Article: Tallahassee Democrat, Fla., Jerry Osteryoung Column.

By Jerry Osteryoung, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 6--Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? "

--Thomas J. Watson, former president of IBM

Last week I wrote about my August vacation trip to a dude ranch in Colorado and the travails with my horse Sunshine. One of the neater horseback excursions began at 6:30 a.m. We rolled out of bed at 5:30, saddled our horses and rode up into the Rockies. Majestic mountain views greeted us at every ...

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