Sunday, February 28, 2010
EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS CAPITAL . . . BUT NOT NECESSARILY VENTURE CAPITAL
Successful businesses are well planned and well capitalized. Being well capitalized means having the ability to access capital when you need it, it doesn't mean that it has to be venture capital. But if venture capital is what you want, then this book will teach you how to:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
3 Time-Saving E-mail Replies for Emptying Your Inbox
E-mail is both a blessing and a curse. If you’re looking for ways to reduce the drain e-mail has on your productivity without throwing out the metaphorical baby, I’ve got three handy reply strategies you can use to quickly respond to (and often resolve) e-mail threads.
- I’m not the right person for this. I frequently get questions and requests for action from people who think I’m the right contact, but in reality I am only tangentially involved in the project at hand. In the old days, I’d try to be a hero and take on the task anyway. I’d end up spending a lot of time researching something and get an obligatory “thanks” at the cost of work I should have been doing instead. The better solution? Say, “Sorry, but I’m not the right guy. You might want to ping Janet or Brian instead,” and add them to the CC line. Mission accomplished.
- Do you still need this? No one’s perfect, and you neglected an e-mail so long that it’s 3 weeks old by the time you work your way down to it. Don’t reflexively jump on the task — send an e-mail that says, “Sorry it took me so long! I was on vacation/in medical school/at rehab/doing a special project for the CEO. Do you still need this? I’m still happy to dive in.” In my experience, 75% of the time, the issue resolved of its own accord. Mission accomplished.
- Here’s a link. As the dude who knows everything about a particular part of the publishing process, every writer I know e-mails me frequently with “clarifying questions” about how to do their job. In a sense, that’s fine — we’re all on the same team and I don’t mind helping. But at a certain point, you realize that your own time is valuable too. If you’re frequently pestered with questions about something you are the appointed expert on, write a short document and post it on a network share. Then, when you get the inevitable question, just replay with a link to the instructions. You’ll save a ton of time in the long term — mission accomplished.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
Og Mandino Quotes
Act now. For now is all you have.
Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.
Action will destroy your procrastination.
All men must stumble often to reach the truth.
Monday, January 18, 2010
some words
“Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important.”
Seth Godin
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, It is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
“People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.”
E. B. White
“Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.”
Seth Godin
“Take away my people, but leave my factories, and soon grass will grow on the factory floors. Take away my factories, but leave my people, and soon we will have a new and better factory.”
Andrew Carnegie
Friday, January 15, 2010
phobia Fear
Achluophobia Fear of darkness
Acousticophobia Fear of noise
Acrophobia Fear of heights
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded places
Ailurophobia Fear of cats
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Keep the Change
GCC countries are on the right track to achieve a balanced level of economic diversification. Investment in quality education and physical infrastructure might not lead the region to be the next world’s warehouse but are contributing to bring a breath of dynamism to these countries’ economies.
No clear picture yet in Dubai family suicide
Dubai:
Neighbours of the Indian family who allegedly committed suicide in Al Karama described them as non-interfering.
The incident took place on Wednesday evening and Dubai Police are investigating the case.
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