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How to be Better than 90% of other workers: A Guide.

November 1, 2010

I’ve been working at Starbucks now for a month, and I have noticed something that I wish I had communicated to my students back when i worked with Campus Crusade. It’s a simple, three-step guide on how to be better and more impressive than 90% of the working world. Are you ready for it? Do [...]

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Is Business Inherently Good, Neutral, or Evil?

October 15, 2010

In these days of red states and blue states, polarizing cable news networks, and increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from both sides, I want to make a case that one of the problems that needs to be confronted is the demonizing of business in popular culture. Words like “profit” rarely have a positive connotation. “Big Business” is [...]

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Working at Starbucks… first impressions.

October 12, 2010

“If you are not satisfied with the drink you’re about to hand to a customer, you have my full support to pour it out and make them a new one.” That’s a quote from Howard Shultz, the chairman and CEO of Starbucks, paraphrased from the manual I’ve been using to train for my new barista [...]

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Assume The Best.

October 4, 2010

When I was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, we had to raise all of our financial support from individuals and churches, requiring us to network through groups of friends, through referral networks, and to challenge people to join our team of ministry partners.  ”Support raising” as we called it to help people understand [...]

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The Joys of Internet Job Hunting.

September 18, 2010

It’s funny how much I wish I could explain every answer on online job application surveys.  I know there is probably a psychological profile going on more so than the answers to specific questions, but when they ask a question like “If you are the manager, and you find out an employee has been stealing, [...]

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