Common time-drains and what to do about them
April 13, 2018
By Brian Maynor Where has the morning/afternoon/day gone? I know I’m not the only one who has ever felt this way, because according to Gallup 61% of working…
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Common time-drains and what to do about them
April 13, 2018
By Brian Maynor Where has the morning/afternoon/day gone? I know I’m not the only one who has ever felt this way, because according to Gallup 61% of working…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: advice, life
Top Grossing Movies – April 9
April 9, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 04/06/2018 to 04/12/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 A Quiet Place PG13 Paramount 1 3,508 $50,203,562 $50,203,562…
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Wordless News
April 6, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: These 170-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Were Uncovered in Scotland Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Wordless News
April 6, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: These 170-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Were Uncovered in Scotland Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Perfect responses to 5 tricky situations
April 5, 2018
By Brian Maynor We’ve all had them; moments when our brains just can’t process words fast enough to respond to a critical situation. Whether it’s during a conversation, meeting,…
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Perfect responses to 5 tricky situations
April 5, 2018
By Brian Maynor We’ve all had them; moments when our brains just can’t process words fast enough to respond to a critical situation. Whether it’s during a conversation, meeting,…
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Leaving Your Mark
April 5, 2018
By Tom Poland Of all the trees down South, beeches and white birches gets picked on the most. The love sick, the egotistical, the passerby, and all manner of…
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Leaving Your Mark
April 5, 2018
By Tom Poland Of all the trees down South, beeches and white birches gets picked on the most. The love sick, the egotistical, the passerby, and all manner of…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: life, the-arts
Top Grossing Movies – April 2
April 2, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 03/30/2018 to 04/05/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Ready Player One PG13 Warner Bros. 1 4,234 $41,764,050…
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A new blueprint for networking
March 29, 2018
By Brian Maynor Part of establishing our success is building a network of allies, but that is rarely a topic found in onboarding programs. Not to mention that cultivating…
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A new blueprint for networking
March 29, 2018
By Brian Maynor Part of establishing our success is building a network of allies, but that is rarely a topic found in onboarding programs. Not to mention that cultivating…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: advice, life
Top Grossing Movies – March 26
March 28, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 03/23/2018 to 03/29/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Pacific Rim Uprising PG13 Universal 1 3,708 $28,116,535 $28,116,535…
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My Atlanta Angel
March 23, 2018
By Tom Poland Writing amounts to solitary confinement. The hours alone reward you though when a book comes out: meeting folks who love books. When book events conclude, people…
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My Atlanta Angel
March 23, 2018
By Tom Poland Writing amounts to solitary confinement. The hours alone reward you though when a book comes out: meeting folks who love books. When book events conclude, people…
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Are we controlling our attention or letting it control us?
March 23, 2018
By Brian Maynor “My experience is what I agree to attend to.” That statement rings as true today as it did when William James made it back in 1890…
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Are we controlling our attention or letting it control us?
March 23, 2018
By Brian Maynor “My experience is what I agree to attend to.” That statement rings as true today as it did when William James made it back in 1890…
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Wordless News
March 23, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Sudan, World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino, Dies Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Wordless News
March 23, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Sudan, World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino, Dies Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Top Grossing Movies – March 19
March 19, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore For the fifth week in a row the top grossing movie is Black Panther. It has warned $200M more in five weeks of release than Jumanji:…
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Wordless News
March 15, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Near Noisy Oil Fields, Lovesick Birds Change Their Tunes Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Toward The Light
March 15, 2018
By Tom Poland Give Kudzu, Virginia creeper, and trumpet vine credit. Nothing stops them. They all keep on keeping on. Nature, evolution, or whatever power you subscribe to hardwired…
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What it takes to make better decisions overall
March 15, 2018
By Brian Maynor I don’t think anyone intentionally makes bad decisions, but it happens. In order to make good decisions we need two things: prediction and judgment. Prediction helps…
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Top Grossing Movies – March 12
March 12, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore For the fourth week in a row, Black Panther comes in as the highest grossing movie of the week. It earned $7M more than the…
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Top Grossing Movies – March 12
March 12, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore For the fourth week in a row, Black Panther comes in as the highest grossing movie of the week. It earned $7M more than the…
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Wordless News
March 9, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: International Women’s Day 2018 theme is #PressforProgress Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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Wordless News
March 9, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: International Women’s Day 2018 theme is #PressforProgress Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…
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How to juggle texts, emails, phone calls and drop-ins
March 7, 2018By Brian Maynor Beads of sweat forming on our brow. Mind racing. Body tenses. Eyes darting. These are typical signs of fight-or-flight syndrome, so why do they happen when…
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How to juggle texts, emails, phone calls and drop-ins
March 7, 2018
By Brian Maynor Beads of sweat forming on our brow. Mind racing. Body tenses. Eyes darting. These are typical signs of fight-or-flight syndrome, so why do they happen when…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: advice, life
Top Grossing Movies – March 5
March 5, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 03/02/2018 to 03/08/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 3 4,084 $66,306,935 $501,706,972 2…
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Wordless News
March 2, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Send In The Clones: Barbra Streisand Reveals Fluffy Canine Copies Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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Wordless News
March 2, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Send In The Clones: Barbra Streisand Reveals Fluffy Canine Copies Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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3 ancient laws to increase our wealth
March 1, 2018
By Brian Maynor Everyone wants to be wealthy. And that doesn’t just mean financial wealth. Being wealthy is really about having abundance, whether it’s an abundance of friends, time,…
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Granddad’s Cow-Charming ’65 Chevy
March 1, 2018
By Tom Poland Granddad Poland farmed but never drove a pickup, not that I recall. In a battered old car, he’d bump through pastures festooned with yellow bitter weeds,…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 26
February 26, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 02/23/2018 to 03/01/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 2 4,020 $111,658,835 $403,613,257 2…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 26
February 26, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 02/23/2018 to 03/01/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 2 4,020 $111,658,835 $403,613,257 2…
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Glory Beneath The Lights
February 23, 2018
By Tom Poland From a box in my late parent’s dusty attic come memories. Old football programs and yellow brittle newspapers. A naked bulb gives me light to read…
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Glory Beneath The Lights
February 23, 2018
By Tom Poland From a box in my late parent’s dusty attic come memories. Old football programs and yellow brittle newspapers. A naked bulb gives me light to read…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: life, the-arts
Competitiveness: Is it better to be a hawk or a diplomat?
February 23, 2018
By Brian Maynor Do you thrive on competition or avoid it like the plague? Diplomats are people who enjoy their job and tend to have a go with the…
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Competitiveness: Is it better to be a hawk or a diplomat?
February 23, 2018
By Brian Maynor Do you thrive on competition or avoid it like the plague? Diplomats are people who enjoy their job and tend to have a go with the…
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Wordless News
February 23, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Trump doubles down on arming some teachers to prevent school shootings Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Wordless News
February 23, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Trump doubles down on arming some teachers to prevent school shootings Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 21
February 21, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 02/16/2018 to 02/22/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 1 4,020 $202,003,951 $242,155,680 2…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 21
February 21, 2018
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 02/16/2018 to 02/22/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 1 4,020 $202,003,951 $242,155,680 2…
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Wordless News
February 16, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Europeans had school shootings, too. Then they did something about it. Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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Wordless News
February 16, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Europeans had school shootings, too. Then they did something about it. Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…
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A Longing For Pine Pollen
February 15, 2018
By Tom Poland Cold weather? Stay up North. My dash says it’s 48 degrees as I drive by a swamp, yet singing frogs drown out my heater fan. They…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 12
February 12, 2018
Week of 02/09/2018 to 02/15/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Fifty Shades Freed R Universal 1 3,768 $38,560,195 $38,560,195 2 Peter Rabbit PG Sony…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 12
February 12, 2018
Week of 02/09/2018 to 02/15/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Fifty Shades Freed R Universal 1 3,768 $38,560,195 $38,560,195 2 Peter Rabbit PG Sony…
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Wordless News
February 9, 2018By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Eagles topple mighty Patriots to win first Super Bowl Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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