New article on Trade Show Preparedness in the November Issue of MBOT Magazine.
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Jeff is facilitating a double workshop on Stress – Identifying and Minimizing the Triggers and Effects, at The Construction Safety Association of Ontario on Dec 15th


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Top 5 Holiday Thoughts

1. And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?  It came without ribbons.  It came without tags.  It came without packages, boxes or bags.  And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore.  Then the   Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.  What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.  What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.  ~Dr. Seuss
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It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.  ~W.T. Ellis

3. Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.  ~Janice Maeditere
4. I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day.  We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year.  As for me, I like to take my   Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.  And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself:  "Why, this is Christmas Day!"  ~David Grayson
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Even as an adult I find it difficult to sleep on Christmas Eve.  Yuletide excitement is a potent caffeine, no matter your age.  ~Carrie Latet

Santa Claus, the Consultative Salesman
By Jeff Bowman
Santa Claus. I know him, I’ve met him, I went to his training school and I impersonated him on many memorable occasions. I know for a fact that he is the king of consultative sales. “
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Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
By Stephen Rhodes
Francis P. Church’s editorial, “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus,” reprinted below, was an immediate sensation, and went on to became one of the most famous editorials ever written.
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