#279: If You Drop Your Standard, You Signal Defeat. Ask Any King.
Here's an uncomfortable truth about (raw) capitalism. When there's more than a sniff of risk in the air, we are more than willing to compromise our values to stay "successful."
1 Nov 20221min
#278: Don’t Protect Yourself From Enjoying Yourself
There's a lot of gloom and doom coming our way. Yes, I know, it depends who you're listening to. But let's assume "they" are right. (This time.) When faced with approaching doom and gloom, what do the...
25 Okt 20221min
#277: Decent Habits Dressed in Decent Feathers Get the Job
How things have changed, thanks to virus, virtual and vanity. Whoa. Surely not vanity. Not after how some people dress for their on-camera work sessions. This work from home lack of dress-vanity is no...
18 Okt 20221min
276: The Recession Is Always in the Past
In my previous post, *bp275 It’s Time To Become a Skeptic Again*, I suggested the best way to view the economy is as a skeptic. But that blog is already in the past, so here's another (nonsense) reaso...
11 Okt 20221min
#275: It’s Time To Become a Skeptic Again
Way back in 1933 George Bernard Shaw said that "If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion." But apparently he was not the first person to use that expression. At le...
4 Okt 20221min
274: Are You Asking for Workplace Wrangling and Social Strife?
At work, should you ask open-ended questions in the wrong tone of voice? Of course you should! That is, if you are a "real" manager. It's your job to put employees on the spot and trip them up. How el...
27 Sep 20221min
#273: Designed To Play the Red-Tape Blame-Game
I handed over thousands of dollars to a major US corporation over a period of four years. One would think that we had built up a respectful mutually beneficial relationship: You scratch my back (provi...
20 Sep 20221min
#272: Ask Why Repeatedly To Irritate Others Into Success
Work from home is over. Time to get serious again about work. Wait. I’m joking! Joking or not, here’s a question that might help you get serious about the rest of the year. . Did I steal this idea? No...
13 Sep 20221min
