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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

Mine was legendary humorist and media figure Cactus Pryor. His father, Skinny Pryor, owned a movie theatre and entertained audiences with comedy routines during intermissions. Today, when I use nouns as verbs and place business terms out of context to make people think creatively, I’m thinking back to Cactus Pryor.

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"Think About What You Have To Do, and Do Something You're Thinking About"

Jason Womack

That's when I realized the power of acknowledgement. One book I read, "Don't Shoot the Dog," by Karen Pryor, taught me about the power of reinforcement. Serving my local community as a high school teacher for 4 years, I learned a lot about customer service and the ability to take action.

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Conflict Resolution Techniques: Question Your Assumptions | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

Fred Pryor Seminars Dealing with Difficult Customers-set of 3 says: July 6, 2010 at 6:10 pm [.] For periodic email updates, special offers, and other occasional gifts available only to email subscribers, complete this form. He now enjoys speaking, writing, and teaching these relationship principles to others. Reply What Do You Think?

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

It is convincing and powerful when you have perfect clarity on where you are a fit -at what job and which employer fit you. You’ll build confidence, and that’s much more powerful than the (often mistaken) sense of job security. Liz Pryor ( Life Advice Guru ) Authenticity is one of the most underrated keys to success.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame is now out in all three e-book formats: iTunes , Kindle , and Nook.