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<p>On two different days last week – Monday and Thursday – the temperatures in the middle of the day here in the Greater Roanoke Valley reached 38 degrees.</p><p>‍</p>

<p>It’s the time of year for planning and strategizing. In your personal life, you may be figuring how to break bad eating habits or get into better exercise patterns.</p><p>‍</p>

<p>Throughout the years I have written a lot about your message and how to craft what you want to say in your marketing, business development and advertising. Here’s a simple B2Seed reminder for your ongoing consideration…</p><p>‍</p>

<p>I spent $5 (or so) to eat an <em>In &amp; Out</em> Burger, fries and a vanilla milkshake. I spent considerably more to stay at a really nice resort as a small part of the visit to LA. </p>

<p>Through the years I have kept a series of folders and files labeled “ideas” or “creative concepts”. Whether it was for a talk, a sales concept or a creative idea, when I came across something that really caught my eye or grabbed my attention, I filed it away – never knowing when it might become useful. </p>

<p>There was an internal battle I had to work through. Last month I wrote about Nick Saban and his approach to changing a culture. </p>

<p>People in leadership overuse sports vernacular when dealing with business questions. Things like “no pain no gain”, “step up your game”, “hit a home run”, and the rest you have heard. What is interesting to me is when sports people use sound business principals in their programs.</p>

<p>Ok – so no one likes a bragger. On the other hand it’s perfectly fine to talk up someone else, right? Since my company started a little over three years ago, I have been honored to be associated with Member One Federal Credit Union.</p>