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I've worked in the information technology field for more than 30 years. I started on computers that used punch cards for input and ended up as a Duty Manager for IBM resolving critical business outages. I learned about business from my father who was the co-chairman

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Other Stop making excuses!: 4 of 42
Stop making excuses! Why should I if its easier to make excuses than it is to act. When you think about it this is why people make excuses. The risk of the truth coming out is less important to the person making excuses than the need to perform the task at hand.There's really three stages to determining if someone really has ... More..
Education > Education (Other) Are Americans really stupid versus the rest of the World: 2 of 21
Yes Americans are stupid. In fact some of us are really stupid. I know I've worked for many of them. Actually, the root of our problems is that we're arrogant, which is a popular form of stupidity. We tend to feel that because we're the most powerful nation on earth that we must have done something right. That thought is part... More..
Business > Management (Other) Management training: Learning the value of good communication: 1 of 7
Quick, somebody call the CEO! There's been a murder! Your managers are killing your business. You've hired all these professionals to manage various aspects of the company and they don't even know how to communicate effectively.1.) They don't know the basic questions that need to be answered in every communication. Who, what,... More..
Business > General Management Management tips employees would give their bosses: 5 of 27
1.) Listen to your employees. If you expect us to listen to you then you should respect us enough to listen to what we have to say. Listening means more than hearing the noise that's coming out of our mouths. It means considering what we have to say and involving us in conversations with meaningful productive feedback.2.) Giv... More..
Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Ways to be a success on the job: 4 of 20
The most surprising thing an employee can learn is that they don't work for the company. I don't mean that you're fired, I mean that you work for your boss. Your boss works for his boss and so on. The difference is that the company may say that we're all going to be open, honest, team players and so forth but if your boss rea... More..
Business > Advertising Can ethics overcome greed in the 21st century?: 1 of 5
Greed has been around since man has been on this planet. Even if we liven in a utopian society where everyone's basic needs were met, greed would still exist. Another problem with this question is that the ethical considerations of the next century will be tough to resolve in any event. Will it be considered ethical to create... More..
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues Is it wiser to always tell the truth?: 5 of 16
Well, its always wiser to tell the truth if you think you're going to get caught anyway. In theory its not a bad idea, but as you can tell from the bell curve, very, very few of us could actually accomplish this even if we tried. It becomes even more difficult when you try to narrow down exactly what the truth is. Is the trut... More..
Travel > United States The great American road trip: 9 of 26
I once got in the car with my wife and a weeks worth of luggage and asked her "Which direction do you want to go?" She was amazed. She had expected me to completely plan our vacation and the idea that we didn't have reservations anywhere shocked her. I decided to go south west. As I drove slowly into the sunset I tried to exp... More..
Sciences > Sociology Criminals in society: Looking for solutions: 4 of 11
Historically society has attempted to discourage crime by making the punishment so horrible that nobody would want to take the risk of committing a crime. In an age where people aren't afraid of death what can be done to scare them? What can we do in America where inmates consider lumpy potatoes to be "cruel and unusual punis... More..
Business > Office Company meetings: Are they valuable or wasteful?: 2 of 5
The purpose of any action a company takes should be to increase their profit or value. If you hold a meeting where no decisions are made and no actions are taken then the meeting was a waste of time. If you have staff members whose only function is to attend meetings and they neither provide insight or share the results of th... More..