Author: ChoiceOne

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kaye Borchers: “Anyone break a lacrosse stick?” Troy Niese: “No, but I can break one if you need some Mindset writing material.”   Meet Jacqui, one of our newest engineers and passionate guardian of lacrosse sticks. Despite not being our first...

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Adam Gill: "Luckily the ants are dumb enough to just fly right into it. It surprisingly works."   Welcome to an installment of Choice Mindsets we'll call "Choice One-genuity." Because, hey, we're engineers and we get really excited about fixing problems....

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mitch Thobe: “Kecia, your positive talk with the plant worked!” We forget to water this lovely plant from time to time, and it droops sadly when it gets dry. Kecia, who claims skills as a positive plant talking specialist, volunteered...