I was doing some calculating recently from a galloping horse, and realized that I have spent about 50,000 hours in my office chair. That’s almost six years. Let’s agree that I am off a bit….”from a galloping horse”….but it’s still five years at least, give or take. Come to think of it, I did do [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Is a Nice Chair Too Much to Ask For?
Posted in February 13th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
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A CEO Speech.
Posted in February 11th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
I don’t want to mince words here, but I thought I should address some concerns that you and your families are having about these economic times and the mess we are in. Like you, I go home and watch the news shows and wonder about our future. Will this plan work or won’t it? Find [...]
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10 Job Sites With Unique Opportunities, Says Lifehack
Posted in February 10th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Job seekers need new and better resources all the time. Lifehack, one of the world’s top 100 blogs according to Technorati, has suggested ten sites for us with unique opportunities. What a great list! If I were a job seeker, personally, I would concentrate on this list, especially Number 3 on the list. Number 3 [...]
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What’s In the Perfect Thank You Note, After the Interview?
Posted in February 10th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Sometime my career advice can be too general to be helpful. It is easy to say “Be sure to write a thank you note after the interview.” I made a list of five things to specifically and directly put in your thank you note over at US NEWS and WORLD REPORT today. Sorry about the [...]
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Inspiration, Motivation Just the Way I Like It: Short & Sweet 2 Minutes
Posted in February 9th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Hat Tip: seen first at eppsnet.com Two minutes of inspirational speeches. Especially good for the A-D-D afflicted. [youtube d6wRkzCW5qI]
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“When I Say I’m Going To Be There, I’m Going to be There…”
Posted in February 6th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Hat Tip: Tim
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Geraldo: “Sully is the New Charles Lindbergh.” My Prediction: Next Week All of America Will Love Sully.
Posted in February 5th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Air Force Academy graduate Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is the US Air pilot who miraculously landed his passenger jet in the Hudson River last month. Since then, he has been quiet, much to my dismay, but will soon break radio and TV silence on Sunday, February 8th, on 60 Minutes. After that, the USAFA graduate, Class [...]
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List of Madoff Clients: Compelling Like a Train Wreck
Posted in February 5th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Late yesterday, in a court filing in Manhattan, the list of several thousand clients who lost money with Bernard Madoff was made public for the first time. For the people on the list….like Sandy Koufax or Kevin Bacon….this episode was a tragic lesson. For Sandy, he can sign a few more baseballs and live in [...]
Young Companies Need a Bailout, Too.
Posted in February 5th, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Want to stimulate the economy? Ezy-pzy, just give every entrepreneur who has demonstrated success in starting and building a new business, a $100,000 no-strings attached grant, (sort of like the original TARP money). They will put that money to use building new products and services faster than you can say Pelosi-Reid-Obama. Even better, give the [...]
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Hitchhiking on Seth and Sully
Posted in February 3rd, 2009
by admin in Work-related
Random catch up today. 1. Did you read my man Seth Godin’s post today, called Grave New World? The first line belongs in the New Bartlett’s. Seth wrote, “Creativity loves a problem but it hates a lousy audience.” Priceless. It’s easy being a lousy audience to creative ideas, harder to be a great one. I [...]
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