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DNA Evidence Foolproof? NOT!
One of my pet peeves is our willingness to accept information offered up as solid fact without giving it a good smell test, without subjecting…
August 31, 2009Calculated Risk
A calculated risk is a course of action undertaken after carefully considering all possible outcomes, preparing appropriately for each, and deciding that the potential upside…
December 23, 2010PopCap: Full Disclosure, Complete Transparency: Basic Minimums of Trust
(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Markets, businesses, and relationships all flourish when trust exists. If I have to spend all my time guarding my back,…
September 4, 2009Four Ways to Spend Money
The late Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, on the four ways you can spend money: 1) “You can spend your own money…
June 1, 2011Creating Value vs. Transferring Value
As a business person it is my goal to create value. Value is created when the whole is more than the sum of the parts,…
August 31, 2010Every Yes is a No
Most of us are limited in some respect, often by time, money, or energy. This is true for organizations as well as individuals. It is…
December 10, 2007Running on “Soular” Power
Running on “Soul” Power means tapping into your true purpose, living your life awake, vigorous and vital. As inspirational and invigorating as it may sound,…
May 25, 2023Hurry Sickness
Hurry sickness, n. A malaise where a person feels chronically short of time so tends to perform every task quickly and to get flustered when…
June 2, 2011Active Listening: Listening to Understand
Most of what we call listening is really “waiting to speak.” Here is how people “hear” us: You say something, sounds are heard by another…
June 6, 2013Run Straight at the Pain and You will Develop Superpowers
I’m not talking about physical pain so much as I am about emotional/social pain i.e. the ‘pain’ of self-discipline, the ‘pain’ of social rejection, the…
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