Posts tagged business

Some business tenets tend to come and go. Fortunately I found some business principles I can follow forever. These are some of my favorites: 1. …

When I was 18 I moved into my car and had to figure out how to buy dinner when I had no money, the safest …

So we are all flooded with emails at work almost every day.  So imagine you get this email…   You don’t know the sender, but …

Whether you have your own business or perhaps just a side job that you like to do outside your 9-5, these valuable and free online tools …

How do you decide which employee deserves a promotion? If you make promotion decisions using seniority as the sole criterion, you’re making a major mistake. (If you run a …

The handshake.  That age old custom, the one that says hello or perhaps seals the deal.  Regardless of how you feel about doing it or …

So your co-worker got the promotion that you’ve been gunning for? Yep, that sucks. Maybe you slapped them on the back and congratulated them. Maybe you told …

As we relentlessly strive for efficiency, we’ve left little room for common sense… I’d be embarrassed to tell you how many emails I have in …

Ok so let’s first say that many companies actively discourage staff from talking to each other about their salaries. I even know some companies that …

Ask successful people how they achieved their success and you’ll hear words like “hard work,” “sacrifice,” and “persistence.” Dig a little deeper and you’ll find …