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Change Your Story, Change Your Life
We pick up a lot of programming in life, often without realizing or understanding it as such, especially in our malleable early years. The stories…
April 12, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #6 Keep the Promises You Make to Others
“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 6. Keep the promises you make to others. By making and keeping our resolves and promises, we…
April 1, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #4 Perform Anonymous Service
“30 Methods of Influence” By Stephen Covey 4. Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth…
March 18, 2010
Ineffable
in•ef•fa•ble [in-ef’-uh-buhl] adj. 1. incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. Synonym: unspeakable 2. not to be uttered; taboo 3. too great or intense to…
March 12, 2010
PopCap: CEO 101: Manage Appearances, Ignore Reality
(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) A new study of 1,300 corporate bosses, board directors, and analysts found that CEOs frequently “responded to negative appraisals from…
February 26, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #1 Refrain from saying the unkind or negative thing
“30 Methods of Influence” By Stephen Covey 1. Refrain from saying the unkind or negative thing, particularly when you are provoked or fatigued. In these…
February 25, 2010
“Don’t Believe Everything You Think”
“Don’t believe everything you think” is an important admonition on the importance of living an examined life, on the necessity of keeping an open mind,…
February 17, 2010
“Fascinate,” Sally Hogshead Style
“Fascinate” is a new book by Sally Hogshead. Part marketing tips, part self-help, I found the book an easy, entertaining read in the style of…
February 15, 2010
PopCap: Einstein and CEO Pay
(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Who creates the real value in American companies? Is it the average worker? The at-risk capital of the shareholders?…
February 12, 2010
True Cost
Do you ever wonder what the true costs of things are? How much does it really cost to manufacture and assemble something? How much…
February 2, 2010
Positive Thinking vs. Magical Thinking
Thinking will NOT make it so. Or at least thinking will not automatically make it so. Positive thinking will not robotically make your troubles go…
January 27, 2010