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In 18 years of competing in the 'Hood Bowl' fantasy football league, I've learned that success isn't measured by personal achievements but by the impact we make. Transforming winnings into donations for causes and communities reinforces the true essence of leadership: service. Video in next Post! 🏈 #LeadershipThroughService #FantasyFootballWithAPurpose #ImpactOverAwards

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Our thoughts and prayers go out to all involved. Let's take a moment to remember those that put their lives on the line daily to keep up safe. Please, slow down! Remember, if something were to happen to you today, your employer would have you replaced before your obituary was published in the newspaper. I have spent several years working in that area. Every phone call needed you there yesterday. #dispatchers for #trucking companies, I urge you to adopt my phone #etiquette. I can understand that things come up and is out of everyone's control; however, I would get calls that said they needed this amount of water or mud hauled by tomorrow morning. My first question, "How long have you known about this job?" They have typically known about the job a week at least. My second question, "Why are you just now calling me?" Usually a bit of silence on the other end of the line. Me: "Failure to plan on your behalf does not constitute and emergency on my behalf." If you are one of those company men that had the privilege of dealing with me, I hope you are giving the trucking companies more of a heads up today. I will get your job done, but don't wait until the last possible minute to call and expect me to drop everything.

Continuous Improvement | John Gallina, CEO of Purple Heart Homes, Inc. co-founded his non-profit because he was compelled by his experience of searching for housing after coming home from combat, overseas. His goal was to improve the current state of housing for the Veteran community. John notes, "Our mission is really simple: To provide safe and accessible housing for the men and women that wear the uniform for our Nation and we want to do that by connecting them to their community." If you know someone who could benefit from Purple Heart Homes' services, I encourage you to tag them in the comments section or send them this interview. VHV | Veterans Helping Veterans

High Octane Hustle, The Podcast is all about sharing inspiring stories that help to shape a community. The trail blazers, the game changers and the #icons in our industry. Please allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite things. #empowerment.

We raised £5000 in our first year! In CartridgeBuyBack.com first financial year of trading, we hit our goal of raising £5000, which was distributed between Switchback, Prisoners Abroad, and Unlock - for people with criminal records via eBay UK for Change... Well, £5333, to be exact. Each and every printer cartridge of the 463+ we sold has generated money for charities working tirelessly to improve outcomes for people leaving prison. This is a particularly satisfying achievement for me, as I have sacrificed a lot to get this off the ground, including: 1️⃣ Not drawing a salary from the business and reinvesting all the surplus profits after donations are made to get more stock and improve the operations. 2️⃣ Working from 6am-7:30am then 8-11pm most days on top of my full time work and parental responsibilities. 3️⃣ Receiving some early knockbacks when I first shared the idea with a number of people whose opinions I highly regarded. I want to take the opportunity to first thank my wife for putting up with me spending so much time at the storage unit instead of at home with her and our son Joseph. Next I want to thank every single individual and organisation who donated their unused printer cartridges or got cash back by choosing us to get cash back for those unwanted items. Finally, I want to thank Impact Hub London, the 'eBay for Change' team, and Hatch Enterprise UK. Without the programmes that I have benefited from so much over the last 18 months, CartridgeBuyBack would not be where it is today. As I look forward to this financial year, I am hoping to achieve the following: 1️⃣ Double the amount of cartridges received via donations from institutions like schools, prisons, and companies with surplus printer cartridges. 2️⃣ Offer our first paid position to someone with lived experience of prison, or begin directly helping people in prison via workshops or some sort of involvement with the enterprise. 3️⃣ Scale our operations and diversify by reselling other items in the office equipment category. Please celebrate with us today by dropping a comment, donating any ink or toner cartridges you no longer need, or forwarding this post on to your IT manager or anyone else who might benefit from our initiative. #AlexThinkingOutLoud

UPDATE: NASCAR HAS EXTENDED THE GIVEATHON!!! GAINBRIDGE, one of the primary NASCAR GIVEATHON sponsors, had $77,000 left over that they wanted to give out so they convinced the NASCAR Foundation to extend the GIVEATHON. So, NOW OUR PAGE IS BACK ON the GREEN FLAG is waving, allowing us to receive additional donations! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? $77,000 in matching donations are available until Sunday, May 19 at 10am or until these funds are gone. All 350 participating non-profits are eligible for this matching opportunity. All donations that come in to our non-profit's donation page will be matched up to $500 per donation. While we were certainly blessed by the giving during the scheduled event, we can actually double the additional donations over the next few days which would be AMAZING. If you gave, THANK YOU! Please share this announcement with your network. If you didn't have the opportunity to give earlier this week, please consider joining the team. $10.00 given equals a $20.00 donation. $500 given equals a $1,000 gift. NOTE: If you are led to give more than $500, please break the donations up into $500 maximum gifts so that each will be matched by NASCAR. Because They Deserve Better. https://lnkd.in/e8HJ5uKx

It’s the people that matter

𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗧𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 67 cents per mile driven for business use, up 1.5 cents from 2023. 21 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes for qualified active-duty members of the Armed Forces, a decrease of 1 cent from 2023. 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations; the rate is set by statute and remains unchanged from 2023.