With reference to my original blog on business people wiring where I delve into reports that many “continue to believe that engaging in illegal or unethical activity is part and parcel of succeeding” in certain business, let me share some comments from a recent book “Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
Is it possible to have too much money? Is it possible to be too well known? Every (business) person knows neither of those prepositions could be true. But could they?
For the average business builder and manager “performance” is table stakes. The really successful ones – perform under pressure. (As you will read this is not always or not certain but you can enhance your odds.)
November 28, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw I expect you have read (or figured out) that the rationale for these articles is the premise that there is a lot of useful information originating from...
November 10, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.” – Paul R. Ehrlich In our previous post titled “Are we as dumb as we think we are?” we looked at the work of MIT scientist Laura Schulz and others involving young...
November 3, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.” – James Thurber There are two things I admire in a person. They call BS on a ‘sacred cow.’ They champion a developing cause. Dan Kahneman, Nobel Prize winning author of...
November 29, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “How many of you have ever started dating because you were too lazy to commit suicide?” – Judy Tenuta Why do I think (the majority of) people will be interested in this topic? Let me put forward a fact followed by a couple related assumptions. First,...
November 24, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating – on our taxes or on the football field.” ~ Dan Ariely Given the holistic...