Nothing is more inspiring than to see how founders and leaders alike have found innovative ways to right the ship or build a new one.They are powerful reminders for you to take nothing for granted … think originally … always try and never say die.Here are 2 great examples. Bringing…
Remote Work is the Order of the Day "The old model of work wasted people's time." Matt Mullenweg Tweet He's the CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. They have 1,876 employees in 97 countries that work on an "asynchronous" basis, setting their own schedules. See how it all works and…
It’s a little hard to get your head around how, with so much turmoil, pain and the unpredictable job market, that so many states are thriving with boatloads of money in their coffers. Along with the tax rebates and bonuses, states are paying down debts and pension obligations and investing…
I’m an active user of Amazon, so I’m not in the hater’s club. These folks in a small town in England aren’t either … with a reminder that job creation is a powerful influence.
The struggles to figure out the “NEW” Workplace will be with us for a long time following the almost two-year pandemic. Microsoft is trying to fix the hybrid model. There’s a mistaken belief in today’s working world that leaders need to be serious all the time to be taken seriously. The research…
Jeff Bezos, Founder and Chairman of Amazon, and Nick Saban, football coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide, are legendary leaders with some valuable counsel to help you succeed in 2022. https://youtu.be/WRUqXZx5EUM 5 Minutes for Your Next 50 years Jeff Bezos, as I’m sure you know, is the founder and chairman…
Magicians are pretty amazing, aren’t they? They do stuff right in front of our eyes … we’re on the edge of our seats … expecting the unexpected … and even then we have no idea how they just did what they did. Somehow, he gets you to look one way…
If you’ve ever exercised by lifting weights, you know that the amount of the weight on the bar is only one variable that needs to be considered for a particular exercise
If you’re doing a bench press, you can add more weight because your chest and shoulder muscles help your arms to lift the weight
But if you put 50% of that total weight on each of two dumbbells, you can’t lift either one
You’ve probably also learned that you can’t use the same weight for curls as you do for bench presses
[pullquote]“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler
” ~ Albert Einstein[/pullquote]
Likewise, if you’re going to do only one repetition, you can handle more weight than if you’re going to lift it ten times
If you are lying flat, (more…)
Impressing your bank less important than being able to hit targetsThe Scavenger’s Daughter? Might be the name of a lost Dickens novel … or an indulgent misnomer for a the infamous rack that not only stretched but crushed its victims during the reign of King Henry VIII.
Thumbscrews, pilliwinks, breaks and the tormento de toca were other methods used to punish those that broke their “covenant” with the King.
Fortunately, those punishments are relegated to history’s ash heap … at least I’m pretty sure that banks aren’t using any of these default provisions.
Compliance with financial covenants, however, has never been more important. Today, banks have an arsenal of covenant choices that are used as an early warning system to alert participants to potential problems that may jeopardize their financial well-being.
It’s important to recall that covenants are based upon (more…)