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Ed. F. Kruse of Blue Bell Creameries /
This biography of ice cream entrepreneur Ed. F. Kruse (1928-2015) looks back on a life devoted to family, community, and building one of the most successful businesses in Texas. Starting at Blue Bell Creameries at the age of thirteen, Kruse held every position imaginable at the company, eventually b...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Ryan Crocker
- Acknowledgments
- Each of us was put on earth for some good reason
- Work hard-the harder you work, the luckier you get
- Be prepared
- You can whip any problem if you work hard enough and long enough
- Set goals and work toward them
- Think ahead
- Don't compromise your principles
- Integrity is not negotiable
- Keep things in perspective
- Aptitude is important, but so is attitude
- Work, don't worry
- Maintain a sense of humor
- Don't assume. (It makes an ass of "u" and "me.")
- Do what you say you're going to do
- It's a cinch by the inch, hard by the yard
- Few people have original thoughts, so it's wise to take ideas from others and put them together
- If you can do some good, do it now
- Thank people who have helped you
- Appendix 1. Edisms
- Appendix 2. In Ed's own words
- Appendix 3. An Ed F. Kruse and Blue Bell Creameries time line
- Appendix 4. Facts you may not know about Ed F. Kruse.