“An interesting conversation is like jazz. There is improvisation. There is to and fro. Themes are taken up and elaborated. Instruments talk to each other. There is always an onward flow. There is development. Sub-themes are taken up.” – Edward de Bono More
Comparing the hourly rate of a full-time contractor to a yearly salary can be like comparing apples and oranges. You can simplify the comparison by converting the hourly rate to an approx. yearly salary by doubling it and adding three 0’s. For example, $30/hour is approx. $60K/year. More
More: CEO, Topper, Ted, Dilmom, Dadbert, The “Meeting Moth”, Carol Icon Name Description Status Alice Alice is the only female engineer at Path-E-Tech Management Corporation, and as such is very opposed to the feminist views of the company. Extant Asok The young, eager Indian intern Extant Bob and Dawn Bob and Dawn (and their son Rex) are dinosaurs who were discovered after Dilbert figured out that dinosaurs were not extinct, just hiding. Bob: Semi-regular Dawn: Extinct Catbert The evil…
Life boils down to a series of decisions. Some major life-changing decisions, and many more small decisions you make on a daily basis. More
Conversations are like a game of catch where the one holding the ball gets to talk. After they speak, imagine them throwing the ball to you for you to respond. The conversation ends when someone gives a close-ended response, thus dropping the ball and ending the game. More
Learn how mortgages work, how to use a mortgage calculator, and how to use a spreadsheet to show the payoff of a mortgage over time and the interest paid each year. Click here to download the spreadsheet from the video.
Must watch clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson on the possibilities of alien intelligence. See the video then consider the 1% difference in DNA he talks about between us and an alien life form being 40%, 50%, or 60%. Mind-boggling!
Monday morning quarterbacking: Analyzing the mistakes that were made the day before. Derived from complaining on Monday morning about the mistakes a quarterback made the day before in the game on Sunday. More
Check out my new book, How to Prepare for Everything: www.howtoprepare.com!The internet is not a fuzzy cloud. The internet is a wire, actually buried in the …
Touchpoint: Any point of contact or connection between two parties. Two people that have lived in the same city and went to the same college, even if at different times, have touchpoints in their past. More
Make an inventory detailing your knowledge, work experience, skills, education, and accomplishments. This can then be distilled into your resume and cover letters and elaborated on in interviews. More
Managers are judged on how well their direct reports perform. However, many managers spend more time figuring out how they will communicate upwards when it’s actually more important to properly communicate downwards so your staff is effective at reaching the team’s goals. More
You should manage your moods and be even-tempered most of the time. Your employees are aware of what type of mood you are in. But it’s not a good idea if you’re never bothered by anything. Letting your irritants show can be effective once in a while. More
Writing down a concept, problem, or solution in story format with a beginning, middle, and end helps connect ideas together and aids learning and understanding. Summarizing the story in fewer and fewer words distills out the key points. More
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