I am the best consultant in the world. I hereby proclaim myself the king of all consultants. There I said it. It is now absolutely true that I said it and if a blog or newspaper or one of you quotes me as saying it, that quote is 100% true. You’ll not get me denying having said it. There’s only one problem with that fact: the statement itself may not be true. So what does this have to do with you and how you approach things? Continue reading
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The Cat and the Squirrel
I was out in the yard the other day when I heard this tremendous commotion down in the lower part of the yard. Turns out it was a cat chasing a squirrel. There’s a woman down the street who has a number of cats and they roam the neighborhood. Most are pretty ordinary except one has three legs and one is as black as great coffee. It was this black one I saw giving its all to catch the squirrel and of course the immediate thought I had, which pertains to cats and business, was what is it going to do when it catches it? Continue reading
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Common Sense
A friend sent me a copy of an email that’s been around the web since 1998 which reminded me of an excellent point. This mail started out as a blog post and has been excerpted and rewritten several times and it deals with the topic of common sense. No, it has nothing to do with Thomas Paine (although his pamphlet would make great reading in today’s climate). Instead, it has to do with sound judgment and that’s what triggered my thought. Continue reading
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