Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley on Hakeem Jeffries and the Supreme Court. When people tell you who they are or what they plan to do - believe them!
- From the archives: Business life Advice from Tim Ferriss.
- SPLC finally faces a reckoning.
- Coal still generates more electricity than any other source.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Michael Wade on Workplace Jackals.
- From the archives: Montaigne's rules for reading.
- South Korea says it is helping citizens return after big ICE raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia. Just saying but if South Korea won't adhere to our immigration laws - what are the chances they will adhere to tariff regulations?
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Why is cutting 0.1% of the federal budget so hard?
- From the archives: Guy walks into a bar.
- Plans vs Planning. Good business or life advice.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Bad Managers and Their Enablers. True - too many executives just care that a slot is filled not the quality of the person filling the position.
- From the archives: The four Buddhist mantras for turning fear into love.
- Interesting: High blood pressure? Eat more bananas.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- 21-days into the Trump Administration how the world views the US.
- Note from boss to employees. Good advice. I'd add that if you've just starting out find what you boss hates spending time to do and try to take it off their plate. Great way to add value.
- The Historical Case for Trump's Riviera. (HT Execupundit)
- International Energy Association scenarios. "Energy experts."
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- If the CDC doesn't work for the citizens then why does the CDC exist?
Five superpowers in business and in life:
It's not enough to merely posses Restraint, Curiosity, Creativity, Patience and Courage - you must actively put these qualities to use, on a regular basis, in order for them to truly become your superpowers. If you do, you will someday look back at the transformative moments of your career and realize that these superpowers had been there all along, even before you knew that they were truly at your command.
AJ Jacobs on what he considers the six most important business lessons in history. Not sure if these are "the six most important" business lessons but I enjoy AJ Jacobs' writing.
I enjoyed his book The Know It All and also his The Year of Living Biblically and would recommend both books as brain candy you might actually learn something from.
Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials of Leadership (Knowledge Project Episode #142).
Found this podcast to be both very informative and entertaining. Excellent life advice for anyone - not just managers.
Five superpowers in business and in life:
It's not enough to merely posses Restraint, Curiosity, Creativity, Patience and Courage - you must actively put these qualities to use, on a regular basis, in order for them to truly become your superpowers. If you do, you will someday look back at the transformative moments of your career and realize that these superpowers had been there all along, even before you knew that they were truly at your command.
Michael Wade has 12 excellent questions that should be asked during any meeting of consequence.
For sales situations I'd add these three key questions:
1. How did you come to have what you have now?
2. What do you like about what you have now?
3. What would you like to change about what you have now?
If someone is wanting to make a change the answers to those three questions will let you know how to approach your proposed solution in most cases (if you listen carefully enough). And of course you should always ask, "Do you have budget for this?" no matter what the situation.
Great business (and life) advice from Execupundit:
"If you can't shout a policy or practice from the rooftops, you shouldn't be doing it. Don't have wink-wink, nudge-nudge, policies or practices that cloak the truth."
Had not heard of the Rooftop Rule before. Now, hopefully, I'll never forget it.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Micro Habits of High Impact Managers
- Evander Kane responds to allegations from his soon to be ex-wife that he bet on hockey games and may have thrown games. I'm giving Evander and the Sharks the benefit of the doubt in this case. I've seen too many divorces get beyond ugly to be surprised by the lengths some spouses will go to to hurt the other.
- How science lost the public's trust. An interview with Matt Ridley.
- Called it a year ago that disposable masks were going to be a huge environmental problem.
