Where will you be? Here are 9 places to be: 1. Wherever it is, your reputation is intact. 2. Your customers appreciate you even more. 3. Your suppliers are even more supportive. 4. You and your employees have learned new skills. 5. In front, encouraging others and not whining about how bad it is. 6. [...]
Archive for January, 2009
What Would YOUR Dad Say?
Posted in January 30th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
From DIG YOUR JOB, “Best and Worst Career Advice from Other Dads” About 8 years ago I was totally down in my job. My bosses were tyrants and you never knew whether you were going to get Dr. Jekkyl or Mrs. Hyde. I complained a lot about the situation, but would never do anything because [...]
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How To Tell if Your Boss is a Toolbag
Posted in January 28th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Admission: One of my favorite blogs is about FASHION. It’s called MagnificientBastard; where the author discusses male fashion and how us men can better and more appropriately dress ourselves. We, I need it. Frankly, I have reached the Fashion Ambivalent stage of my life where most of my fashion issues have been solved by wearing [...]
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How The Original Horse’s Ass Determined So Much
Posted in January 28th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Ed. Note: Most of us have heard the story about the farm wife who would always cut off both ends of the roast before she put in the oven. When her daughter asked her why she cut them off, she said that her mother had always done it that way, so she did it, too. [...]
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Yet Another Security Breach at Monster
Posted in January 25th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
From SlashDot this morning: “There’s been another break-in at Monster.com. It’s surprising that there are still unencrypted passwords stored in database despite the previous hack, as is the decision to not email users — presumably so that no one will make a fuss. From PC World: ‘Monster.com user IDs and passwords were stolen, along with [...]
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OK, My Bad. Ice Fishing Tournament NoWhere Close to 150k
Posted in January 25th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
I swear someone told me that this ice fishing tournament attracted 150,000 anglers. Turns out that was the prize money, not Des Moines who would be freezing their collective tushes off ” up north.” Still, nine thousand people fishing on a frozen lake makes for interesting visuals and commentary. By Minnesota standards, it was a [...]
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Used to Be…
Posted in January 22nd, 2009
by admin in Work-related
…Bosses were not so touchy-feely. …No one cared about your motivation to do the job. It was expected that you were motivated when you arrived. …Results mattered more. …When company or sales meetings occurred, if you had not studied or learned your ‘stuff’ you were called on the carpet. Or shown the door. …Fairness and [...]
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Want to Go Fishing This Weekend?
Posted in January 21st, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Here in Minnesota, we relish the cold weather. We love the cold, the snow, the ice, cross country skiing, outdoor hockey and football. We’re Norwegians mostly, so we didn’t find the accents in Fargo, the movie, all that strange to be honest witcha. You betcha. Anyway, we are having the world’s largest ice fishing contest [...]
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42 Rules for Obama’s First Week
Posted in January 20th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Ed. Note: Last summer, I left a post over at US NEWS for recent college grads about to start their first job titled “42 Rules for Your First Week.” I thought President Obama may like to review them. 1. Show up on time. 2. Wear clean clothes. 3. Don’t ask about the vacation policy. 4. [...]
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