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Crappy Automated Systems

Computers are great. Seriously, your computer, cell phone, watch, microwave, coffee pot, car, iPad, the weatherman (or woman), your pool, the fireworks display that you watch, and a whole lot of other things rely on computing power to make them go. Computers are the ultimate optimization tools for human processes. They process information faster than we can. They analyze things. They do...

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Embracing The Social Employee

Gone are the days of landline telephones, pagers and pension plans. In are flexible work schedules, mobile communication, and social media. Before the influx of remote communication, work environments consisted of brick and mortar offices, cubicles, and in-person meetings. Today, work is accomplished through mobile phone conversations, global web conferences and email. Increased connectedness...

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Are You Building Your Business As A Marathoner Or Sprinter?

I do not consider running to be fun and have always asked, “Is someone chasing you?” That is the question that I’ll whisper under my breath or ask my wife as we drive by someone running alongside the road or sidewalk. I run only because I know it is good for my heart and I feel that running is one tactic within an overall strategy of optimizing health. A few weeks ago, I signed up for...

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Sacrificing Family For Business

A man should never neglect his family for business ~ Walt Disney Unfortunately I have “been there, done that” and it is not anything that I am proud to admit. However, it’s the truth and fact. More men than not also know exactly what I am talking about. The sad part is that wives and children know it, too. As men, our wirings are part of the blame. We are wired in a manner to seek...

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