Articles posted on December 15, 2001

I will not make sales. I will make Customers.I will target the heart of my Customer. Never their wallet.My Customer is the lifeblood of my business.Though I may sell my Customers what they want, I will deliver what they need and make their lives better.

As I awaken with the gift of yet another day and prepare for the tasks at hand, I offer up this most ardent prayer: I pray for continued clarity of purpose so that I may hold my vision steady and keep my focus on the needs and success of others, which in turn shall bring me my success.

She was three. Just released from a far-away hospital after life threatening brain surgery, ready to take on the world again. I was happy just to have her back. My little "Mr. Clean" (shaven head and hoop earrings) and me driving along to our local mall.

I recall as a child being mildly scolded after coming home from Kindergarten and telling my mother all about the new word I had learned - the "F" word. Spray painted across some garage door on the way to school, I guess I thought it sounded like a neat addition to my vocabulary.

"HOW TO SUCK CASH FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS LIKE A HEAVY DUTY HOOVER!!"How many times have you come across Internet ads that sound like this? I hope you thought, "too often!"Personally, I cringe when I read something like this.

Interacting amiably with family and friends is a super stress reducer. Instead of the mind working overtime on worries and problems, it is occupied with thoughts of other things and other people. There is less mental capacity left for anxieties and self-doubt.

I own a dog, or to be more precise, a four-legged fur-covered food processor (food goes in one end and out the other). Several considerations have prompted me to reexamine its' purported reputation as mans' best friend.

Professional medical advice should always be a first consideration with a physical or mental problem. There may be a solution to an ailment that could only be determined by a qualified professional.There are also a wide variety of books written, many by doctors and specialists, that present ideas for self-improving our health.

Word Count: 810Oh My God A Girl!"OH MY GOD A GIRL!!" This was the cry I was met with when I arrived to meet our group for a 5 day canoe trip down New Zealand's Wanganui River. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?!" a wary fellow in his 50's exclaimed.

Debbie Jacobs 2458 River Road Guilford VT 05301 explore@sover.net Word Count: 880 plus bylineRivers & Rapids and Bears, Oh My!She was easy to spot. On her medical form she had noted that she would not be useful for carrying any canoes, the stick drawing she included showed three people carrying a canoe overhead.