When I published Your Cash Is Flowing: Why every entrepreneur needs to think like a CFO, I headed a chapter with A Broken Cog Slows All Wheels. I never did a blog post with that title, however, until today. The …
How well do you asses risk? My belief is that most overestimate various risks in life. That said, I recognize that I have a unique risk profile given my role as a CFO which generally attracts risk averse personality types. …
As promised, this is the second half of this post focused on business lessons I’ve learned while doing things that had nothing to do with business (continued from March 2022). 6. Another lesson learned horseback riding. We were out in …
Today, I’d like to talk to you about how to turn five minutes of work into fifteen. Who wants to do that? Well, hopefully no one! I certainly don’t. But I’ve found myself on the receiving end of this too …
Some of the best business lessons I have learned have come about during times when I was doing something that had nothing to do with business at all. Below are five of my favorites. Expect another batch sometime down the …
There are times when the task at hand simply requires more than the usual amount of effort. Maybe it’s a deadline that is tighter than usual. Perhaps the project is more difficult for some reason or has a unique component. …
A few days before Christmas I was driving between client offices and noticed a woman standing over a dog nearly in the middle of the street. I made a quick U-turn, parked in a no-parking zone, and asked “What can …
Recovery. A return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength (according to Google). 2020 has been a difficult year for many. To those reading this who have suffered the loss of a loved one this past year, you …
In the fifteen years I have been writing this newsletter I have never before written on the topic of Thanksgiving. Usually I consider it a little too “touchy-feely” for me plus there are hundreds of other newsletters out there on …
Years ago I came to the realization that there are only three ages of people in the workforce. There are kids, adults and statesmen (although I suppose to be politically correct, we need to change that to statespersons). None of …
