There is a story this morning in USA Today about frequent fliers and how courtesy in the skies is a long-gone thing. It really sounded very familiar – someone on a plane behaving as if it is their own private jet instead of shared space. It came on the heels of another post yesterday on a local blog here about people who park in handicapped spaces without stickers. This blog had written the day prior about people “reserving” sections of our local beach even though there are clear rules against it. The Mrs. calls it the “rules don’t apply to me” attitude and views it as a safety issue. After all, how often do you see someone driving while on the phone or looking down at their phone to text as they roll through a stop sign? We see it a lot.
So what does this have to do with business, you ask? It has to do with a entitled mindset and THAT, dear readers, has a lot to do with business success – or lack thereof! Continue reading
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Entitled People Aren’t Great Executives
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks
Getting Slim
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So here we are at the end of another week and as usual we’re going to talk about food. Today, however, I want to talk a bit about how food and I have changed our relationship over the last few months and how that may actually relate to business. I’m also hoping it might be helpful to those of you who want to dump a few extra pounds as I recently did. 30 of them, to be exact, and aside from having to buy a bunch of new clothes for which I was overdue anyway, there’s only good that’s come of it. So how did I do it and how can this possibly be business-related? Continue reading
Filed under food, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Forgive And Remember
We all make mistakes. Some of them are relatively minor and are great learning experiences. Others are heinous and offensive and reflect bad judgement as well as bad character. No, I’m not writing with a guilty conscience this morning. I am writing, however, after having seen a couple of announcements in the last few days which got me thinking about forgiveness.
“Forgive and forget” is a grand idea. Every major religion talks to the topic and giving forgiveness is, in fact, mandatory in Judaism once someone apologizes and makes amends. I expect it’s thought of in a similar manner in other faiths. And while “forgiveness” is an admirable quality, I’m not sure “forgetting” is in that context. But let’s see what you think. Continue reading
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