How To Talk To Your Boss: Corporations And Small Companies
July 14th, 2007
From Giles Bowkett’s web site:
With a corporation, you should only tell your boss about success you’ve attained or problems you need him to solve. This is because corporate managers deal mainly in delegations, introductions, and schedules.
If you tell a corporate manager about a problem only you can solve, he/she will think, ah, they’re telling me about a problem they have, I don’t know how to solve it, so I’ll delegate this to XYZ person. Then you end up with XYZ person tripping all over the problem space, trying to figure it out, while you try to implement the solution.
Top 10 Banned Books of the 20th Century
July 13th, 2007
13 Writing Tips by Chuck Palahniuk
July 12th, 2007
From Chuck Palahniuk’s web site:
Twenty years ago, a friend and I walked around downtown Portland at Christmas. The big department stores: Meier and Frank… Fredrick and Nelson… Nordstroms… their big display windows each held a simple, pretty scene: a mannequin wearing clothes or a perfume bottle sitting in fake snow. But the windows at the J.J. Newberry’s store, damn, they were crammed with dolls and tinsel and spatulas and screwdriver sets and pillows, vacuum cleaners, plastic hangers, gerbils, silk flowers, candy – you get the point. Each of the hundreds of different objects was priced with a faded circle of red cardboard. And walking past, my friend, Laurie, took a long look and said, “Their window-dressing philosophy must be: ‘If the window doesn’t look quite right – put more in’.”
Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again
July 11th, 2007
Every day, 2.2 million Americans complain of being tired. Most of us chalk it up to having too much to do and not enough time to do it in, especially during extra-busy periods. But often the true culprits are our everyday habits: what we eat, how we sleep, and how we cope emotionally.
Click here for some simple, recharging changes that can help you tackle all of the energy stealers in your life.
The 5 Basic Survival Skills
July 10th, 2007
Acquiring survival skills is an ongoing process that will last for your entire life. There is always more to learn and experience, which is part of the fun of being a survivor. And as your expertise grows the knowledge and abilities you gain is often useful in other areas. For example survivors prepare ahead of time, and they are experts in the art of ingenuity and inventiveness. Excellent attributes for anyone.
How to become a manager at 25
July 9th, 2007
Leaders are born and not bred. Are they a breed of a higher caliber, and a greater business acumen?
“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.” – Napoleon Hill
“Winners can tell you where they are going, what the plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” – Denis Waitley
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
Seven Blunders of the World
July 7th, 2007
The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi during his last days. The seven blunders are:
– Wealth without work
– Pleasure without conscience
– Knowledge without character
– Commerce without morality
– Science without humanity
– Worship without sacrifice
– Politics without principle
Toxicity of common drugs
July 6th, 2007
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