Drew Schiller

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Your World, Only Smaller

April 29, 2009

How big does your business need to be to be effective? John’s Grocery, a tiny 61-year-old grocery store located in downtown Iowa City and near the University of Iowa campus, used to be a corner store that offered staples like dry goods, breads, etc. to feed families. Growing with their audience (while staying the same [...]

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Making lemonade

March 27, 2009

I heard a woman interviewed on the radio the other day about how she lost her job, has no idea how she is going to pay her bills, and yet she is happier than she has ever been. It turns out this “making lemonade out of lemons” attitude is somewhat common for the newly laid [...]

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Anxiety = Growth

January 30, 2009

Update March 5, 2o1o: Anxiety has become something that I generally welcome, although it’s not always enjoyable. What I have learned to do is train myself to recognize the feelings of panic or nerves and realize that it’s just because I’m doing something that is important to me that I haven’t done before. This typically [...]

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