March 2010 – Crossing The Line by Barry Williams

Formula for Increasing Personal Trust

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 30, 2010
Post Comment 6 comments

Abe wisely skipped a gun duel. He wasn’t perfect. Want to enhance your personal trustworthiness? Give yourself a secret to keep. Do something good (or […]

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Nothing Wrong With Wanting To

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 30, 2010
Post Comment 2 comments

Don’t forget your worries in your old kit bag We carry far too much guilt in our baggage. Why we cart it along is a […]

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It’s Just Me and You

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 29, 2010
Post Comment 2 comments

Nowhere Man I was in my early 40’s before I realized I was me. Living in a motel in Penticton, British Columbia, I had just […]

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Fear – Good Motivator for Stupid Managers

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 28, 2010
Post Comment 0 comments

The first few years I was a manager I had no clue what I was doing. Like a lot of managers. I had fooled my […]

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Being Used is a Good Thing

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 27, 2010
Post Comment 0 comments

Mmm. Nice ring! May I polish it for you…? He used me! Automatically eyebrows will be raised and apprehension seeded, ready to reap sometime […]

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Employee Time Clocks = Bad Idea

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 25, 2010
Post Comment 9 comments

Wait! Come back Time! I’ll save you! Time clocks are a big mistake. Here’s why: In 2007 I purchased a technologically advanced swipe card time […]

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Battle for the Universe – Entropy vs Kaizen

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 25, 2010
Post Comment 5 comments

Yes, here we go. Broken leg, 42 Smith Street, January 24 at 4:13 pm You have an enemy bent on your inevitable destruction. Okay, it’s […]

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Suit Up

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 23, 2010
Post Comment 1 comment

Hello, I’m Captain Nutso I’ve been acting weird lately. Actually, if you were to ask almost anyone who knows me, they would add that it […]

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Quitting Time

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 21, 2010
Post Comment 9 comments

You Must Pay for 15 Steps in Advance I can be so friggin wrong at times I wonder why you’re even reading this blog. Never-the-less, […]

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These Help Wanted Ads SUCK

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 17, 2010
Post Comment 5 comments

In 2003 my wife Kathy and I had been operating Barney’s Motel in Brandon, Manitoba for two years and were badly in need of some […]

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Okay, I’m NOT Perfect

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 14, 2010
Post Comment 8 comments

I wish I didn’t have so much concrete in my head If there is a warranty on me someone should apply for it. There […]

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This Ain’t Personal

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 12, 2010
Post Comment 4 comments

Now Barry, don’t take this the wrong way because it’s not personal. My mind swooned and a wicked reality yanked my wobbly life force free […]

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Get Your Phil

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 12, 2010
Post Comment 0 comments

Take Me To Your Cleaners! I’ve been a dupe most of my life. Wide eyed and naive, I stumbled through existence believing almost everything people […]

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Campfire – GOOD / Motel Fire – BAD

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 12, 2010
Post Comment 0 comments

In 2003 my wife Kathy and I were owners in a small motel in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and after struggling for 3 years to renovate […]

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Fear Who? ME?!

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 11, 2010
Post Comment 3 comments

One hour ago I received a phone call from John R, a Sheriff with The Saskatchewan Government. Draw! if you have enough lead in your […]

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Rolling in the D’oh!

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 9, 2010
Post Comment 0 comments

November 2004 My wife Kathy and I were managing the world famous Barney’s Motel in Brandon, Manitoba. We were saddled with business problems which were […]

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Urgency Schmirgency

Post Author By Barry Williams
Post Date March 2, 2010
Post Comment 1 comment

Time is one weird mother. Hard to understand, impossible to actually see and real easy to waste – that’s time for you. Throughout my whole […]

Month: March 2010