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“…We never know what moment our lives will be judged on.”

Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the U.S. Airways pilot who successfully “landed” an Airbus in the Hudson River, has a memoir due out

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Don’t Believe Everything You Read… Part 3

Americans devour polls. We just love to know what everybody else is thinking. We give weight and credibility to poll results, especially

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“I Get So Mad When…” AKA Giving Away Your Personal Power

“I feel so ‘X’ when you do ‘Y’” or “I get so ‘X’ when ’Y’ happens.” We all make statements like this.

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Candor: How Little We Get, How Much We Need It

We recently transferred a Team Member to a less-demanding position because, while he/she had terrific talents in many areas, this TM needed

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PopCap: Health Care vs. Healthy Behavior: John F. Kennedy and the Presidential Fitness Award

(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Some of the “easiest” savings in health care costs in America can come from Americans, as individuals

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Don’t Believe Everything You Read (Part 2)

It amazes me what people will believe. Stock market data going back 200 years? I remember shaking my head in 1994 when

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A Guarantee is Only as Good as the Guarantor

I often shake my head in dismay when I read financial “advice” columns. So many important details are glossed over. An October

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“Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior”

I recently attended a book club gathering whose participants discussed “Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior,” by Ori Brafman and Rom

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Life is constantly reflecting back to us. We often are most upset with others when we encounter the things we most fear

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PopCap: Prove the Savings First, Please

(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits — either now or

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GNP vs. GNH (Gross National Happiness)

The Kingdom of Bhutan is attempting to calculate its GNH, its Gross National Happiness. And what is Gross National Happiness? Bhutan is

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Good Intentions Are Not Enough

We have good hearts and we want to help. Unfortunately, at times our attempts to help, our interventions, can be ineffective and