You’re Fired… Have you ever been fired? I’m sure there are dozens of you who have been… Laid Off, Furloughed, Downsized, Rightsized, Repurposed, Outsourced, Reduction in Force (RIF), Involuntary Reduction in Force, Voluntary Reduction in Force, Bum Closed Down, Disengaged, Down Fired, Free Idled, Inactivated, Leisured, Resting, Unapplied, Underemployed, Unengaged, Unexercised, Unoccupied, Unused & Workless……
Details‘300′ – My Epic Battle with Networking Have you ever seen the movie ‘300′? Well I haven’t… well kinda! It’s almost like ‘It’s a Wonderful Lif’e’… but kinda! Let me explain. Back in the 70’s, 80’s and into the 90’s, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ was in the public domain. Around Christmas time, it was shown…
DetailsTime to Make Time I am often asked… “Where do you find the time to do all you do?”. I respond… “I try to be hyper organized and I try to rate the usefulness or necessity of activities from 1-10. Doing work that I get paid for is a 10. I will let you imagine…
DetailsAre you afraid of trying new things? I am not talking about a new flavor of sugar free Jello… I am talking stepping out of your comfort zone. That was me last week… venturing into the world of (three doom-y crashing chords – Duh-duh-durr!) Public Relations (audience gasps with fear). I am pretty much a multi-tech geek,…
DetailsHope you are not offended by the word ‘crap’? It’s one of those iffy words… plus what it stands for is kinda stinky. It has many synonyms… my thesaurus lists: excrement: feces, excreta, stools, droppings; waste matter, ordure, dung; informal poop, poo, dirt, turds, caca (and the one you can’t say that begins with ‘S’). But…
DetailsJiggy Wit It… I bet your not thinking about your taxes yet? Well I was… I have been going to Dino (at Marnell Financial Services Inc.) for about 15 years now. Every quarter we have a standing appointment to review where we are as far as personal and business taxes are concerned. The first time…
DetailsThats’ Geek to Me… Have you ever watched a speech at the United Nations? You have people from countries from all over the world listening to speeches with one ear glued to a white ear ring. That… my friends… is a translator talking to delegates and guests in their native language. Hence my challenge… I…
DetailsSorry if this is a repeat, but it was so well received last year… I had to run it again! The start of a new year is a good time to reflect on your business’s progress over the past year and plan how you want your business to develop. Do you want increased success in 2010 or…
DetailsSo how did Santa treat you this year? Hopefully he brought you a new Mac or IPhone for Christmas? If he did congratulations… You will have so much more time to do things you want to do. At our family Christmas get together, there was much fun tracking Santa with Google Earth on our IPhones.…
DetailsThe Sleigh Ride… Sorry if you were expecting this Saturday… We were out of town at our son Timmy’s graduation from Western Illinois University! Not an easy drive under normal conditions, but in white out conditions, it was just… shall I say… a challenge! When you can’t see the lines on the road, you tend…
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