Has Online Communication Slowed the Printing Business? Not At Gwins.
Posted On May 6, 2019
Mike Payne has survived where others have not. He can rattle off the printers along the Gulf Coast who have closed their doors due to poor bets on the economy and machinery trends that have not paid out. He even lost his largest customer the day AFTER a very expensive piece of machinery was shipped to his facility and he didn’t cancel the order. Instead, he sold new customers on what the new printer could do. Mike often references the slow, deliberate pace of turtles to define his success. Take things slowly, let others make the mistakes and learn from… Read More
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What’s lacking in most of our culture’s rites of passage and why it matters
Posted On May 6, 2019
High school and college graduations, getting a driver’s license, registering to vote – they are all, in a sense, rites of passage in our culture. What we seem to have lost over the years, however, is the idea of difficult, rigorous rites of passage that require sacrifice – the kind of sacrifice that builds character and camaraderie in those who go through it. These types of rites of passage exist today in few places in our society. Military boot camps are one, particularly for elite forces like the Marines and the Navy SEALS. Another is the missions of the Church… Read More
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Separating fact from fad in the fitness industry
Posted On May 2, 2019
Garrett Williamson doesn’t believe in age as an excuse for poor fitness. “There’s no such thing as age as we believe it,” he says. “What I mean by that is the fact that we decline because of time passing on a calendar is absolutely untrue, it’s an absolute lie. … Time is not a measurement of fitness.” The biggest obstacle to fitness, Williamson says, isn’t age but motivation. Williamson, our guest in a recent episode of “What’s Working With Cam Marston,” is the owner of Personal Edge Fitness, a Mobile fitness facility that employs a staff of degreed professional trainers… Read More
Categories: What's Working with Cam MarstonKeith Glass Can’t Shake the Music Business. And Shouldn’t.
Posted On May 1, 2019
Keith Glass went from successful and popular musician touring the world to a vinyl record store owner in Mobile, Alabama where the world is now coming to him. Just last week a group of guys from France came to Mobile to shop in his store. Originally concerned if he could fill the store with enough inventory, he’s now packed to the seams. And the vinyl record business is for real today, much to my own surprise. Not only collectors looking for rare and valuable collector’s pieces, but new albums by current artists, too. We meet Keith and learn a lot… Read More
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