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IRS Mileage Rate Increase for the Remainder of 2008
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Can Business and Environmentalism Co-Exist Peacefully?
Recently, I was eating a wonderful meal in Longview, Texas, at one of my favorite deli’s, Jason’s deli. The stores are always exceptionally clean, the food selection is outstanding, the freshness is top notch, and the salad bar is the *best* in my opinion. Everything at this deli is free of artificial trans fats and [...]
No Wonder He’s On The Hundred Dollar Bill
How would you describe a person who was an author, businessman, printer, entrepreneur, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and a literal walking encyclopedia? His wisdom held together a fragile disparate group, contemplating a revolt against the most powerful nation on the face of the earth at the time. He led a colorful life and left [...]
10 Steps to Becoming a Results-Based Leader
These 10 strategies are adapted from Results-Based Leadership(Harvard Business School Press, Boston, www.hbsp.harvard.edu). Honestly, I’ve read more than my share of books on leadership, but this book crystallizes the characteristics of a leader who is driven by results. I believe that all people who lead others in any way or in any organization should read [...]
Advance Your Career With These Two Words
Drum roll please . . .
Thank you.
Those are the two words. Thank you. From the end of your first interview to the conclusion of your retirement party, those two words can do more to advance your career and endear you to the hearts of your bosses, co-workers, and subordinates than many others. Saying them isn’t [...]
12 Reasons Why High Gas Prices Are GOOD For America
Could there actually be a silver lining on the storm cloud of high gas prices? After reading about all the doom and gloom from $4, $5, or $6 gas prices, I’ve begun to see some positives, and not just changes in people’s behavior or in learning how to hedge against high gas prices. Here’s what I see as the potential positives from high gas prices:
7 Things I Learned As A New Manager
That first big promotion. What a rush! I held the keys, I made decisions, I made the schedule, I was in charge. Nothing beats the smug satisfaction of a career that’s on track. Add to that the bigger paycheck and the confidence that came from being called “boss,” and I felt like I was on [...]
Dude, Where’s My Recession?
The economy isn’t contracting like the media seems to hope. Gross domestic product increased during the first quarter at a rate of 0.6 percent. Anemic? Yes. Recession? No. Remember that a recession is defined as back to back quarters of negative GDP growth. So far that hasn’t happened, so the earliest we could know for [...]
So You Want To Be In Management
Ah, management. The thought just causes your eyes to glaze over, doesn’t it? The golf games, the easy office life, the perks, the expense accounts, the company car, the company credit cards, and the fabulous salary.
From this corporate officer’s standpoint, just remember this: if you aren’t the lead dog, the view never changes.
Management isn’t about [...]
7 Career Myths Exposed
We have manage our careers just like we manage other things in our lives. We manage our finances by closely scrutinizing our income and expenditures in relation to how we would like them to function, making adjustments all along the way. We manage our time by observing how we spend it in relation to how [...]
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