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Honor and Esteem our Workers; Protect our Workers – Two Simple Reminders on this Labor Day

I have two simple recommendations for Labor Day: #1 – Let’s honor and esteem our workers. #2 – Let’s protect our workers. There seems to be a whole lot of anti-labor sentiment these days.  That is, I think, a little wrong-headed.  And it reveals some very short memories. Let’s take them in reverse order: #2 —Let’s… Read More Honor and Esteem our Workers; Protect our Workers – Two Simple Reminders on this Labor Day

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Anti-Union; Anti-High Tax Rate – Two Areas That I Think Deserve More Careful Thought

I admit, I’m over my head, in so many ways, in so many areas.  For example, Bob Morris (our blogging colleague) has written about, and obviously “gets,” these books based on brain research – I’m just pretty baffled.  Maybe not enough of a science background; maybe just a general failure of intellect. But, at the… Read More Anti-Union; Anti-High Tax Rate – Two Areas That I Think Deserve More Careful Thought

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The Checklist – from medicine to Sully and the Hudson River, the ultimate GTD tool

Here’s a question:  do you have a checklist?  It sounds so simple, but it is so profound in its simplicity.  We forget what to do.  And because we forget what to do, we don’t get it (all) done.  We need a checklist. The idea is vigorously championed by Atul Gawande, Surgeon, Rhodes Scholar, Macarthur fellow,… Read More The Checklist – from medicine to Sully and the Hudson River, the ultimate GTD tool

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More on Persuasion — a Follow Up to Bob’s Q #122: How to become more persuasive?

(Note to our readers — normally I would simply leave a comment on Bob’s blog post, but this one needs more room). I really liked Bob’s post, Q #122:  How to become more persuasive. There is nothing I disagreed with, but here are some thoughts I would like to add to the conversation. Much of… Read More More on Persuasion — a Follow Up to Bob’s Q #122: How to become more persuasive?

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