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Entries from November 30th, 2009

Success Attained is Easier than Success Retained

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Ethics, Business Management, Financial Services, Insurance Marketing

Often the greatest failures come about not as a result of a failure to attain success, but from the inability to retain success once achieved. Many confuse success with the end of the road, when it is really only a sign that you are on the right road.
The music industry even has a term for [...]

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New Nomination for Numskulls and Nitwits

November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business Management

The world is full of numskulls and nitwits and if we are going to do “God’s work” (the words of Goldman Sachs, not mine) to make this world a better place, we should all join together to expose them.
My latest nomination for numskulls and nitwits of the month are the management leaders of Allianz Life.
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Bankers and Bureaucrats = Numskulls and Nitwits

November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business Management

Okay, I admit it, it’s rant time. (Based on the subjects at hand, it could be rat time too!) But, if you do have to rant, there are no better or easier targets than bankers and bureaucrats. (Except for maybe politicians.) This past week, there were two stories about banks and bureaucrats that just cry [...]

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