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Blog # 15 – Turning 60….

Posted on May 1, 2023November 14, 2024| By BylineCongo Kid

Apr 30, 2023 ·13 min read “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln I turned 60

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Blog # 14 – What You DO Inspires Others

Posted on May 13, 2020April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

What You DO Inspires Others   By: Congo Kid May 12 · 6 min read In 2008, I met Doug Grant through a mutual friend. Doug had a heart for

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Blog # 13 – The COVID-19 Paradigm — Before, Now, and After

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

Apr 13 · 15 min read It’s Easter Sunday 2020. I write this with a full stomach from a take out order from a local BBQ restaurant. Ribs, beans, mashed

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Blog # 12 – The Two Dollar Bill ($2)

Posted on November 4, 2019April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

Nov 4, 2019 · 6 min read – I was close to my maternal grandfather. Though I only got to spend minimal time with him during my formative years, the

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Blog # 11 – Timing Is Everything

Posted on September 23, 2019April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

Sep 23, 2019 · 14 min read – 1:04 pm, Tuesday, August 27, 2019. It started with this: I bought a $5 bike bell during my lunch break. 5:34 pm,

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Blog # 10 – Mr. Yardi: One Man’s Unique Leadership Style

Posted on September 3, 2019June 7, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

Sep 3, 2019 · 7 min read Some years ago, our business was being courted by a company to sell us a new software program. The sale took time to

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Blog # 9 – Tales from the Crypt……Er, Cemetery

Posted on July 21, 2019April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

Jul 21, 2019 · 15 min read – Being a college student that put himself through by working and taking out loans and landing a few scholarship grants, I did

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Blog # 8 – Unique First Encounter and the Surprising Result — №1

Posted on May 28, 2019April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

May 28, 2019 · 7 min read – I’ve always been somewhat bold when it comes to meeting strangers or folks I encounter in my everyday life. This is probably

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Blog # 7 – How a bar of soap taught me to value all employees the same

Posted on April 29, 2019April 14, 2023| By BylineCongo Kid

Apr 29, 2019 · 5 min read – “Fairness is not an attitude. It’s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.” — Brit Hume Early in my career

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Blog # 6 – My Friend and Mentor

Posted on March 16, 2019November 20, 2024| By BylineCongo Kid

Mar 16, 2019 · 10 min read – “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”

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