“I’ll put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
Thomas Edison
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
May 15th, 2009
The art of being a bad boss
Everybody has a bad boss story. Many of us have so many, we store them on a CD. But, this one is one of the worst.
It even won the “Most Outrageous” boss prize for the employee in Working America’s (an AFL-CIO community affiliate) third annual Bad Boss of the Year Contest.
Joan of Kansas was asked [...]
May 14th, 2009
When silence isn’t golden
Sometimes there is wisdom in saying nothing. However, saying nothing can run its
own risks when there is something that needs to be communicated.
If you’re the silent type, experts say you run the risk of unnecessary misunderstandings if your lack of communication is merely an avoidance tactic. Saying nothing, especially when emotions are involved, is [...]
May 13th, 2009
Rebuild your Brain through Aerobics
Up until about 10 years ago, it was believed that we were born with a fixed number of brain cells that eventually died out.
Now scientists know that brain cells regenerate throughout our lives.
And one thing seems clear: To keep the sharpest memory you can for as long as you can, get moving. Aerobically, [...]
May 12th, 2009
Minding your online image - be careful!
If you’re worried about making a good impression with an employer, you should probably be thinking about your digital reputation first.
A recent survey says that nearly 50 percent of advertising and marketing executives polled said they go online to find information on prospective candidates. Fourteen percent said they had decided not to hire a [...]
May 11th, 2009
Hypocrites giving advice on the Bailouts?
Just about anyone can get a job in the US, and just about anyone else and can lose one. Now, what if you are a public figure screaming and shouting about criminals, deceit, liars, scabs and thieves, and then you’re caught using public money to pay for very expensive hookers?
Ok, that narrows this down to [...]
May 8th, 2009
“Go in smelling like poop!”
It’s amazing what I hear during work. I mean, it probably has a lot to do with working in marketing and having the benefit of enjoying the company of very eclectic people. That being said, there are still those moments where I think to myself, “did I just hear that right?”
For example, I was in [...]
May 7th, 2009
My employees want more money and I need to lay them off!
My employees are in denial. It disturbs me that in a super bad economy teetering on a depression, I have employees who actually think they should deserve a huge raise or promotion. It boggles my mind that they are not even aware of what the country is going through. Is this a sign of denial [...]
May 7th, 2009
McCain’s First 100 Days as President
Ok, so he really isn’t President, but what if…..
We would have spent less, but lost more?
Vice President Palin would have fixed the Somali Pirate crisis by ordering the Alaskan Navy to intervene.
We would have outlawed Korean Bar-B-Q and bombed North Korea – south Korea would have joined forces with Taiwan and invaded Hong Kong to [...]
May 6th, 2009
My boss swears at me in Email.
My manager sends these terrible messages in email to the staff to motivate us these phrases like #@#@###, then tries to send thank you’s for doing a good job. We pass them around and wonder if his medication needs to be updated. He’s a good guy, but pretty frantic. What can we do about it?
Deal [...]
