“What a difference a day makes,” said National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) President Juanita Duggan, in a widely-hailed report on the Daily Business News. She was speaking of the jump in small business confidence that began on November 9th, the day after Donald John Trump announced that Secretary Hillary Clinton had conceded the Oval …
As the Louisville Show formally was closing down, the oath of office at the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States was taking place. Two newspapers dubbed it the Don of a New Day in America. Briefly, the Louisville Show did well, a clear step up from 2016. More details to come next …
“Obscene” is how some people tragically view private enterprise, perhaps unaware of all the good that free enterprise has done to lift billions out of poverty. “Profit Break” aptly describes the promise of this year, the promise of the trade show season and key elements of today’s Masthead. Via the Daily Business News, we’ve taken …
Stating the obvious brings clarity. There are direct, indirect and a combination of methods that can be employed to deal with a given challenge — especially when it involves people. Dictionary.com defines Jiu Jitsu as “the use of an opponent’s strengths or one’s own weaknesses to accomplish one’s goals: That was a kind of intellectual jujitsu…” …
Let’s look at a pattern that is hiding in plain sight. This pattern has and is being used to disrupt the manufactured housing industry. If we as professionals fail to define ourselves and our operation(s), then others will define us – often to our disadvantage. When enterprises like yours or ours are harmed, that will …
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Imagine that your garbage collection worker vanished. No one takes that person’s place. Life would get pretty smelly, bug-and-rodent infested pretty quickly, right? Picture that you’re a supervisor at a production center. The team you manage quits, and no one will take their place. Your favorite breakfast, lunch or place-for-a-beverage spot loses all their workers. …
Labels, thinking, deeds and inactions all may have limiting consequences. Stating the obvious often brings clarity. Those professionals who do not define themselves will find that others will define them, often to the professional’s disadvantage. The truth well told is powerful. The most powerful truth untold is a tragedy. Timing is important. You are entitled …
The Christmas and Chanukah (Hanukkah) holidays are a bit like Thanksgiving in a variety of ways. They are opportunities for us to reflect on what matters most – the principles that undergird and guide our lives – personally and professionally. Some like to point to the winter solstice, and say that Christmas is nothing more …
Both America and our industry’s members face a similar set of challenges and opportunities. Common sense suggests what is needed, and yet agendas that often make little or no sense are all too common. We can’t hope to change the world, without changing our little part of it first. A hodgepodge of agendas has been …
12.17.2016 A.D. To: Dr. Ben Carson – named by President-elect Donald J. Trump as his desired Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). From: L. A. “Tony” Kovach – Managing Member, Lifestyle Factory Homes, LLC – Publisher of MHLivingNews.com and MHProNews.com. Subject: A Specific Way to Apply Your Goals and Principles that Could Transform HUD …
