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The 8 Laws of Human Behavior

I’m hoping you can help me. I’d like to find the creator of the piece below. I’ve Googled every way I know how and I’ve struck out time after time. After a talk I delivered in Minneapolis last month, one of the audience members approached me and handed me a piece of paper. He simply […]

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A Lot Can Happen in a Year

A year ago (tomorrow), was my last day at work before giving birth to my first child. I was planning on working from home the following week leading up to my due date, but I spent all of Memorial Day last year in the throes of contractions knowing I might not make it to that […]

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Building a Positive Attitude, Building Your Bank Account

My mother hung a magnet on our refrigerator when I was ten years old that read, “Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it.” I hated that magnet as a kid. I later learned that it was a Charles Swindoll quote. I also learned to love the quote – […]

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Your Business In Layman’s Terms

Because we probably aren’t experts on everything, in many customer service scenarios we are put in the position of the layman, needing some specialized information explained… to understand the medical procedure, the amount of labor required, the exact specifications. It is on the part of the professional to simplify – without dumbing down – the […]

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You Are Reading, So Let’s Get Engaged.

So, you are reading. Let’s get engaged! No, not that kind, I’m taken! Issue 407 will go down as one of my most successful pieces and one of the most engaged posts in REMAN U recent history. Maybe ever. I was highly encouraged, touched, and amused to hear the various ways REMAN U articles are […]

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Are You Reading This?

Hi! You are reading this. How meta. My name is Andee, The Rhythm of Reman, and I’ve been authoring, editing, and publishing for REMAN U for two and a half years now. We (read: I) send out an article every week, mostly on Thursdays. Our authors are all our own – people I work with […]

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The Best Nacho Salesman

When I was in college, I worked at a movie theatre. Whenever I worked behind the vending stand, I used to challenge my co-workers to sell more nachos than me. The job, obviously, wasn’t commission-based. There were no prizes or rewards for being the best nacho salesman. I just did it to make my shift […]

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Are We There Yet?

Have you ever had a big project that felt like no matter how long or hard you worked you couldn’t seem to get it done as quickly as you expected to?  Every time you think you see some light at the end of the tunnel there is a dip or turn or obstruction and the […]

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You're A Poet: A Leadership Exercise

This morning at an off-site leadership training session, Captain Reman challenged his office managers and your loyal REMAN U writers to write a poem… about leadership… inspired by our natural surroundings at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Society. In a fashion consistent with his character, he didn’t tell us why we were doing this activity, just […]

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Fish Stink From the Head

ETE REMAN’s founder, Sam Loshak, is known for his many insightful and pithy statements. We’ve regularly refer to his statements as “Sam-isms.” One of Sam’s most frequent reminders to ETE’s leadership is “fish stink from the head.” What Sam means is that the worst smelling part of a dead fish is its head. But what Sam […]

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