Archive for September, 2007

  • Focusing on Problems

    Focusing on Problems

    It has become commonplace in a lot of companies to focus on solutions, not problems.  This in turn leads to focusing on your successes.  The thing is, the problems are the threats to your business.  If you don’t focus on them in a sensible, intelligent...

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  • You can get things done better if you understand the people doing them

    You can get things done better if you understand the people doing them

    Everyone knows that motivated employees do better jobs.  Motivation works universally.  A motivated business owner will be more helpful to your project.  Motivated team workers work faster.  So on and so forth.  The fifty-dollar question is, of course, how the heck do I motivate people?...

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  • The Self-Project:  How to Write an Email

    The Self-Project: How to Write an Email

    Email is the most common use of the Internet today.  In business, for better or worse, it’s becoming the most common form of communication.  I tried keeping up with this for the last month out of curiosity.  For every phone call I received, I received...

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