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PopCap: Massive Stimulus = Massive Fraud
PopCap: Massive Stimulus = Massive Fraud
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) As the federal government prepares to flood the American economy with its multi-trillion dollar stimulus package, there are two things I…
May 29, 2009
The Rashomon Effect
“Rashomon” is a classic 1950s black and white Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa. The movie depicts the (possible? probable?) rape of a woman and (apparent)…
May 28, 2009
$10.7 Million
$10.7 million is what Mayor Gavin Newsom calculates the city of San Francisco spends annually to clean up discarded cigarette butts from “gutters, drainpipes and…
May 27, 2009
“Endlessly Curious”
It is easy to say that life is a matter of how you look at it, that things turn out best for those who make…
May 26, 2009
PopCap: “Tax What You Burn, Not What You Earn”
(A Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Al Gore said it and I’m supporting it: “Tax what you burn, not what you earn.” While I’m far from…
May 22, 2009
“Large Scale Waiting”
I’m reading Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” (sorry it took me so long to get to it, Oprah!) and learning how to be more…
May 21, 2009
“Just Three Things”
How much data can people realistically absorb? Particularly in a meeting or in a short time? There is a reason phone numbers are separated by…
May 20, 2009
“The Joys of Frugality”
There it was, right on the cover of Parade magazine in my Sunday hometown newspaper. An article titled, “The Joys of Frugality.” Finally. Being thrifty…
May 19, 2009
The Most Important Variable
How long would you wait for a treat? Researchers put four-year-old children, one at a time, in a small room with a treat (a toy,…
May 18, 2009
PopCap: “From Its Poorest Citizen”
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) At its best, being an elected official is a calling, a response to a sense of duty. There is an acute…
May 15, 2009
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
We all have many roles we play in our lives. Two major roles of mine are businessperson and spiritual being. In one role I am…
May 14, 2009
Four Human Needs
– Love and belonging: Have people in our lives we care about and who care about us – Power and recognition: Respect of our peers,…
May 13, 2009
Our Actions Influence Our Feelings
Occasionally I hear people say, “I can’t help it. I just feel that way.” It turns out, we have more control over our emotions than…
May 12, 2009
Recency Bias
“Recency bias” is a tendency to give greater importance to more-recent events than to less-recent events. Recency bias is just another way of saying people…
May 11, 2009
PopCap: Excusitis
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) Excusitis is the unwillingness to accept responsibility for our actions and their consequences, either individually (the dog ate my homework, I…
May 8, 2009
You can’t lose what you never had
A Team Member spoke regretfully to me the other day: She was negotiating to sell a house, going back and forth with a potential buyer,…
May 7, 2009Musings on Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership
Harvard Business Review’s September 2008 issue ran an article, “Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership,” by Daniel Goleman. The emphasis of the article was…
May 6, 2009
How to Get 15 Years’ Experience in 10 Years
Terry J. Lundgren, CEO of Macy’s, quoting his father’s advice to him (New York Times, April 12, 2009): “You just have to work harder. ‘If…
May 5, 2009
Trayless Dining
In one fell swoop, we are going to – conserve water – reduce food waste – save energy – save money, AND – combat obesity…
May 4, 2009
PopCap: Global Shame
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) The Marlboro Man is “pushing hard to boost global sales before U.S.-style tobacco restrictions spread… ramping up sales in overseas markets…
May 1, 2009