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The Forgotten Role of Relationships in Business

With the ever expanding world of the internet, it can be quite easy to see how business relationships may fall to the wayside. After all, instead of calling customer care, people are directed to an online question and answer forum. Instead of turning in job applications directly to human resources, people are asked to submit [...]

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The Bakken Boom and the New Wild West

A Young Geologist Perspective, by R. Tyler Powers Like many of my colleagues, I have found myself in awe of the drastically changing energy landscape around me. Both technologically and economically, the world of energy is not what it used to be. Precious resources that allow the modern world to exist are becoming harder to [...]

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The Oil Field Work is a Human Too !

Every day I open the paper or click on a link and read that we had to close this down because of the oil workers.  Now we have to limit who goes into a community center because of an oil worker.  This is starting to sound like an unappreciative sector of America.  What is an [...]

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How to Break Out of a Slump

Slumps…we all have them. They’re those little sections of life when things just don’t seem to be going right. Maybe you haven’t been to the gym in a month and no matter what you do just don’t feel like going. Maybe you’ve been behind at work lately and you just can’t seem to catch up. [...]

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Top 5 Ways to Destroy Morale

Morale tends to be one of those tricky words thrown around meetings. Every company wants good morale around the office but very few companies actually go through the trouble of determining how to achieve it. But really quick, before we get into how to destroy morale (and why this would be a horrible thing to happen), what exactly is morale? Morale [...]

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Creating a Culture of Teamwork

As much as we would all like it to, the concept of teamwork does not simply “happen.” Instead, it takes a great deal of time working through details to make sure a team works together effectively. But some businesses and families are one step ahead of the game; by creating a culture that facilitates teamwork, constantly, a groups’ [...]

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Kick the Procrastination Bucket

      Are you a procrastinator? Go ahead, you can answer honestly… That’s what I thought. The truth is, procrastinating is an extremely common habit. The stress of something easily makes it seem like putting it off until later is a good idea, but we all know how that ends up. So let’s examine a [...]

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4 Business Professionals You Need to Hire

When you are running a business, it’s perfectly natural to want to do everything on your own. You’re looking to cut as many costs as possible, so doing your own books, taxes, advertising and anything else seems like a reasonable decision. Let’s read that again, this time with the correct emphasis. Doing your own books, taxes, [...]

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Top Regrets of First Time Business Owners

Every new experience comes with a learning curve. The first time you bake an apple pie, you realize you needed a touch more cinnamon and make a mental note for next time. The first time you drive a new car you realize the brakes are a bit more sensitive, and adjust yourself accordingly. Basically, the first time [...]

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The New American Dream

With nothing but $600 in his pocket, a 33 year old unemployed construction worker, husband, and father of a 5 year old headed for the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota last summer.  That $600 represented the last of the family savings and it was barely enough to buy the gas and food for the [...]

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