I am getting a bit tired of the harping, fear-mongering and bad stuff on the news these days. It’s my fault, I have been a news-on-cable morning junkie. You can get anything at 6 am. But watching these shows can make you miss some important happenings. What better weekend to share things than Memorial Day. [...]
Archive for May, 2010
8 Things That Are Going Well in America
Posted in May 29th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
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Men I Grew Up With, Another One Dies: RIP Art Linkletter
Posted in May 26th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
Millions of baby boomers remember Art Linkletter, who died today at 97. Truth: I thought he had already died. In this age of YouTube, we forget that some early TV was simply precious and timeless. Watch this clip featuring Art from his old TV series HouseParty. [youtube fCHIM-bGiTI] You are welcome.
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New College Grads Who Are Taking the Summer Off: Some Unsolicited Advice
Posted in May 26th, 2010
Like Spring Break trips, cell phones for six-year-olds, and $4 lattes, taking the summer off after graduating from college seems like the thing to do. It must have something to do with all the pain and suffering one has to fight through on college campuses today. Summer is about on us, graduation speeches are [...]
Things I Want To Fess Up To
Posted in May 20th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
Ed. Note: Inspired by Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal who joined John Edwards in the Lawmaker’s Liars Club, I want to make it clear that I have not done the following. Please add your own “fesses” in your comments. I did not win a gold medal. I did not invent the first computer game. I did not [...]
Reality Bites, Going Viral and What Really Works
Posted in May 13th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
Musings… If you read today’s business books and blogs you might get the wrong impression about how easy it is to throw something together, some product or idea, and THE INTERNET will take you to financial heaven. You might even sit in on meetings where the major topic is basically HOW DO WE GET [...]
Buy or Borrow?
Posted in May 5th, 2010
Today’s Seth Godin was particularly noteworthy for lots of reasons. When Mr. Godin speaks about this issue, unlike Suzie “The Harpie” Orman, he has a different way of saying it that makes it more relevant. Nicely done, Seth. BTW, Seth Godin’s guest post Don’t Even Try to Get a Job! done for WWDS is still [...]
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Ten Things You Can Do Today to Earn Respect in the Workplace
Posted in May 3rd, 2010
Millennials, or Generation Y, are those individuals born between 1980 and 1995. These young adults are entering the workforce enmasse and, once baby boomers begin to retire, but only after our 201k/s become 401 k/s again, will become the new middle management working class. These young adults, in three years or so, will be the predominant [...]
