I want to share a comeback story that many of you have heard about. It has only happened 4 times in professional sports. A professional sports team coming back from a 3 game deficit in a 7 games series and win 4 straight.

I am not writing this because I am a Philadelphia Flyers hockey fan because I am not. Hockey is my favorite sport so I enjoy any good game. The importance in this lesson is to NEVER give up.

Even in game seven Philly was down 3 goals and fought back to score 4 unanswered goals and win the series.

The Flyers coach Peter Laviolette called his one time out after Boston scored their 3^rd goal. I don’t what he said in that huddle during that timeout, but it inspired his team to a rare comeback.

Some of you may have experienced a tough business environment. You don’t need to be one game away from elimination to motivate your team. How you handle leading your company when under pressure will have tremendous impact on your future success.

What is interesting to remember is the hockey coach doesn’t actually play in the game however; he brought the team together through adversity to help them win. You too can motivate your team to victory. If you want some tips on how to coach under pressure to rally your team give Ron or I a call for advice.

While taking a break from our working weekend  to pick up a part for his motorcycle trailer, Guy and I met an interesting union contractor who shared a crazy story about his local chapter.  This story was so far out of the box that it took Guy and I a couple of minutes to verify we had heard it right.

Here’s the short version: this man’s union local was requiring members who owned a stake in their companies to pay union dues and benefits on at least 40 hours a week…whether they worked it or not!

The local’s goal was to drive the small union contractor out of business so that the larger union companies would have less competition. Crazy.

Doesn’t our industry have enough challenges these days with the economy and all? Don’t the unions have bigger fish to fry than hurting each others’ business? Crazy.

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, you come across a hard-working owner of a small company that shares a nearly impossible to believe story.