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Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review.* WorldWide Drilling Resource® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. We Recycle Standing with our Drilling Industry . . . Yesterday ~ Today ~ Tomorrow ~ PROSPECTING Part 2 ~ So here we are at the start of yet another NEW YEAR and with so much to think about. Does it have your head spinning? Well get in line and join the crowd. But first, we have to figure out just how this Prospecting Idea really works and can help us as we roll into 2024. Find a nice sunny window to sit in front of (or if no sun where you are, go ahead and turn a nice BRIGHT light on). Then get out that pad and pencil and start jotting things down like: “Where did this company I made from scratch begin? How did it ever grow into this smooth-running, respected business, with such good people working here ever come to be?” AMAZED at yourself and your abilities? You should be. Why? Because without you, it would not be and if it were not here, where would you be now? I love those kinds of questions, and yes, I do sit in my office from time to time and marvel at just how well everyone here works together, have learned so much, and taught themselves so much more than even they felt they would ever learn about so many things they are now doing. AMAZED yet at yourself and YOUR ABILITY to have thought about all of this, been able to manuever the different turns, avoid some mighty bad outcomes, and most of all, kept these fine people / now your friends as well as employees, together through thick and thin? After all, some of us are BOOMER Babies, born during the depression, taught to eat what was put in front of us, and be mighty glad we had it. We even cleaned up after ourselves! Amazing, huh? I’m thinking your prospecting instincts are spot on! Keep up the good work, and check back next month for other ways to PROSPECT. To be continued . . . RONNIE’s REAL WORLD . . . with its ups and downs ~ but always positive thoughts, hopes, and dreams. See you on the trail . . . FEBRUARY has Mountain States, Laughlin, NV and TWWA, Gatlinburg, TN With Pen - Computer in hand . . . Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones, 850-547-0102 ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com 6 JANUARY 2024 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Featured Articles for January - Products for Today’s Drilling Professional Shaping the Future of Equipment Page 36 New Tool for Closed-Loop Systems Page 23 New Drilling and Blasting Tool Page 25 GUS Samplers Page 8 Why Use PDC Bits? Page 21 Bits for Water Well Drilling Page 18-19 Test Mine for Drilling Innovations Page 10
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