Archive for October, 2011
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Friday, October 7th, 2011I read on MSN this morning about a study that found that promotion decisions are often based on favoritism. I’m wondering why this is news. I mean, isn’t the whole point of pretty much every self-help management/career book and seminar to learn how to work in a way that helps you win friends in order [...]
Links for Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Rest in peace, Mr. Jobs. I can’t say I liked all of your products but we do own several of them. I have an iPod Classic 160GB crammed full of music, and iPod Nano for running, an Apple Time Capsule, my wife has an iPhone 3Gs, my oldest son has an iPod Classic 160GB and [...]
Links for Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Here are a few links for today: Fannie Mae Knew Early of Abuses, Report Says (nytimes.com) Thinking about writing a book? Read this excellent short post: Why and How I Self-Published a Book (jamesaltucher.com). Getting your Outlook organized (tutorial): Outlook Best Practices: How Harry got organized. (office.microsoft.com) The videos are kind of hokey but still [...]
Setting and Achieving Goals (My Experience)
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011My link to Brian Tracy’s blog post yesterday hit home because last February, I decided I was going to start running. I was 41 at the time (technically I’m still 41 but will be turning 42 on October 15th) and felt like I was in a major funk. I felt horrible. I had actually been [...]
Links of the Day
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011I’m thinking about starting a deal where I link to a couple of articles a day. I see lots of stuff and I don’t always have time to add my thoughts to them before I post them so this will be a way I can share stuff without having to make a big deal about [...]
A Brief Look at International Indexes (Brutal Year So Far)
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011It’s nasty out there, folks. One bright spot is Venezuela. Not sure why.
Oil Prices Are Dropping…
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Oil prices appear to be the lowest they have been over the last year: I just wish gas prices would drop just as quickly. If my memory serves, when the price of oil surged earlier this year to $114 per barrel, gas prices surged to around $3.60 per gallon (around where I live anyway). Now [...]
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