In slow economic times, companies often slow down on paying their bills. What's your feeling about that?
From the beginning of my career, it was drilled into me to pay bills on time, all the time. I'm convinced it's a winning strategy.
Paying on time encourages the best companies to do business with you.
Paying on time earns you a reputation for professionalism.
Paying
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Goldman Sachs reports big profit plunge
Earnings sink 70% but beat analyst projections. Stock falls, but CEO insists that firm is 'well positioned' and CFO rules out a merger with a bank for now. (Headline from 9-16-08 news article)
Whew! Just when you think the economy couldn't get any worse, it does. Seismic financial industry shock waves are rippling ripping through the
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Remember this sequence from Monty Python's Life of Brian?
JUDITH: They've arrested Brian!
REG: What?
COMMANDOS: What?
JUDITH: They've dragged him off! They're going to crucify him!
REG: Right! This calls for immediate discussion!
COMMANDO #1: Yeah.
JUDITH: What?!
COMMANDO #2: Immediate.
COMMANDO #1: Right.
LORETTA: New motion?
REG: Completely new motion, eh, that, ah-- that there be, ah, immediate action--
Action Is
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Image via WikipediaOpen Source Benefits
by Randy Kemp
Have you ever read Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson? Well, one day Thoreau was in prison, for refusing to pay a war tax, and Ralph came to visit him. Ralph opened up with the question, “what are you doing in there?” Henry retorted, “My dear Emerson, what are you
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Do you dread meetings as much as I do? The thought of sitting through a 3 or 4 hour session brings to mind images of the cartoon just to the north. But last week I had an opportunity to attend my first Open Space meeting, and wow, what a difference.
There were about 50 attendees, and as a group we selected
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If you're using Microsoft to run your business because you have to, not because you want to, consider open source. You have software options that can save money and do a better job. Randy Kemp, a technical copywriter, business associate, and all-around fascinating guy, agreed to share some ideas on open source software. Thanks, Randy!
Open Source – Is It All
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Joanna Young asks, What does powerful writing mean to you? Turns out to be a rather challenging question. I tried to define powerful writing as "memorably evocative." Writing that sticks in my head and evokes an emotion or an impulse or an attitude has power. But when I think of examples, I don't see the common denominators. So, rather
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On the political scene, oil companies are the punching bag du jour. People are fed up with $3.50/gallon gasoline and $110/barrel oil, so of course, it must be the fault of the oil companies, who are making money hand over fist at our expense.
Give me a break. Seems to me there are three factors contributing to high oil, and by
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