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Making a good first impression, promoting yourself in your community and staying positive help lay the foundation on which successful businesses are built.

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Sports have taught me a lot about business, and one of the greatest lessons I’ve learned is how important it is to practice the fundamentals. Take the pro baseball players at spring training. Every year, they start with the basics and work on everything all over again. Why? Because they know how easy it is for skills to erode between seasons.