by Mark Edge | Sep 18, 2025 | Employee Productivity
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? There is an old story about a farmer who told his wife that he was going out to plow the south forty. The tractor needed oil, so he went to his workshop to get some. On the way, he noticed that the pigs hadn’t been fed. As he...
by Mark Edge | Sep 12, 2025 | Employee Productivity
Many years ago, a friend shared with me a story about a woman who owned a pet macaw. The bird had a rasping cough. Naturally, the master was concerned about it, so she took her prized companion to a vet. After a thorough examination, the pet doctor couldn’t find...
by Mark Edge | Aug 27, 2025 | Employee Productivity
Have you ever seen someone freeze up? Sometimes, a child acting in a school play will become paralyzed in front of an audience. Adults can freeze up in real life, too, often getting stuck in an unproductive routine at work. When I was in high school, Robert...
by Mark Edge | Aug 21, 2025 | Employee Productivity
My dad started me shredding (some call it bush hogging) with a big tractor when I was 10 years old. I felt exhilarated. Here I was, a kid driving this vast machine. Learning how to change gears in the manual transmission was fun. I was too young to drive a car, so...
by Mark Edge | Aug 1, 2025 | Employee Productivity
Have you ever felt like you don’t make a difference in your work? Do your tasks seem mundane? Look at the boy in the photograph. He resembles countless other boys who have passed through the public school system over the last 100 years. He grew up in Texas. There...
