The Wall Street Journal recently published a very enlighting -- and tongue-in-cheek hilarious -- column by Scott Adams (Dilbert's creator). In it, Adams recounts the saga of his foray into blogging. At one point he mentions he spends about 1/3 of his day writing, and "thanks to the miracle of...
"Would you win the hearts of others, you must not seem to vie with them, but to admire them. Give them every opportunity of displaying their own qualifications, and when you have indulged their vanity, they will praise you in turn and prefer you above others...Such is the vanity of...
Scott Adams isn't just the man behind Dilbert. He's also an MBA from UC Berkeley, a jack of all trades (see the long list of "humiliating and low paying jobs" in his bio) and a clever self-promoter. In his latest blog post, he invites us all to see him in Second...
Just another day in Taiwan's parliament. Jeeze, and we thought Dick Cheney saying "fuck off" was a big deal.Scores of Taiwan legislators sprayed water, threw stacks of paper andexchanged punches in parliament on Tuesday due to disagreements over abill, again delaying passage of the long-overdue 2007 annual budget.(hat tip: Scott...
When Dilbert's creator asked us to abuse him in Second Life, perhaps it was his way of letting virtual art imitate life -- because he's definitely taking a beating as a manager right now. Scott Adams has his hands full trying to save his Dublin, California restaurant Stacey's at Waterford, which...
The August issue of Wired Magazine isn't out online just yet, but it is packed to the gills with cool tips in its annual How To guide. Like how to outsource your job (check out yourmaninindia.com) and use a Wiki compose your thoughts offline and run a fast meeting (keep...
If you did yesterday's exercise, you've integrated a powerful belief about the meaning of "rejection" -- a belief that keeps you motivated and energized even when and especially when things aren't going exactly as well as you'd like. However, the human brain functions on multiple levels, so you still...
Many companies claim to desire out-of-the-box thinking from their employees. But it's hard to be truly innovative. Yesterday, Wired editor Chris Anderson (recently in the news for publishing the email addresses of lazy PR flacks and famous for authoring business best-seller "The Long Tail") uses his personal blog to continue...
By Martha Graybow and Gina Keating NEW YORK/CALABASAS, California (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp CFC, widely blamed for helping foment the U.S. housing crisis through free-wheeling lending, was sued for alleged deceptive mortgage practices by officials in its home state of...
The above is the key scene from one of Dave Stein's favorite movies. Dave Stein is the CEO and Founder of ES Research Group, Inc., which is the only company that objectively studies the performance of sales training firms. (They periodically publish an invaluable report rating...
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