How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? — Satchel Paige It may seem strange, but Paige’s quote made me think of zero-based budgeting: creating each year’s budget from scratch instead of making incremental changes to last year’s budget. More importantly, it reminds me to […]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
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If you ever need a piece of replacement china, silverware, or crystalware, click your way to Replacements, Ltd. in Greensboro NC. Somewhere in their collection of 12 million pieces, they have what you’re looking for. Founder Bob Page started his business part-time in the 70s, scrounging up interesting pieces from […]
We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. — Maxwell Maltz
“You will be thrilled if you hire ABC Corp.” “If you work with the marketing team at XYZ management, you’re guaranteed to see better revenues.” “Clare is the best graphic designer in Phoenix, hands down.” Testimonials from enthusiastic fans are great. But when they say things they can’t back up, […]
Ronald Reagan often said “Trust. But verify” when negotiating with the Soviets. More cynically during the early 90s, I used to say “trust not, want not” after combining that Russian proverb with “waste not, want not.” Happily, I’ve lost my cynicism since then, but I still use the phrase as […]
In The Difference Between Big Companies and Small Companies, I briefly quoted the Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman, who was talking about an incident in which he was helping the California school board choose a set of science textbooks. Feynman had given a poor review to a book that others […]