Food for thought: We’ve noted that several sites recommend using tags that are widely used by other bloggers. Wide use by other bloggers presumably translates into a lot of traffic for that tag. However, we’ve also noted that several of our favorite sites have been discovered by searching under common sense but less used tags. Just as a tree in [...]
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Noteworthy Crowdsource Funding Site: Kickstarter
Posted in Business, Noteworthy Sites, Personal Enrichment, Technology, tagged Crowdsourcing, Financing, Gifts, Innovation, Kickstarter, Publishing, Success, Supermechanical, Twine on 2012/02/12 | 1 Comment »
The crowd sourcing site Kickstarter is a funding platform enabling people to finance the production of an item in exchange for a copy of or other benefit tied to that item. Innovators seeking financing for a project, such as the production of a gadget, but wanting to maintain control over their project can post it on Kickstarter. An innovator sets [...]
A Polite Short-Cut To Customer Service
Posted in Business, Finances, Getting Ahead, tagged Business, Communication, Customer Service, Dispute, Management, Success on 2012/02/10 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re struggling to reach customer service, call a department in the home office that employs licensed professionals – generally, they’ll make more effort to connect you to the appropriate, helpful person.
Long Term Perspective On Success & Failure
Posted in Business, Personal Enrichment, Psychology, tagged Attraction, Business, Failure, Happiness, Love, Marriage, Relationship, Success on 2012/02/03 | Leave a Comment »
Accept that at times you will fail. Likewise, when you do fail, remember that you will experience success again. By the time we retire, we’ll most likely have racked up more failures than successes by nature of living long lives and having the courage to try things. It is the successes – such as marriage, [...]
Posted in Business, Driving, Getting Ahead, tagged Driving, Success on 2012/01/27 | Leave a Comment »
The only way to get your way on city streets is making the other person stop.
Lessons Learned From Pepsi Throwback
Posted in Business, tagged Business, Cola, Corn Syrup, Flavor, Pepsi, Pepsi Throwback, Soda, Sugar, Taste on 2012/01/05 | Leave a Comment »
What has Pepsi throwback taught us? Sugar is much better tasting than corn syrup. To a degree, it can lead to healthier products (e.g. requiring less sodium or more juice).
If “Why Not” Cannot Be Explained, Then Ask Why
Posted in Business, Getting Ahead, Psychology, tagged Innovation, Philosophy, Physics, Quantum Physics, Science, Why, Why Not? on 2011/11/23 | Leave a Comment »
If “why not” cannot be explained, then “why” should be asked. If something seems irrational but you cannot explain why it’s most likely wrong, then time might be better spent and answers found by looking into why it happens.
Negotiate From The Mountain Top, Not The Base
Posted in Business, Finances, Getting Ahead, Manage Successfully, tagged Law, Negotiation, Parties, Politics on 2011/11/15 | Leave a Comment »
If you are going to negotiate over something, the best approach is to be fully informed. Prior to going in, contemplate what actions might be required by the other party in response to any proposals or ultimatums you might make. Legal or practical obligations can affect the other party’s response.
Your Boundaries Come First
Posted in Business, Psychology, tagged Acting, Actor, Boundaries, Ghosts, Ghoul, Goblins, Halloween, Haunted Attractions on 2011/10/31 | Leave a Comment »
Haunted house producers, don’t direct your audience to not touch your actors if you have not communicated a hands off policy to the actors. Even if you have communicated a hands off policy to your actors, any actor that comes into physical contact with an audience member should not be surprised to find himself knocked [...]
Ensure You Understand The Message
Posted in Business, Getting Ahead, Improving Relationships, Interview, Manage Successfully, tagged Behavior, Communication, Employment, Etiquette, Getting Ahead, Interview, Jobs, Office Politics, Successful Management, Workplace Conflict on 2011/10/02 | Leave a Comment »
In business, it’s important to effectively read between the lines. If you’re unsure what a person is trying to communicate, tell them you don’t understand or are confused by their message.
Why Invite Injury?
Posted in Beauty, Business, Finances, Getting Ahead, House Matters, Things Better Off Said, tagged Children & Family, Faith, Friends, Generosity, Trust on 2011/09/05 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t give someone the opportunity to hurt you unless it’s absolutely necessary. When it comes to your and your family’s long term wellbeing, concern for the feelings of others should be set aside. If you don’t trust a person to do a satisfactory job, don’t let him do something for or to you and your family, such as [...]
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Getting Ahead, Personal Enrichment, tagged Art, Business, Creativity, Drawing, Entertainment, Ideas, Painting, Performance, Thoughts, Writing on 2011/08/22 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking for ideas, surf the net, watch documentaries, listen to talk radio, socialize at a cafe, read enlightening magazines.
Posted in Business, Finances, Getting Ahead, Personal Enrichment, tagged Acting, Art, Comedy, Criticism, Critics, Entertainment, Performance, Pleasure, Success, Writing on 2011/08/21 | Leave a Comment »
Who cares what the critics say, as long as the money comes in and your audience is pleased?
What Are The Consequences Of Ignorance?
Posted in Business, Getting Ahead, Manage Successfully, tagged Business, Communication, Education, Employment, Getting Ahead, Inform, Information, Jobs, Office Politics, Performance Evaluation, Perspective, Problem Solving, Results, Success, Successful Management on 2011/07/19 | Leave a Comment »
It’s common sense that information is necessary to make informed decisions. Information is gained as a result of questions. Yet, few managers actually seek to fully inform themselves before making consequential decisions, especially those regarding internal processes and procedures. Instead, many managers make assumptions based on what they witness or the input of a small [...]
Slingshot Your Career
Posted in Business, Getting Ahead, Manage Successfully, tagged Business, Communication, Employment, Feedback, Getting Ahead, Jobs, Leaders, Leadership, Office Politics, Performance Evaluation, Perspective, Success, Successful Management on 2011/06/09 | 1 Comment »
Want to get ahead, impress the leaders within your department, and improve your work performance? When in meetings with department or company leaders, record all questions asked by attending top leaders, regardless of the perceived importance. Then, ensure these questions are answered in advance on future projects.
What Does Infrastructure Say About Your Community?
Posted in Business, Family Enrichment, Getting Ahead, Personal Enrichment, Politics, Psychology, Travel, tagged Bridges, Community, Cronyism, Decay, Development, Ethics, Ethos, Getting Ahead, Goals, Government, Happiness, Infrastructure, Investment, Job Search, Jobs, Law, Moving, Nepotism, Politics, Psychology, Relocating, Roads on 2011/05/23 | Leave a Comment »
If you want an idea of what a community is like, take a look at its infrastructure. The condition of bridges, roads, and other public resources reflects a community’s ethos: it’s priorities, whether the culture is collaborative, the extent to which it is egalitarian – rewarding people based on merit rather than privilege or status, and [...]
Finding Answers By Leaping
Posted in Business, Education, Getting Ahead, Manage Successfully, Personal Enrichment, tagged Business, Getting Ahead, Invention, Outside The Box, Problem Solving, Solution, Spinning Wheels, Take A Leap on 2011/05/09 | Leave a Comment »
Stuck in a rut while trying to find a solution? Break yourself from it by leaping well outside the box. Think of the unimaginable and unrealistic, then work your way backwards. If you’ve been spinning your wheels, you have nothing to lose by spending time outside the box, and lots to gain.
Can Raising Taxes Improve The Economy?
Posted in Business, Finances, Getting Ahead, Hiring Decisions, Manage Successfully, Politics, Unemployment, tagged Business, Business Development, Debate, Depression, Economic Development, Economic Growth, Economic Stimulus, Economist, Economy, Ethics, Government Spending, Growth, Income, Investment, Life, Middle Class, Perspective, Political Arguments, Political Debate, Politics, Poor, President Obama, Propaganda, Raise Taxes, Recession, Rich, Spending, Stagflation, Stagnation, Stimulus, Tax Cut, Tax Cuts, Tax Rate Increases, Tax Rates, Taxes, The WSJ, Unemployment, Wages, Wealthy, WWII on 2011/03/20 | Leave a Comment »
In an earlier post, we considered whether tax rate increases can spur economic development from a historical vantage point. From a conceptual vantage point, it is also evident that tax rate increases can spur economic development. Currently, U.S. effective tax rates (the actual tax liability as a percentage of income)* are nearly the lowest since entering WWII and among [...]
Getting Ahead By Reading Into Conspiracy Theories
Posted in Business, Getting Ahead, Politics, tagged Business, Cassandra, Congress, Consequences, Conspiracy, Debt, Hiring Decisions, Job Search, Jobs, Laws, Layoffs, Lie, Office Politics, Pattern, Politics, Prediction, Problem Solving, Revenues, Starve the Beast, States, Successful Management, Tax Cut, Tax Rates, Taxes, Truth, Unemployment, Workplace Bullies, Workplace Conflict on 2011/01/05 | Leave a Comment »
Regardless of whether conspiracy theories are true, a wise person acknowledges where certain patterns will lead on a long term basis and adjusts her plans and goals accordingly. For example, a political conspiracy theory is that politicians seek to increase certain public-sector costs, such as Defense, and reduce tax rates in order to later argue [...]
Success Requires Risk
Posted in Business, Dating, Getting Ahead, Improving Relationships, Personal Enrichment, tagged Business, Dating, Job Search, Life, Networking, Relationship, Risk, Success on 2010/11/15 | Leave a Comment »
Success requires accepting risk and not being embarrassed by the chances you take. It means caring about the quality of your actions, but not obsessing over what others think of your actions. It also means being conscientious of your audience and how your actions affect others. For example, calling 911 for a date might attract loonies, but [...]
Site Of The Week: WhyNot? Idea Exchange
Posted in Business, Noteworthy Sites, tagged Ayres, Business, Business Development, Community, Economics, Exchange, Expertise, Finance, George Bernard Shaw, Honest Tea, Idea Exchange, Idea Sharing, Ideas, Incentives, Industry, Ingenuity, Innovation, Invention, Investment, Nalebuff, Networking, Problem Solving, Professors, Robert F. Kennedy, Site of the Week, Why Not?, Yale on 2010/10/15 | Leave a Comment »
Two Yale professors, Barry J. Nalebuff and Ian Ayres, created a communal site, WhyNot? Idea Exchange, enabling members to submit and contribute to the development of ideas. (Mr. Nalebuff is also the cofounder of Honest Tea.) To learn more, view the engaging (and humorous!) Yale Economics lecture by Mr. Nalebuff, the inspiration of which he attributes to the following George [...]
Put Your Ideas To Work
Posted in Business, Education, Enrichment, Personal Enrichment, tagged Business, Business Development, Ideas, Industry, Ingenuity, Innovation, Invention, Investment, Life, Networking, Problem Solving on 2010/10/15 | Leave a Comment »
Put your ideas to work. Little by little, give them a chance. Even if you think realizing your concept might be challenging or that someone else might have come up with the concept, you never know what might happen as a result of trying to realize your idea. It could lead to new connections, business opportunities, an invention, [...]
Seek Education
Posted in Business, Education, Getting Ahead, tagged Charity, Dedication, Education, Ethics, Industry, Life, Mission, Politics, Service, Successful Management on 2010/10/06 | Leave a Comment »
To truly assist people over an extended period of time, whether through charity or as a service provider, exhibit some curiosity and a propensity to learn. You do the people you intend to serve no favor by operating with a 20th century cognizance in the 21st century.
Tool For Making Consequential Decisions
Posted in Business, Dating, Family Enrichment, Finances, Getting Ahead, House Matters, Improving Relationships, Job Search, Lessons From Divorce, Manage Successfully, Personal Enrichment, Resignation Tips, tagged Decision Making, Decisions, Goals, Guidance, Life, Making Decisions, Priorities, Problem Solving, Resign, Resignation, Successful Management, What to do? on 2010/09/24 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to make a big decision, such as leaving a job or buying a house? The following steps might aid in making the decision. Identify your goals and priorities. To the extent possible, establish measurements for these two items. Identify why you want to make the decision. What are the differences achieved by the decision? [...]
Site Of The Week: Modeled Behavior
Posted in Business, Education, Finances, Noteworthy Sites, Politics, tagged Business, Enrichment, Industry, Life, Site of the Week on 2010/08/27 | Leave a Comment »
Modeled Behavior applies statistics to a diversity of matters - economic, political, social, etc. – in a cooperative environment with its readers.
Poll: How will business ethics be affected as more women assume leadership roles?
Posted in Business, Polls, tagged Employment, Ethics, Hiring Decisions, Jobs, Office Politics, Poll, Successful Management on 2010/08/22 | 1 Comment »
Step Aside, Dreamer
Posted in Business, Getting Ahead, Improving Relationships, Manage Successfully, Personal Enrichment, tagged Business on 2010/08/14 | Leave a Comment »
If you have a hot business idea, do not involve others until you’ve fully developed the business plan. Nobody wants their time wasted by perpetual and habitual dreamers. You’re more likely to be taken seriously if you approach people with a fully thought out and researched business plan.
