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It's Not Enough
Published on 2010-01-23 06:50:00
This winter I had all my flu shots. Somehow that didn't make a difference because I caught a bug that knocked me out for 3 days and had me operating at half speed for close to 4 weeks.On the worst day of this affliction (a work day) I went to a local walk in clinic. I expected to have to wait but instead was in and out in less than 5 minutes with a prescription in hand. The piece of paper led me to believe that whatever I had would get knocked down. The drugs helped for a time but it was clear t
It's all you need
Published on 2010-01-16 06:24:00
When I first started my career in sales and marketing in the 80's the one tool you absolutely needed was an American Express Card. Often I was dispatched to open up a new geography for my company. In those situtations having the card was great, I could buy air tickets, book hotel rooms, hire translators, rent cars, entertain (I mean negotiate) with customers and local partners. I could get things rolling without having to see my banker for an increase in my credit limit before each trip or pr
NYT Year in Ideas
Published on 2009-12-13 12:04:00
My favourite edition of the Sunday New York Times was published today. This is the article called The Year in Ideas. The piece is full of very cool ideas related to Business, Technology, Design, etc...The idea I like the most is - Random Promotions, here's a quote:“…we wrongly assume that people who are good at their jobs will also be good at jobs that are one rung up on the corporate ladder — so we promote them. But often the new job is so different from the previous job that the employee
