Everybody makes mistakes from time to time, and they’re just as vital to the learning process as our successes are. Legendary Basketball Coach John Wooden once said, “Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” The obvious point he was trying to convey is that it’s what you do after the mistake or…
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Why Face-To-Face Communication Still Makes Sense
By John Torre Forty years ago, in 1971, I wonder how many people had a vision of communication in 2011 that included cell phones, text messages, email, and webcams? My guess would be none or not many. Yet here we are in 2011 doing all those things and more. Aside from the telephone, you know…
New Jersey businesses embrace QR codes
We’re used to barcodes; we’ve seen them for years. We’ve watched super market check out attendants scan our groceries, and even scanned them ourselves. But what about QR codes? Newer to the scene, and perhaps more important to your business than you imagined when you first saw the video game jumble of dots and squares,…
Small business owners may lean Republican in vote
Small business owners are expected to lean Republican in next month’s midterm elections, according to a new study, scheduled to be released today. This represents a growing number of people not content with the status quo. The Star-Ledger is reporting that 51 percent of small businesses across the nation said a Republican-controlled Congress would be…