SOPA, PIPA and Your Brain

This issue seems blown out of proportion. I see numerous sites and friends citing Google or Wikipedia as their guide to the decision to oppose this legislation. Hey, if dear Google is against it, I should be too, right? In my younger days, when a big corporation...

Are You Executive Material?

So, you think you are executive material? Let’s see.The best CEOs and managers I know never interrupt meetings with phone calls. I know of no good manager who will bring a cell phone into a meeting.Do you constantly interrupt the person you’re talking with...

Clean House

If it’s in your inventory and hasn’t sold for a year, mark it down to whatever it will take to get rid of it by the end of January. Your other choice is to give it to a good client who might be able to use your unsold, dead inventory. ANYTHING is better...

Habit to Form NOW

Important habit for 2012 and beyond: BE ON TIME. I don’t care who you are or how important you think you are, BE ON TIME for calls, conferences, meetings, etc. Deliver on promises on time. Turn in proposals or reports or email answers when promised. Being on...