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Step outside the comfort zone: blow some fresh air through the store. (In Perspective).

By Hammond, John P.
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Date: Tuesday, July 1 2003

Dad spent his adult life as an orthodontist in private practice and mom came up in corporate America as a business woman in Chicago Win the 1930s. It gave them two very different perspectives on things in general.

Mom used to say things like "there's no I in TEAM," while Dad was fond of reminding her "nobody ever built a statue of a committee."

Mom offered guidance in how to handle interpersonal relationships in the business world, while dad didn't seem to have a clue. In fact, no one had ever told dad he was wrong in 40 years of practice and made it stick.

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