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The Joys of Simplicity
Effectively thinking outside the box requires a deep knowledge of the key elements of a system along with the raw courage to eliminate the superfluous…
October 3, 2008PopCap: 5% Truth, 95% BS
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) We can always find ways to justify the junket we want to take, the perk of which we are most fond.…
March 27, 2009Success in Six Steps
# 1 “Thoughts Are Power” Always be positive, focus on what you want to create, what you want to be. Create contingency plans, have backups,…
August 11, 2015100,000 Americans Die…
100,000 Americans die each year from hospital-acquired infections, many passed on by hospital workers from sinks and hand sanitizer dispensers inside and outside patient rooms.…
December 13, 2011360-Degree Feedback
A Classic Post from the NSCBlog Archive Originally posted on February 1, 2008 I recently asked a ten-year+ Team Member to complete an evaluation of…
March 30, 2010Beware Inertia Spending
Inertia spending is when you incur some expense or repeat some process or event simply because that is the way it has always been done.…
June 4, 2013The Long Hours Premium: Is 40 Hours the New Part Time?
What is the “Long Hours Premium”? According to the Center for American Progress, “Over the past 15 years, real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) pay for…
June 5, 2014It’s Your One and Only Life, Right? So Own Your Days. Totally.
Everything is connected. Every action you take, every thought you have, every word you speak has consequences. Individually small perhaps, but collectively incredibly powerful. So…
July 7, 2022The Edge
How do you measure greatness? How do you get an edge? In many fields of endeavor the low-hanging fruit, the fruit in sight, has long…
April 13, 2009If it were easy, everyone would do it…
If it were easy, everyone would do it. And it would already be done. Face it, 90 percent of the time the easy stuff has…
August 23, 2011