I’ve never been able to abide individuals who, when you are talking to them one-on-one, appear so unbelievably committed. Indeed, they are actually passionate about what they are saying and, on a one-on-one basis, they…;
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Petticoat Junction Revisited
Take a look at the little clip that I attached from an old episode of Petticoat Junction a friend of mine sent me a short while ago. I hadn’t thought of Petticoat Junction for decades,…;
Aetna Insurance–A Customer Service Debacle
I was just exposed to what I believe to be the stupidest automated voice recognition system (AVRS) that just about any major corporation has ever installed in all of human history. It comes from Aetna…;
Goldman Sachs (Part 3)
The other day, I blogged about the desire, in the future, to provide daily P&L statements as part of the daily Flash Report I receive each morning. I received several comments, both on an off…;
Eyes on Debt
Interestingly enough, the bleak situation in Greece has diverted attention somewhat from the recession and focused it instead on the overall role of debt at the governmental level. The European Union (EU), sharing a common…;
Goldman Sachs (Part 2)
I have any number of takeaways from the Goldman Sachs experience. One takeaway deals with the way they handled financial management. I was thrilled when listening to the testimony. I remember that, as our business…;
Goldman Sachs
I’ve spent most of my life attempting to wipe out vestiges of judgment. It’s not that judgment is necessarily bad. I’ve just always felt that observation tended to be more accurate, because it was judgmentally…;
A Balmy Night in Nashville
When I sit out here tonight, I’m reminded of the hitchhiking trip Dave Strobel and I took from Notre Dame to New Orleans for our spring break 1970. It was a long time ago, of…;
The Eyes of God
Was it a Woody Allen movie in some prior incarnation? It must have been decades ago, but it is imprinted to this day. I don’t remember the name of it, or the actors (although Martin…;
Definitiion of God
Definition of God as the set of all sets; namely infinity.