Writing With Bolt Cutters
My job is in real estate. My company, family owned for over 75-years, invests in under valued commercial real estate. Our work is to bring out that value. Everything I wrote above can sound triumphalist….
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Trust, Lies, and Ice Cream
When you grow up working in a family business, you quickly learn that trusting your family is central to success. More than once I heard my dad say, “Never trust anyone but your brother, and…
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Celebrating Shared Values
Seventy five years ago a young couple, soon to be a young family, launched a family business. Over the decades it took many forms, from sandwich shops to coin operated car washes to real estate…
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Crescent Wrench Generosity
Most of you who read this blog know how I worked at Goble Properties with my father, side by side, for 25-years. But of course I worked with my Dad long before starting my career….
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Liars and Thieves
A few years ago I wrote this story, but it feels even more relevant today. Maybe because it’s an election year, or maybe because we have our own “alternative facts” to believe. Whatever the reason,…
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Hair Tonic
It’s been ages since I wrote a family story. Recently I was editing my upcoming book Salvaged and a line about my shiny bald head reminded me of the time a package of hair growth tonic…
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Mi Sueno … An American Success Story
I grew up around small business owners, and my company works with hundreds of them. Most of them are driven by a love for work and a wish to move beyond their humble beginnings. The…
