It is Not a Moral Decision it is a Financial Decision.

I was reading in the recent issue of Business Week about how lenders have started to negotiate on principal
in some of the mortgages that are under water. It spoke of their fear of the precedent this would set, apparently with good reason.

There was a short story about a salesman who was able to make his payments. However, because his neighbor’s house has declined in value he wanted to renegotiate his loan or he would walk away. His
comment; “it’s not a moral decision it’s a …

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Interita

I saw a book today by Richard Bach. Knowing how much I like and have learned from his previous books, I considered buying it. Then I thought of all the books I have bought that did not lead to
change. Why? The answer is inertia.

www.dictionary.com defines it as;  the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as
it is not acted upon by an external force.

How many of us are stuck …

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Who do You Trust?

Marketers over the last few years seem to have rediscovered the value of word of mouth in terms of generating long-term profitable business
relationships. As is often the case when we discover something good we over do it by going too far.

I recently joined Twitter. For those of you unfamiliar with this, it is a micro blogging site limited to 140 characters. I decided I needed to dive into social networking so I don’t get left behind.
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How to Recapture Some Time

I have recently begun working with an organization where much of the communication is conducted via email. People are expected to be on, and connected. As I look around this is increasingly a
challenge. Many of us have multiple accounts where we interact with the world electronically; Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Linked In, company email, private email, and that is just scratching the
surface of how many get and share information.

I have a colleague that likes to have his smart phone ring when he gets an email, while he is with his colleagues …

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Computing in the Palm of your hand…literally

Iver the last few days I have had several conversations with people, remembering when we had to look for a pay phone to make a call. And how if we needed a computer we had to go into a special room
to share one. Today many of us have two cell phone, a desktop and a laptop and perhaps a notebook. This video from TED talks that was shared with me by Dr. Mercola shows that TODAY…RIGHT NOW! we can compute, take pictures and make a phone
call with the palm of our hands. You …

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Everyone Wins

Everybody Wins,The following is a true story. And it demonstrates how everyone can win when you do the right thing; even competitors in the same game. I am inspired by two things out this film. One the story and two that the story is getting play on the web. It…

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