No one cares as much as you do about your business or personal life. Even if you think you need outside counsel/advice, realize that even the best professionals lose sight of getting the deal done…often they get too wrapped up in the process. Or, are too intent on winning the negotiation. Keep in mind that [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Past Has a Vote, Not a Veto
Posted in August 16th, 2006
The following post came from David Maister’s blog today, Passion, People, and Principles. Life Could Be Better You hear a lot of people saying things like these: We’re too busy doing the wrong things to have time to do the right things We’ve got so many of the wrong people in the key positions that [...]
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When can you start?
Posted in August 15th, 2006
There are only two good answers to this interview question, maybe three.  1. As soon as I give proper notice to my current employer.  2. When would you like for me to start?  3. Right now.
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It is not just the 8-5 time
Posted in August 15th, 2006
Your responsibility as an employee is to be ready for a full day’s work. Too often, I see people who come in to work on Monday morning not really ready to work. Maybe they partied too long on the weekend, or flew home on the redeye, I am not sure. Your responsibility is to prepare yourself [...]
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Ready, Fire
Posted in August 14th, 2006
Like Nike says, or is Tiger who now says it…Just Do It. The following post is from Paul Epps, a highly regarded software pro…  Our Competitors are Still Sucking Their Thumbs 13 Aug 2006 / PE We made mistakes. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software. [...]
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If HE can do it, I CAN do it.
Posted in August 12th, 2006
One can talk about all the new age motivation techniques, or the effect of parents, friends, schools, first jobs, etc…but nothing matches the power of the very simple, IF HE CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT.
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The Anti-Parent Motivation Reality
Posted in August 11th, 2006
by admin in Daily Wisdom
I hate to admit this, but often us parents motivate by serving ourselves up as negative examples to our kids. In my own case, my dad did two things that motivate me to this day. He smoked…so today I am anti-smoking, and was even before it became fashionable.  And, he constantly complained about his job.  I [...]
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Brown-nosing 101
Posted in August 9th, 2006
by admin in On The Job...
Brown-nosing is a definite workplace skill. You should learn how to do it but with some style and class,…taking care not to offend your co-workers, who can be very adept at pointing it out to you. For more insights on how to brown-nose effectively, bookmark this. Brown-nosing vs. Self-Promotion I feel compelled to explain the [...]
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Big Company vs THE LITTLE GUY
Posted in August 8th, 2006
by admin in Daily Wisdom
Toby Dayton’s Diggings deserves to be read by every big city newspaper in the USA. Especially his post today. I suppose when the monopolist in town begins to encounter competition, having failed to keep pace with what customers need and want, they have to compete using strong arm tactics. It does make me wonder why [...]
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Dashboard and Metrics
Posted in August 8th, 2006
Most business managers have a mental dashboard about their business. They watch certain characteristics in the business, some financial, some not…all in order to give them a mental snapshot of how they and the business is doing. Metrics is the word in vogue now. Basically, it means developing fast statistics for your business. How many [...]
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