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How the mighty fall
How the mighty fall. Today I’ll be talking about the book by Jim Collins entitled “How the might fall“. Why this book? I like to read a variety of different books. Collins’ book, “Good to great” made a big impact on me. I still use ideas from his book. Specifically, “Getting the right people on…
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Working at JMU
Working at JMU (James Madison University). I’ve been posting about my summer work experience during my college years. Today I’ll be finishing the series with my work study job at JMU. Getting started Bill Posey approached me after a marching band practice. Bill was on staff with the Marching Royal Dukes and I liked and…
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Trying to impress LJ
Trying to impress LJ. This is not the post that I originally planned to write. I was planning to write about my college work study experience. So, why am I writing about LJ again? Why this post? First, who was LJ? LJ was my high school band director. If you search my posts you’ll find…
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Working at Kmart
Working at Kmart. If you’ve been following my last few posts, you know that I’ve been talking about the summer jobs that I had during my college years. Today I’ll be wrapping up the series with my final summer job. Limbo I graduated from James Madison University (JMU) in May of 1988 and immediately went…
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Working at Long John’s
Working at Long John’s. My last two blogs have talked about summer jobs that I had during my college years. You can read about them here. I’ll summarize the experiences by saying, they didn’t go well. Getting started Dad was emphatic that I make money during the summer. I decided to steer clear of the…
