In Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book Horton Hears a Who, the big-hearted Horton recites over and over that “a person is a person, no matter how small.” I was listening to a good friend and customer the other day who was expressing his discontent about the poor service he’d been[Read More…]
Neil Overfelt
Neil Overfelt is dedicated to the lumber industry and has been helping people through sales, management, purchasing, and consulting in the
retail, manufacturing, distribution, and wholesale
sectors since 1992. He can be reached at
neil.overfelt@fctg.com
Why You Do What You Do
My wife asks good questions. Yesterday it was, “What makes some days at work good, and others just okay? What makes you sometimes come home in a good mood and sometimes you’re quite distant?” Actually, she asks great questions, and I know they’re great when I have to[Read More…]
Sales and Dining
When shared, a meal is more than just providing substance for your body, or at least it should be. It’s a time people get to know each other. A time of communication, friendship, bonding, relationship building, memory making. We enjoy and savor the meal as much for the food as for[Read More…]
‘It’s Just Sticks and Slices’
He was born Homer Embree Overfelt. We called him Pop. He was married to his one-and-only love, Agnes, whom I never had the honor to meet due to her early passing when my dad was only 22. He always spoke of her with a gleam in his eye and a[Read More…]
Why It’s Important to ‘Learn the Lingo’
When I first entered the lumber business in the early ’90s I was a manager trainee at 84 Lumber on the east side of Toledo, Ohio, in a town called Oregon. At the time, it was the epitome of a blue-collar town and in dire need of being put through[Read More…]
