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Golf
as a Business Tool
As
many of you know, the inaugural Promethius
Charity Classic golf outing takes place on Friday, September
23rd. We very much hope that you can join us in raising money
for a great charity, the Indiana Down Syndrome Foundation.
As if a great cause wasn’t enough to get you to join
in, we thought we would remind you of the valuable business
opportunities that golf can offer.
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most cases golf with a client, vendor or peer will do
nothing but add to your bottom line. The game and the
setting do 90% of the work for you. How could you not
bond with a business associate while on a golf course?
We did some major digging to find some exceptions to the
rule. Enjoy, and don’t try this at our golf outing! |
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Deep
Six
Bob Krendall of Salem, Oregon was enjoying a day on the links
with a potential customer that would have doubled his consulting
business. All was going quite well until, on the way to the
13th tee box, Bob turned the cart left around a bend when
he should have turned right. Bob’s moneybags prospect
barely had enough time to bark out a choice four-letter word
before the cart and all its contents plunged into a pond.
Bob lost the deal.
That’s
a Wrap
Tom Della of Joliet, IL was quite excited when a Senior VP
of his company invited him for an afternoon of golf. This
was quite out of the ordinary, and Tom knew that he was at
the very least in the running for a big promotion. Nerves
got the best of Tom that day. The VP was a great golfer and
was clearly sizing Tom up throughout the round. As Tom’s
score increased, his stress level ballooned. His play was
truly awful.
Finally
on the 18th tee Tom had had enough. He swung at his tee shot
with all his might only to bloop it barely past the ladies’
tee. In a fit of rage he leveled the driver in his hands like
a baseball bat and swung it, wrapping it around the trunk
of a nearby oak tree. The outing of Tom’s temper in
front of the VP paled in comparison to the fact that Tom had
inadvertently pulled the driver out of the VP’s bag.
Tom didn’t get the promotion.
Hear
our Prayer
Reverend Jennings was visiting Owens, VA in the hopes of filling
the position of Pastor at a local church. Three church elders
decided to treat the reverend to a round of golf as a way
to get to know him better. The Reverend’s two sons joined
the round as caddies.
A red
flag was raised when, in between nines, the sons fished the
car keys out of an elder’s golf bag and treated themselves
to a joy ride in his brand new Cadillac. Unfortunately, the
eldest of the boys was only twelve years old and couldn’t
see much past the windshield wipers. The boys traveled a few
dozen yards before plunging through the back wall of the pro
shop. No mulligans were allowed. |
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Last
Chance for the State Fair!
As
we're nearing the unofficial end to the summer, this
weekend is your last chance to visit the State Fair.
Be
sure to stop by our favorite vendor while you're getting
in your final fair food: the Indianapolis Jaycees Corn
Booth!
The
Jaycees are in their 40th year of serving hot, buttered
corn to patrons who line up for the treat.
All
proceeds go directly into the operating budget for the
Indianapolis chapter. Some projects that benefit from
the profits include an annual food basket drive in December,
and Clothe-a-Child — a back to school shopping
trip for local children.
The
Indianapolis Star featured the Jaycees Corn Booth in
a recent
article.
Stop
by the booth, between the Our Land Pavillion and the
Marsh Agriculture Building for a $2 ear of corn, before
the fair is over!
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Definition
of the Month
Courtesy
of Webopedia.
Electronic
Funds Transfer
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Often abbreviated as EFT, Electronic Funds Transfer is the
paperless act of transmitting money through a computer network.
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Personal Budgets
Are
you a budget-oriented person? While we often view those
who are as misers, stingy or anal-retentive, statistics
show that budgeters lead happier, less-stressful lives.
Despite a myriad of excuses, most of us don’t
live according to a budget because we are intimidated
by the prospect of creating the budget or simply by
facing the truth of our own financial realities. It
can be quite scary to see on paper, for instance, that
you’ve been deficit spending by $1,000 per month
for the past six months, but this is the reality that
many of us must face before we can expect to start digging
out.
Rather
than opening the check register once per month, ones
finances should be constantly reviewed. If you’re
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Want
to start? Here are our quick recommendations:
1.
Get started as soon as possible, these things
are easy to put off.
2. Don’t recreate the wheel, use a simple
program like Intuit’s® Quicken®.
3. Don’t succumb to excuses such as, “I
make so little money, there’s no room
or need to budget.”
4. Visit http://www.personal-budget-planning-saving-money.com
before you start. |
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your finances at least once per week then you probably
aren’t getting an accurate, timely picture of
your spending habits. Purchases of gasoline and cups
of coffee can really add up over the course of a week
and it’s necessary to know where you stand so
you can make adjustments as you go.
Whether
you choose to budget using simple spreadsheets or elaborate
computer programs, the key to building a budget is to
sit down with your bank statements, receipts and whatever
evidence of your spending and saving habits you can
find and just start documenting. If you are living beyond
your means, make the hard decisions of what to cut.
Often ridding yourself of the second $500 per month
car payment is a hard decision to make, but it may be
necessary.
Set
savings goals and set that money aside first. Most people
decide that they’ll see what’s left over
at the end of the month and then that will be put aside.
Using this methodology almost assures that there will
be no savings. Some imagine that the retirement plan
they have setup is enough savings. This approach does
not account for lost jobs, unexpected cross-country
trips for a beloved aunt’s funeral or for blown
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Save the Date ...
The inagural PC Charity
Classic will be Friday,
September 23, 2005 at Saddlebrook Golf Course.
We hope to see you there!
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