by Eric | Jan 28, 2016 | Apple, Attitude, Branding, success
My wife loves shoes. My three daughters love shoes. My sister loves shoes. Most of the women I know love to shop for shoes. It’s a group activity and team sport. This phenomenon should not surprise a lot of people. Some people are surprised when I tell them I...
by Eric | May 4, 2015 | Attitude, employment, entrepreneurship, management
There are five stages to the grieving process: Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance The first four are difficult to go through, but they are necessary in times of loss: death of a loved one, relationships and job loss. Keep living long enough and...
by Eric | Oct 6, 2014 | Attitude, career, employment, small business, success
Microsoft and other organizations have had a practice in place to eliminate the low performing people in their organization – the annual running of the pink slips. Management makes it clear that the lowest performing 5 – 10% of employees will be let go....
by Eric | Sep 11, 2014 | Apple, Attitude, Branding
Disney Trivia Disney employees are called Cast Members. Disney customers are called Guests. When working with guests, Cast Members are “On Stage”. Work done “behind the scenes” is called “Back Stage”. Walt Disney designed everything...
by Eric | Aug 7, 2014 | Attitude, leadership, small business, success
Don’t Worry, Be Happy Every boss I ever had has told me the same thing, “Eric, your best quality is your attitude.” That used to annoy me! I wanted to be known as the smartest, the best educated or the most driven. As an entrepreneur, I can see that...