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#419
Slide into a different future
Monday, 30 August 2010
Today success is not determined by how smart
you work in your job, but by how hard you work at keeping your job.
#418
Don't assume silently
Saturday, 28 August 2010
If I say, "Don’t assume. You’ll make an ass
out of you and me," you will likely trip over the word ‘ass’. If you do, then
you have made an incorrect assumption about that word.
#417
Encourage your pet optimist
Monday, 23 August 2010
The economy is stalling. We’re heading for a
double-dip recession. It’s open season on negativity.
#416
The root of all evil
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Every day there are more and more people
without enough money to get through the day. Surely, this is good news! Money
is, after all, the root of all evil.
#415
Constantly changing course to get there
Monday, 16 August 2010
The only way your pilot will get you to your
planned destination is by constantly changing course.
#414
Assumptive laziness creates consumptive results
Saturday, 14 August 2010
I was recently accused of ‘assumptive
laziness’. Assumptive laziness? It did not sound like a compliment.
#413
Yawning in the face of danger
Monday, 9 August 2010
Recently someone yawned during a meeting
with me and apologized. "Don’t worry," I said, "It’s a compliment."
#412
Faceless twits trashing reputations
Saturday, 7 August 2010
I remember sitting on a hard school bench
when a little voice would whisper something and the teacher would growl, "Who
said that?"
#411
Please sleep at work
Monday, 2 August 2010
Oh, these lazy, hazy days of summer, the
perfect time to sleep at work. You’ve never done that?
#410
Single-minded multi-tasking
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Have you heard the one about the Jack of all
trades who became the master of none? You have?
"James,
I SO look forward to your Nonsense at Work spots on WCVE - they're
stop-in-my-tracks-and-listen moments. Always relevant, always spot-on, and
always with that soupçon of humor to drive the message home."
