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  • Epic Chef Showdown Episode #2 – Parkshore Grill vs. Miss en Place

    • July 17, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
    • Category: Blog
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    This week’s episode is a rematch from Season #1. Chris Stockwell, the Sous Chef from Parkshore Grill was beat out by Mise en Place in Season 1.  He’s back in Season 3 and ready for retribution! Watch this exciting rematch live here:

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  • Epic Chef Showdown 2017 – Episode 1

    • July 10, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    So honored to be the host of this great series in Tampa Bay!  You can watch this event live right here! 8 of Tampa’s best restaurants compete for the title of Epic Chef of Tampa Bay.  Great food, great entertainment, and all for a worthy cause.  Helping to fight hunger in the Tampa Bay area

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  • Book Review – Sell With a Story by Paul Smith

    • June 7, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    Author: Paul Smith Book Rating: 4 out of 5 head tilts     About 2 years ago I took a sales aptitude test by Sandler Sales Institute.  If it’s possible to fail an aptitude test, I did.  While they never came right out and said I failed, I saw them scratching their heads several times during the

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  • Book Review – Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

    • May 31, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    Author: Chris Voss Book Rating: 5 out of 5 head tilts     This isn’t just a good sales book.  It is, in my opinion, the best damn sales book ever written!  It was, after all, written by a former FBI hostage negotiator.  Think he might have a few good tips for your negotiating skills?

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  • Book Review – Leading Change by John P. Kotter

    • May 23, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    Author: John P. Kotter Book Rating: 2 out of 5 head tilts Even though the book is over 20 years old, I wanted to read it anyway.  John Kotter is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on change management.  The book was also revised in 2012, so I was anticipating some ideas on

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  • Book Review – Two Paths: American Divided or United by John Kasich

    • May 11, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    Author: John Kasich Book Rating: 3.5 out of 5 head tilts I’m not a fan of biographies; I prefer books that teach me things.  But I watched an interview with John Kasich on The Daily Show with Trever Noah, and I was so impressed by John’s comments that I felt compelled to explore things further.

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  • Book Review – Unoffendable by Brant Hansen

    • April 29, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    Author: Brant Hansen Book Rating: 4 out of 5 head tilts I’m probably one of the most unoffendable people I know.  I like jokes of all kind, the more inappropriate the better.  I feel our society has become so hypersensitive to social issues that if we don’t lighten up a bit we won’t be able to

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  • Top 10 Books of 2016

    • April 24, 2017
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
    • Category: Blog, Business Tips
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    In the winter of 2015, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of the 8 billionaires that live in Tampa, FL.  The meeting was inspiring on many levels.  But the one takeaway that most impacted my life was when he shared that he reads nearly 4 hours a day.  I thought to myself,

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  • I’ll NOT Have a Cup of What He’s Having

    • May 8, 2015
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
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    Despite overwhelming evidence to show that the information age is dead and the collaboration age is in full swing, many business are refusing to look around, and continue to do business the old-fashioned way. During the Information Age, proprietary functions were smart — like Sony having their own memory disks, or Apple with their own

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  • Can You Feel the Heat?

    • April 29, 2015
    • Posted by: Topher Morrison
    • Category: Blog, Business Tips, Life as a Professional Speaker
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    I speak with entrepreneurs on a daily basis. I see mainly two kinds: Those who embrace pressure and are willing to take risks, stick their necks out, and roll the dice. The others are those who only want to do something if they have assurances in place, it fits within their self-imposed budgets, and doesn’t

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