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Role Models are Overrated

Last month, I went to the historic Riverside Theatre in downtown Milwaukee to see an astrophysicist give a PowerPoint presentation on science. Seriously. OK, so it wasn’t just any old astrophysicist; it was Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium and host of ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ on Fox. And his presentation, “Science as […]

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Content, Frequency, Delivery – and Free Shirts

2015 is here. We could spend time talking about how fast it snuck up or the things that weren’t quite finished last year, but that would be a waste. A waste of a perfectly good fresh start. For the Reman U crew, the first article of any new year is an important one. It’s a […]

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Why You Should Be More Useful This Holiday Season*

*and from here on out Captain Reman is one of those connected guys. You know the type. They always seems to have a referral for “the best place in town for ___,” the number for the world’s greatest tailor/repairman/etc, and invitations to the top networking and learning events. So earlier this week when he invited […]

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Tribalism: A Story of Cow Poop

Ah, Black Friday. From the early-morning chaos at brick-and-mortar stores to the server-busting online deal, Black Friday is an opportunity for millions of people to get their hands on the perfect gift for their loved ones – and save a few bucks in the process. For some, it represents the moral decay of society. For […]

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Reman, Rebuilt, and the Stupid Things I’ve Heard About Both of Them

In October, my team created a tongue-in-cheek video called “Reman vs Rebuilt” in the spirit of Halloween and Frankenstein. A little over a month passed with nothing of interest to note, until a shop owner stumbled upon it a few days ago and took to the internet to share his feelings on his blog. We […]

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Thank U

For the past 189 weeks, you’ve allowed us to share countless articles, videos, guest posts, sales tips, and more with you. Whether directly in your inbox or over here on the blog, putting together unique content is worthwhile – knowing that you’re on the other end. And since you mean so much to us, we […]

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The Best Choice for Who?

With the holiday season just around the corner, I’ve begun my yearly ritual of shopping for friends and family, most of which I do online now. Heck, I even go as far as keeping an Excel spreadsheet with names and gift ideas for the people I am shopping for – my own naughty or nice […]

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We're Really Doing it, Harry.

In the wake of the sequel to one of my top 5 movies of all time about to be released (Dumb and Dumber To), I couldn’t help but make the association between a recent experience with a Dodge Sprinter and the Mutt Cutts van. While browsing the interwebs, checking updates to the ETE Facebook page, […]

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Your Customers Call it as They Hear It

Spectrophobia – the irrational fear of mirrors. Maybe I watched too many horror movies as a kid, but there is something about mirrors that I just don’t enjoy. But this past week, I decided to take one for the team – and place a mirror right at my desk. There’s a theory that you might […]

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The Boss of Me

Boss’s Day: The one day of the year when employees are supposed to thank their boss for all the things they do. Today especially, I find it hard to not think of some of the most iconic “boss types”:  “The Bill Lumbergh” Lumbergh is a micromanager with awful motivational skills. He doles out loads of […]

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