Keeping control of your Company’s vision and its execution is essential if you are to create wealth – even after you relinquish the CEO seat.
I learned a lot from two CEOs I knew well, who each let go of control of their companies to new management at the height of success, after an IPO, but [...]

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Keeping your life in balance is more important during a downturn than during your busiest working years. So many pressures are working against you when you have no work or less work: pressures about identity, meaningfulness, finances, security and your future. If you let the work or the search for work consume you, along with [...]

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A lot of emotional energy and time is consumed by worrying about the larger economic conditions that affect us personally and professionally. It is easy to say “Don’t worry” and difficult to do. Like with depression and rage, (see http://bit.ly/aMs2Rz)  action often overcomes dread. The energy of worry can be re-directed into useful actions.
So, you [...]

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When the Internet first began connecting the world, there was some talk (and some great science fiction) about folks never leaving their homes, living through avatars, jacked into the Net, devoid of face to face social contact.
Well, the worldly web has gone local, personal and green, re-generating neighbors and creating sustainability.
When Craigslist www.craigslist.org  first replaced [...]

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We are going to explore here the dark side, the righteous side and the upside of your battling through the emotions that accompany economic conditions you cannot control.
Recessions and depressions are depressing. Industry downturns can be worse, because you see other colleagues in other industries thriving, while there is nothing for you to do. Worse, [...]

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Dear Reader (as Stephen King likes to say) ~
My deep apologies for my lapse from contributing to my blog these past two weeks. I have been off the grid in the most literal sense – travelling throughout New England en route to my very rural summer setting – and surprised at how difficult it can [...]

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The following is the Salutatorian Speech by James Thomason, recent graduate of Saint Monica’s High School in Santa Monica, California. I was in attendance at commencement, and was so moved by this succinct thought, that I asked Thomason if I could reprint it here, to share with you.
We live in an era of great [...]

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“If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.”
Albert Einstein
I love this quote. It doesn’t, of course, offer any mathematical values to X or Y or Z, but it could imply that they come in equal measures.
The balance of work and play [...]

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Folks don’t talk directly about “honor” anymore, not out loud, except perhaps in the military. It isn’t common language. But honor plays a part in every interaction, and is the basis for our enduring reputation in our community.
Perhaps the concept closest to honor is a current word (a marketing term in social media actually), “authentic.” [...]

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I was working with one of my favorite clients the other day, when I heard myself tell him, “Absolutely – your must be trustworthy, your must offer full disclosure, and never let anyone darken your reputation – you know, loyal, helpful, kind – all that.”
I realized this list was from some childhood mantra taught in [...]

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