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Extra Points: Gravitational Pull
When I was gone for a week filming my upcoming LinkedIn Learning course in California, my wife Barb took on the seemingly insurmountable task of training Captain Jack and Bella. She worked with them to dutifully sit before getting their dishes to eat and prior to...
Extra Points: Turning Water Into Wine
I recently had the opportunity to work the assembly line bottling wine. My client is a local winery and every few months, he offers wine club members the chance to take part in the bottling, and offers nice incentives as compensation for "hard labor." The...
Extra Points: Empathy
This past week was marked by the deaths by suicide of two prominent celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. I knew of Kate Spade because I have a wife and daughters who all carry purses (and I think at least one of them is her brand); however I really followed...
Seattle Shrimp Tank: John Martinka
Check out the latest episode of the Shrimp Tank with our guest, John Martinka! Learn about how to buy and sell a business with this national thought leader on the subject... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3MuWVFnWo] © 2018 Toro Consulting, Inc. All Rights...
Memorial Day Special
This week’s memo is a reprint from last year’s Memorial Day Special… In memorium. In memory of. Remembrance. All words that signify and define the word, “memorial.” I can’t imaging what it would have felt like on June 6, 1944. To be 21 years old, standing on a Navy...
Extra Points: Turning Water Into Wine
I recently had the opportunity to work the assembly line bottling wine. My client is a local winery and every few months, he offers wine club members the chance to take part in the bottling, and offers nice incentives as compensation for "hard labor." The...
Extra Points: Find The Helpers
As I attended the graduation ceremony at my local high school, I was impressed specifically by one of the graduate speakers. She mentioned a quote by that great American philosopher, Mr. Rogers. She said that Mr. Rogers was influential in her mother's life (which...
Extra Points: Trimming the Fat
As you're reading this, I'm in Carpinteria, CA at LinkedIn headquarters filming my LinkedIn Learning course scheduled to be released later this year. Part of the preparation for the course is writing the scripts to be used for the videos. Last week, I met with the...
The 100 Deadliest Days
The 100 days between Memorial and Labor Days are the deadliest on American highways. You likely know the reasons: more cars, more drinking, more impatience, more rage, more distractions. As a risk management expert, I promise you that the greatest risk you take daily...
