Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘success’

Are YOU your biggest stumbling block?

Posted in quotations of use, tagged on December 14, 2007|

This is the insight I realized early and return to often. In most situations, I am the problem.

My mentalities, my pictures, my expectations, form the biggest obstacle to my success.

This quote, from The Flight of the Buffalo by James Belasco and Ralph C. Stayer, is something to keep in mind as you plan your way forward to a GREAT ’08!

Read Full Post »

If you want to wear silk

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged on November 13, 2007| 3 Comments »

Sequin glamor from Nine WSest, at Macy's…sell polyester. So said a very wise man to me years ago.

After all, who got acclaim as one of the richest men on Earth? Sam Walton, or the guy who owns Saks Fifth Avenue? Do you even KNOW who founded Saks?

My stepsister worked with me at my consignment shop, One More Time, every day. One Sunday, we attended a giant gathering. (Now keep in mind, it was a sweaty summer day, dusty, in Ohio, but still…) She looked around and, behind her hand, said (more…)

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts