February 9, 2009 · 11:35 am
We all tend to put things into little niches. It’s probably the only way our minds can keep track of all that is going on around us, and given that all THAT STUFF seems to be multiplying each day, the ability to categorize and file away meta data about people, companies, and other things is, in my opinion, key to being a highly-functional person today. Naturally, I thought about this last night while watching the Grammy awards. Continue reading →
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Tagged as advice, Alison Krauss, business, business thinking, Grammy, Grammy Award, grateful dead, Jerry Garcia, Led Zeppelin, life, life lessons, Little Richard, Music, Robert Plant
February 6, 2009 · 11:52 am
One of the changes in the air these days seems to be that people are taking responsibility for their screw-ups and apologizing. I’m not talking about apologies of the lame “mistakes w
ere made” sort. Nope. These are people who probably don’t have to apologize publicly given their stature but who are doing so very openly and very clearly: Continue reading →
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Tagged as barack obama, Bruce Springsteen, business, business thinking, life, life lessons, management, managing, Obama, politics, Wal-Mart, Work
February 5, 2009 · 8:32 am
When our eldest daughter was a toddler, she had an amusing habit. She would sit in her car seat chattering away, regaling us with stories and songs until she fell asleep. The amusing part was she would often fall asleep in the middle of a sentence or verse (some of my friends have the same habit now and I’m always afraid that they’ll spill whatever they’re holding…). It was a monologue, something she was doing for her own benefit. We’d hear her but not – she was just making noise until she fell asleep. Continue reading →
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