Your survival could depend on it! Are you up to date with your user experience? I have been coveting my friend's iPhone. It is true I have both a Palm Pilot and a Blackberry but the iPhone is getting more and more attractive. Not just because it has got a nice user...
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Happy or Successful? Which will you pursue?
Click here to listen to this as a podcast. Click here to download the Happy versus Successful graphic On a recent birthday I was looking back at the strategies that my friends from high school and college and I employed to get where we are today. We assumed that...
Just Flip a Coin Instead
Sometimes decisions aren't worth the cost of deciding Click to hear the original Get-it-Done Guy podcast. [Subscribe at iTunes (search for "Get It Done Guy") or http://GetItDone.QuickAndDirtyTips.com] This article is a reprint of an episode of my new podcast. You can...
Is Counting the Root of all Evil?
Click here to listen to this article as a podcast. The love of money isn't the root of all evil; arithmetic is the root of all evil. More specifically, counting. Don't get me wrong; counting was a wonderful invention. It has its uses. We can keep track of kids: "Are...
Is "nice" good business or just wishful thinking?
Click here to hear this article as a podcast. I'd like to share with you a LinkedIn exchange I had on the topic of whether Being Nice is a good business strategy. Questioner Is there power in being nice, with people in general or as a management tool? ... Do you...
Are you as good at recruiting as you are at sales?
August 2007 Newsletter Click here to listen to this article as a podcast. We say people are our greatest resource. And Dilbert's boss points out, "resources are our greatest asset." But most companies put huge effort into attracting and retaining customers, and much...
Overcoming your own change resistance
Some change resistance is good. How about yours? Click here to listen to this article as a podcast. Q: I am change-resistant. I know it, but it doesn't help. Once I've decided to change something, I enjoy the challenge. But I often resist with "it won't work...
How to think strategically
What is strategic thinking, as opposed to tactical thinking? You know you’re talking strategy when your topics include…
The Joys of Overhead (why overhead isn't necessarily bad)
Why Overhead isn't necessarily bad. Click here to listen to this article as a podcast. I never thought I'd be able to grow up and say, "Mom, I'm not just a productive businessperson, I'm overhead!" Many people think overhead is a bad thing. Well, maybe. Maybe not....
Promises, Promotions, and Trust: Building relationships
Click here to listen to this article as a Podcast. In mid-2004, I won a free 1000-CD pressing as a prize in a raffle. I was thrilled; I didn't yet have a product, but the prize would make it that much easier to create one. The company added me to their mailing list,...