March, 2011

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Stop Workplace Drama

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It is amazing how a bit of personal news brings everyone out of the woodwork. Thanks for all the congratulations. I read an interesting book by Marlene Chism - Stop Workplace Drama - Train Your Team to Have No Complaints, No Excuses, and No Regrets. I hate politics - including office politics and this book attempts to come up with creative ways to stop them.

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Found Time

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I love found time. This morning, I had a meeting. Google maps said it was a 1:45 drive, so I rounded that to 2 hours. Then I thought, being NY, the traffic through the city could be bad so I added an hour. Then I got worried about rush hour so woke up an hour early and decided to leave right away. And I found at 5:30, there is no traffic. So I ended up with almost 3 hours of "found time".

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Success and Discomfort

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I have been traveling and usually do not live quite as healthily when I do. At home I run well , do weights, eat well and take my vitamins. On the road, food is less healthy and I make excuses to not work out. Need to polish my road warrior systems. My latest theory is success involves a bit of discomfort. For example, being healthy means I am slightly uncomfortable while working out.

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2 Types of Sales Forces

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Sales forces come in all sorts. Most are a blend of several of these two types. As with most types, one is not right and the other wrong - rather, they are just alternatives and either can work. Straight Commission VS Straight Salary Sales forces can be either. The different approaches attract different personalities. The straight commission people tend to be mavericks.

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Personal Post

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No business gems in this post. Some of my readers are friends so I thought I would share some news. My daughter, Beth is pregnant so soon I will be a grandfather. Makes me feel old to be called that. Perhaps I am getting there. I thought I was in shape but I was very sore from 4 hours of hard gardening on Saturday. It all started with a 4 mile St Patricks race.

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Entrepreneurial Effect

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I was saddened to hear about the Tsunami in Japan this morning on the way into work. Any challenges I have are mere blips. I read an awesome book last night - The Entrepreneurial Effect by James Bowen. In the introduction, Bowen says: " investors, advisor/mentors, founders, entrepreneurs, professional managers, inventors, consultants, academics, students and others interested in the start-up and growth of technology based product and service companies. " It is a collection of articles by success

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Worry

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I have not given worry much thought but I did read an interesting post on 9 Habits of Being a Worry Free Leader by Denise Marek. I think worry loosely fits into 2 categories - productive worry - where the worry spurs action and creativity and helps solve the issue. And stressful worry where it does not add to productivity but simply eats at you. I sort of like the rush of being on edge and to some extent worry does that for me.