Archive for February 2017
“Under New Management” is a good sign to see, right? – SCN Encourager
Sometimes I’m not so sure. Usually something else was the problem. The location. The menu. The parking. The product. The employees. But since it’s “the management” who ‘s at the top, I guess rolling an “out with the old and in with the new” strategy can’t hurt. And this actually worked great for Intel awhile back… in a way. Most…
Read MoreHow can you tell when a recommended strategy will really work? – SCN Encourager
Just remember why the chicken crossed the road. Take a look from “the other side.” Yesterday I wrote about one of our major self-induced stressors. And I hauled out some unnamed (er, uncompensated) experts to help us deal with it. Apparently it’s common for us to believe that by shoehorning way-too-many items onto our calendars, we can have it…
Read MoreTime. Money. Food. Managing those are a snap compared to managing yourself. – SCN Encourager
At least that’s what the experts say. And who am I to argue? I could be the DIT (do-it-tomorrow) poster boy they haul out to scare people into attending self-improvement and time management workshops. Dang. I hope the experts appreciate how much I help them drive up their revenues. Luckily, I don’t have to shell out big bucks for their obstacle-identification…
Read MoreIs the popular “pursue your passion” directive over-rated? – SCN Encourager
Is your inner passion really the key motivator? Tough questions, for sure. It’s too bad I’ve got to make my response speedy-kwik. On the sly even. Because if Cindy found out I was delving into the topic of feelings, desires, and passions… the teasing around here would be non-stop. Merciless. But Drew Houston, the founder of Dropbox said something quite interesting about pursuit of…
Read MoreAre people like me placing Amazon’s rapid growth at risk? – SCN Encourager
But I wonder if founder Jeff Bezos has even noticed. Probably not. I can’t imagine the 3rd richest man in the world keeping track of every knucklehead. So that takes me off his radar. For now. But still… I’m impressed. Did did you catch this piece of financial news? Amazon now has a market value greater than Walmart, Target, Best Buy,…
Read MoreThe secret to getting a response to your email – SCN Encourager
Replies? Forget about replies. I’d be happy to just get my emails read! But apparently – for everyone else in the world – the bigger problem is “not getting replies” to email messages. Oh well, shows you what I know. I just hope they know what they’re wishing for. Fortunately, after studying more than 350,000 emails and…
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