. I’m curious as to what companies who send these out are thinking and what their rationale is behind continually sending me mail that never gets open.
In the recent economic downturn businesses, particulary banks, are scrapping together ways to save every penny they can. They are cutting out bonuses,…
[Read More...]How to sell your furniture in 4 hours
May 28th, 2009 by Will Crowthers 1 Comment »As some of you may know, I own a house in Atlanta that I’ve been trying to sell for the last twelve months. Recently I decided to turn it into a rental property as I have not received a single offer after 50+ showings.
When I departed Atlanta for Chicago last year, I left behind all of my furniture in order to ’stage’ the house. Before putting my house up for rent, I had to get rid of all of the furniture so that…
[Read More...]Why you should drink more water
May 26th, 2009 by Will Crowthers 1 Comment »Everyone has heard it a million times, drink more water. But rarely do people take this to heart and change their habits from either occasionally having water with meals and drinking soda’s, coffee’s and juice’s through-out the day to actually removing all of that other crap and just drinking water.
Over the past 6 months I have completely over-hauled my diet and consider drinking water to be in the top 3 things to change. My old habits had me drinking an…
[Read More...]Professional Ethics
May 13th, 2009 by Colin Gillens 1 Comment »We’ve heard it all before, right? When it comes down to it - when you’re really faced with the tough decisions things just aren’t as cut and dry as those role playing training courses make them out to be. It’s easy to let yourself off the hook if you’re willing to chalk up questionable decisions or behavior to a “greater good” or doing what you “had to do.” Don’t worry, I’m not being naïve. I live in the real world…
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