The Sky Is Falling!
Chicken Little was sure of it. I am too. I felt it. Didn’t you? Bang. There goes another one. I especially feel this way when I look at news — or read a newspaper (yes I still do that, … Source: The Sky Is Falling!
The Sky Is Falling!
Chicken Little was sure of it. I am too. I felt it. Didn’t you? Bang. There goes another one. I especially feel this way when I look at news — or read a newspaper (yes I still do that, although I’m not sure why). Here’s the deal: Chicken Little attracted ATTENTION when she said the […]
Basket Envy
Have you seen it at Costco? It’s almost a sport. People peek over the top of others’ overstuffed shopping carts… on the way IN and on the way OUT! On the way IN they’re saying, “What do I need to look for once I get in?” On the way OUT, they say (I’ve actually heard […]
What, Me Worry?
I’m still plowing through the 1944 Dale Carnegie book, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. The truth of his words in today’s 2016 world makes me realize we’re not that much different today than we were 72 years ago. Or maybe 172 years ago. Or 1172 years ago. I don’t know. For today’s entry I am sharing […]
Stop 50% of Business Worries in 4 Steps
This is the first of the “100 Words or Less” series on Business and Life Trends: As in what else IS there? Today, we offer a short, four point list from Dale Carnegie’s 1944 (!) book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. These are from chapter five, “How to Eliminate Fifty Percent of Your Business […]
Decision Making
TOO MANY CHOICES Whether it’s business, our health, or our insurance policies, the problem is the same. We have too many choices. Result: We don’t choose. We do nothing at all. We’re exhausted and we’re paralyzed. Here are three folks who can tell us why we are not happier, and not smarter and not better off […]
Clutter
Clutter. It was everywhere I looked. I spent a day (a whole day!) fighting it off, but it rolled right back in like a peeping-Tom wave to a nude beach. This phenomenon is known in family circles as the “clutter factor (CF).” Here’s the formula: CF = (Number of people in the living unit) to a factor […]
Saving Money
Saving money by spending is my idea of a good time. As in, “Look how much money we saved when I bought that [fill-in-the-blank] on sale.” Although buying something on sale to justify spending isn’t a good practice, it is the correct attitude if you really needed the item. Same thing goes for businesses. Really. Sometimes you spend money […]
Seeing With Fresh Eyes
Everyone from marketers to writers to web designers needs Fresh Eyes. Find out why and how.