General
DO OUR DECISIONS HELP US MEET OUR PRIORITIES?
I worked with a woman many years ago who really loved her children. One day we were talking about a recent death and I recalled an old adage: “live each day like it your last”. She quickly responded that it was impossible to do that because if she knew her last day was here she [...]
Here is a demo of a webinar I did for a client
My friend Gary Anderson, Netbriefings, graciously helped me set up a webinar at his office. I think I could have done a lot better, but it does show an example of his system as well as his business model.
Check it out, someone more creative than me could really use his technology!
http://proclaim.netbriefings.com/flv/trial/o4b1m/trialo4b1m100032/
Bankers like projections! Are they self righteous?
Business financial projections
I need to make a confession. In the late 70’s I went to a commercial lending school in Norman, Oklahoma. We spent two weeks doing case studies and other technical studies on the business of lending to businesses. Among them was a study on cash flow analysis. As a CPA I was one [...]
Can we be more successful if we are other’s centered?
I have often heard that our goal should be to take care of #1, meaning ourselves. I believe it is important to be conscious about our well being but also have come to believe that we do better in life if it isn’t totally “about me”.
The best example of this is how good consultative sales [...]
Do you really want to be a risk taker?
I think many think it is cool to be a risk taker. Slogans like “you only go around once”,
“take a chance, Columbus did!” and others promote the idea of taking risks with our money and careers. Some are very successful when they take risks; others fail miserably. I have heard it said that entrepreneurs are [...]
Shouldn’t you come out of college happy?
I think like a finance guy.
There is value in learning just about anything, even more value is learning how to learn in my opinion. Most of us choose our majors based on what we think we want to do in life. Many have no clue so just pick something of interest and go for it. [...]
Career help
I have been very fortunate in my career and have had to overcome some obstacles to do so. I am at the stage where I want to give back to others where I can. I am open to emails, networking ideas or meeting face to face if it is feasible. I have done a lot [...]
TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS AND OBSOLESCENCE
In my last article I wrote about running one’s life like a business, with mission, core competency/product, sales and marketing and money management. In this one I will discuss the idea of transferrable skills and obsolescence.
I define transferrable skills as core competencies that we have developed that can be used almost anywhere. Thing like sales, [...]
MY BIG DAY OFF!!
A great day!
Today I chaperoned a trip to an orchestra presentation with my eight year old granddaughter. It was a wonderful day.
I lost my only grandparents when I was quite young and didn’t realize how much I was missing. I may not be the greatest grandpa in the world, but my grandchildren love me, that [...]
Do you want a pony?
There is a bank ad on right now that I get a kick out of. A man asks a girl if she would like a pony; she says yes and gets a toy pony. He then asks the other girl if she would like a pony; she says yes and a real pony comes walking [...]
