Archive for July, 2008
Innovation – Wake Up Your People’ Creative Genius
Posted by: | CommentsSuccessful companies have innovation in their blood. The single most important element in an innovative company is the creativity of their people. Creative thinkers don’t win by conforming to a given set of rules. Rather they reinvent the game by asking the 20 challenging questions and following 20 breakthrough strategies.
20 Challenging Questions to Ask:
- What if….?
- What do you think about….?
- What’s the next step?
- What can we do better?
- How can we streamline?
- What should we modify?
- What should we replace?
- What should we add?
- What should we eliminate?
House Cleaning – Sealing A Deck
Posted by: | CommentsA deck is an extension of your home’s living space and where you will spend much of your time during the summer months. Consequently, it needs to be treated and cared for as much as your home’s inside rooms.
Most important to the care of your deck is regularly sealing it. This is particularly true if you want your deck to maintain the natural color of the wood.
Sealing a deck is critical in order to preserve the life and look of the wood. The sealant preserves the beauty of the natural wood by protecting it from both water and sun damage.
The Doggie Diet
Posted by: | CommentsIt goes without saying that your dog needs suitable nutrition to remain healthy. Vets and pet food manufacturers often have differing views on appropriate nutrition for your dog. Although commercial pet food manufacturers are motivated in large part by profits, commercially prepared foods are routinely recommended as part of an adequate, or good, diet for your dog. Sometimes your vet or dog breeder may approve of commercially prepared foods as your dog’s sole diet. Many experts, however, tend to prefer a largely natural diet which for dogs is invariably comprised of meat and bones. Raw is preferable to cooked, as some of the minerals are definitely lost in the cooking process.
Seeking Balance In Your Home Decor
Posted by: | CommentsIn our homes, as in other parts of our lives, we are happier when we live with balance and harmony. Just like the rest of our lives, balance in the rooms of our homes is sometimes hard to create.
Efficiently Organizing your Small Bathroom Makes Big Sense
Posted by: | CommentsSmall, cramped bathrooms with little space and lots of stuff can present big problems for a busy family. With items strewn across the bathroom countertop with no designated space make it difficult to find that favorite pot of lip gloss, box of dental floss or can of hair mousse when morning routine time is at a minimum. You can conquer this problem with an honest assessment of your bathroom’s contents and some creativity.
Rebates -Rewards or Rip Off
Posted by: | CommentsRebates have become increasingly popular in the last few years on a lot of items and certainly on electronic items and computers. Rebates of $20, $50 or $100 are not uncommon.
I’ve even seen items advertised as “free after rebate”. Do these rebates come under the heading of “too good to be true”? Some of them do and there are “catches” to watch out for but if you are careful, rebates can help you get some really good deals.
New Business Changing Careers
Posted by: | CommentsWhen you embark on a life transition, the skills that brought you success in a former life will no longer work. It’s like trying to play football on a basketball team.
Example: To succeed in corporate life, you’ve developed strong political skills. You can maneuver by memo. You know the unwritten rules as well as the policies.
When you’re ready to find a new life, you need to learn a whole new set of skills — like these.
1. Scrambling: Transition is pickup basketball, not pro football.
2. Running on two tracks: Keep going in the short term but plan for the bigger picture.
Avoiding Impulse Spending
Posted by: | CommentsAnswer these questions truthfully:
1.) Does your spouse or partner complain that you spend too much money?
2.) Are you surprised each month when your credit card bill arrives at how much more you charged than you thought you had?
3.) Do you have more shoes and clothes in your closet than you could ever possibly wear?
4.) Do you own every new gadget before it has time to collect dust on a retailer’s shelf?
5.) Do you buy things you didn’t know you wanted until you saw them on display in a store?
