We do write about PCI issues on this blog but by no means are we experts in this area, yet. I just ran across a blog that does specialize in this area and the authors look to be highly qualified to write about these issues. There focus is PCI DSS for higher education [...]
Source: WikipediaAmerican Express has begun advertising a new website they call “Open Forum - Networking, Ideas and Expertise for Business Owners.” Before I visited the site I thought it would be cheesy - I was wrong. They recently shot a bunch of videos at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas [...]
Business, as a practice, is neutral. It can be used for profit, power, financial survival, personal expression and even making the world a better place. The truth is, the typical business is used for all of the above and more. What I am wondering out loud is why I [...]
I was just reminded of a very provocative book I read a few years back, The Superman Syndrome, by Gen N. Landrum, PH.D . On the book’s back cover the "superman syndrome" is defined as "a series of common behaviors that permit an otherwise average person to rise above the norm."
When I read a [...]
I have a confession to make: I love Tom Peters!
To clarify I love his mind, what he writes and what he says. If you do not know who I am talking about it is about time you learn. Tom is by title a business consultant and author. You may recall what may [...]
Since my merchant account writing is on hold for the moment I thought I would share of couple of interesting stories I came across over the weekend. I hope they make your Monday a better day.
The first is a lecture from Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who is has terminal [...]
Normally I wait until I finish a book before recommending it to others. In this case I have to make an exception. I bought this book written by Tim Sanders , Yahoo!’s Leadership Coach, several years ago and it set on my bookshelf until a few days ago. The title of [...]
Ah yes, college football season is upon us. The team I was raised (brainwashed) to love, the USC Trojans, play the weak and feeble, University of Idaho Vandals this Saturday. I will be there, at the L.A. Colosseum, rooting my team on and hoping for a complete slaughter.
The first USC game I [...]
You must check out this “insightful, funny, thoughtful, wise animation on the eight principles of fun. Trust me, it isn’t corny. Was having a crappy day, stumbled upon this site. Don’t feel so crappy anymore. Two minutes well spent,” said the original person who dug this web page.
I wasn’t having that bad [...]
It was my 43rd birthday the other day and one of my children, Corrie, made me a Power Point presentation to mark the day. One of the slides gave some statistics about my life. The key stat that stood out to me was the one that revealed how many minutes I had lived. [...]
I was able to do a little Sunday morning reading from one of my favorite easy reads, “It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be” written by Paul Arden. As I read the pages realizing how counterintuitive and unreasonable the ideas are in the book I thought to myself [...]
Today was a very rough day. When I went out to lunch (chicken bake at Costco) I took several books along to read, primarily to freshen up my mind with some new thoughts. The book I ended up reading was Seth Godin’s Small is the New Big. I randomly turned to page [...]
So here I sit killing time, surfing around various business blogs on my day off. See, I have two large projects that I have to complete by the end of the day and they have become mountains, giant snow covered, wind blown, Himalayan type mountains that scream that they overwhelm me if I [...]
I stole the title for this post from Seth Godin’s book “The Big Moo” which was a follow up to his previous title, “Purple Cow.” I just looked at some reviews for this book on amazon.com; here is some of what Publisher’s Weekly had to say,
“This means you have to toss out everything you [...]
