Muscle cramping, and specifically leg cramping, can be excruciatingly painful. The burning sensation that comes with involuntary contraction of muscles can attack a professional football player during a playoff game as strongly as an out-of-shape white-collar worker during a round of golf. It can also come on suddenly when a person is simply relaxing. This […]
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Three Things to Keep in Mind When in the Market for a Transportation Company
For transportation business owners, strategically acquiring competitors can be an attractive way to develop a company. On the other hand, strategic acquisitions can be intimidating, especially for owners inexperienced in purchasing a company or when a bad experience in the past has predisposed an owner against acquisitions. Many opportunities for growing a business are missed […]
Confidentially Selling a Transportation Company
As you walk through the door of your transportation business, you notice a lot of your employees turning to look at you. This is understandable since you are the owner. However, their stares seem to be ones of uncertainty, and you sense questions, disappointment, and even anger. As you rush to your office to avoid […]
Dealing with Teen Truancy
When asked what problems they encounter on a daily basis that severely affect a teen’s education, many teachers would answer truancy. In fact, truancy has now become on a list of the top 10 things that is affecting our country’s schools from day to day. It is estimated that some cities see as much as […]
Utilizing Custom Infill Panels When Building or Remodeling
Want to add a touch of class to the inside or outside of your building? Want to make a visit something that your clients or customers won’t forget? Consider custom infill panels for your building or remodeling project. Hendrick Architectural Products produces infill panels built to your exact specifications. These can fill in spaces in […]
Use Flash Drives for Non-Traditional College Fair Promotions
Whether you are a junior or senior in high school or even a non-traditional student, chances are you are exploring several different options for your future education. One great way to see what all of the schools nearby you and even perhaps further away have to offer is to attend a college fair. These college […]
How to Combat Shoulder Pain
The shoulders are some of the most complex joints in the body. Their structure (ball and socket) allows for three separate planes of motion (side to side, front to back, and rotating), in contrast to an elbow joint, for example, which is a hinge joint that allows for only one plane of motion. Unfortunately, though, […]
5 Reasons to Get Your Transportation Business Valued
Many transportation business owners make the mistake of assuming their business’ value. They may be determining the value based on what they purchased the company for years ago, the price of their inventory new, and what similar businesses sell for. However, they may be surprised to learn that the actual value is significantly different. Getting […]
Are You Functionally Neglecting Your Left Side?
While the 15% of the population that’s left-side dominant is basically forced to achieve a certain level of ambidexterity, the vast majority of us are a bit spoiled — or are we? The following everyday items are set up to favor the right-hand dominant majority, and most of us probably don’t even realize it. • […]
Perforated Metal Sunshades Keep Out the Sun
A (fictional) large company decided to build a brand-new 20-story office building just outside a bustling metropolis. They chose the finest of contractors to plan the building structure, wanting a building that would attract attention from everyone who drove or walked by. They had a custom perforated metal sign designed to be shaped like the […]
Bad Bedtime Habits
As much as the posture and chairs we use when we sit and the shoes we wear when we run affect our bodies, our sleeping positioning and beds are important as well; after all, most of us spend at least the same amount of time in bed as we do in our office chairs, and […]
Winter Installations and Wood Expansion
Have you ever been near a frozen lake when the expansion crack begins? I can remember hearing the increasingly loud crackling sounds and then the momentous sound as the ice buckled into a jagged series of peaks running like a zipper across the lake. Well, water and ice aren’t the only aspects of nature that […]
Determining the Value of Your Transportation Business
If a transportation business owner makes the decision to place his company for sale, researching the appropriate value is an important and smart business move. Often times, an owner will set a price that is unrealistic for his company. He will then be very disappointed when he doesn’t receive any offers. He may blame it […]
Does Your Son or Daughter Have Anger Management Issues?
Because the teenage years become a time of constant change (physical, emotional,mental, and hormone), it is understandable to see some frustration and agitation in a growing teenager. The teen may be trying to figure out who he is and what he is going to do with his life. He may also be looking for a […]
Home Improvement & Family Loyalty
Both my dad and my brother work for Lowe’s, my mom works for M.A.B. Paints, and my husband used to work for Sears Hardware. My only retail experience was at a small privately-owned non-chain paint store that is now out of business, but I sold Benjamin Moore and Pittsburgh Paint, so I’m rather partial to […]