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Life Lessons From Grandma Ruth

November 27, 2019

Harvey's Weekly Column

During this season of Thanksgiving, I’m going to take a detour from business advice and focus instead on gratitude.  I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to get to know a remarkable woman whose life lessons are an example for all.            I recently attended service at Temple Israel in Minneapolis when a friend pointed out

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Don’t Forget To Thank A Teacher

November 21, 2019

Harvey's Weekly Column

One day a teacher asked her class, “Can anyone give me a sentence with an ‘object’ in it?” A little girl said, “Teacher, you’re the most wonderful and beautiful lady I’ve ever seen.”  The teacher responded, “Thanks, but what is the ‘object’”? The little girl added, “I’d like to have a longer recess today.” Okay,

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Anticipate The Challenges Ahead

November 14, 2019

Harvey's Weekly Column

Back in 1960, when I bought a small envelope company with dreams of becoming a gazillionaire, I could not imagine a world where people just turned on a machine, clicked through some instructions, and paid the electric bill.  I didn’t think that I could have a contract signed and returned to me in a few

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Customer Service Always Matters

November 7, 2019

Harvey's Weekly Column

A man entered a shoe repair shop and said to the owner, “I just found this claim ticket for a pair of shoes I dropped off … 10 years ago.” “Oh my,” the shopkeeper chuckled.  “Let me take a look at that,” he said as he inspected the ticket.  “I hope we still have them.

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Turn Adversity Into Achievement

October 31, 2019

Harvey's Weekly Column

In life, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.  I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the University of Minnesota head football coach PJ Fleck.  I asked PJ what he looks for when he recruits players.  PJ said he wants kids that have faced

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Show Respect And You’ll Have No Regret

October 24, 2019

Harvey's Weekly Column

Thomas Jefferson arrived alone on horseback at the main hotel in Baltimore and asked for a room.  The landlord of the hotel, named Boyden, looked Jefferson up and down and surmised that he was a lowly farmer and in a curt voice said, “We have no room for you, sir.” Just after Jefferson had left,

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