You’d probably need to find someone born between the time when there were 48 U.S. states and the TV dial had 12 channels to know what the phrases “It’s a doozy” and “That’s ritzy” mean.

I can hear you already: “Well, duh, of course it is.” But I’d be willing to bet that it’s not for the reason you think.

It’s fairly common these days to feel a bit of technology overload. Just when we finally mastered the skill of getting the thermal paper loaded in the fax machine, they put Zoom, Slack, TikTok, and Whoop-Dee-Doo on our laptops.

Last month I wrote a piece about why you need to take every deal regardless of the price, in which I shared my thoughts on profit margins.

This Sunday, July 4, is the 245th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty-six colonists hopped on the 18th-century version of a Zoom call and told King George III of England, “Ye can shinny up a thy flagpole.”

Every BrandSource member is faced with the same question day in and day out: Do I match that lowball price from ABC Appliance down the street or let the customer walk?

When it comes to online content, I am a firm believer in putting the work in for a better long-term result.

It was about 150 years ago that one of the first “how-to” books, Samuel Smiles’ Self-Help, became a bestseller.

Look, there are literally an endless number of different ways to lead a company. But I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that people would much rather work for one of the last three types of leaders than the first three.

It’s a great time to look for a job! And in a weird way, a great time to hire people too.

It’s almost half-past 2021 and it’s business as unusual out there.

Here’s a fact about the owner of one of the world’s most successful appliance and electronics stores, which I know is true because I’ve been told the same basic story by both former employees and sales reps who called on his company.

A key to achieving business success is growth.

Whether choosing to grow within a market or extending reach statewide, nationally or internationally, businesses must expand continually. The opposite choice — to remain motionless — is to be resigned to stagnation and demise.

Your company is neither a not-for-profit organization nor a charity … so why do some of you insist on running it like one?

Records (especially ’80s glam rock) were made to be broken. It’s true in our retail world too.

I’m serious about that question. I’d really like you to take the time to consider exactly why you get out of bed every morning and go to your store.