by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: April 27,2012
by Pete Leibman So what are you gonna do after college? That’s the question that’s irritated you for the better part of eight months. Everybody’s been asking you and if you knew, you’d tell them. The thought of taking a job just to have a job makes you feel awful. You can’t imagine getting up [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: April 13,2012
by Meg Cadoux Hirshberg Your boss can be such a tyrant. He makes you labor extra hours; in fact, he thinks it’s natural that work has consumed your life. He’s a workaholic and believes you are, too. He’s obsessed with the biz, hopes you’re the same and by the way, he’s your spouse, so now [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: March 30,2012
by Charles Duhigg, c.2012, Random House If there’s one thing in the world that everyone can count on, it’s that you’ll be in your office by a certain time each morning. You get there via the same route, without fail. That’s, of course, after you get up at the same time each day and eat [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: March 22,2012
Tags: Book Review, imagine: how creativity works, Small Business Enterprise
by Jonah Lehrer, c.2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The painting you hung on the wall near your desk relaxes you. Looking at it reminds you of a happy memory, and you wonder how the artist managed to create such a vivid emotion with colored goo. It’s pretty amazing, and it makes you wish you could paint like [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: March 9,2012
Tags: Book Review, Small Business Enterprise, the end of money
by David Wolman, c.2012, Da Capo It was hardly worth picking up. Yep, there was once a time when that penny you spotted on the pavement was worth something more than just one cent. You could buy lots of things for a penny back then, and saving them was rewarding on many levels. Now they’re [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: March 2,2012
Tags: Book Review, Small Business Enterprise, uncommon service
by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss c.2012, Harvard Business Review Press You’ve never had a worse shopping experience in your life. The store wasn’t even busy that day, but there was nobody on the sales floor. When you finally did spot a human being with a nametag, she was surly and the cashier snarled a [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: February 17,2012
by Susan Cain c.2012, Crown You had to go, so you did — kicking and screaming. Really, you must admit that it was nice of the boss to host the holiday party. In these tough economic times, she didn’t have to do it. She paid for food, a band, even door prizes. Everybody seemed to [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: February 10,2012
Tags: against thrift, Book Review, Small Business Enterprise
By James Livingston The bill for the holiday spending spree came the other day, delivered by an industrial-sized forklift. Okay, not quite, but it sure seemed like it. That bill was thick, it had too many numbers to the left of the decimal point, and you’re feeling somewhat ashamed. You should be saving money, not [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: December 22,2011
by James A. Roberts Your financial goals for the next year are set. On the list are things like “pay off credit cards” and “save for retirement.” You’ll be putting some money away for your business or for emergencies. There will be little splurges, sure, but cautiously. Nothing on the list indicates that you would [...] [...]
by Terri Schlichenmeyer Published: December 16,2011
by Susan E. Reed Your customer base is changing. You’ve been noticing it for the past few years: the face of your average client isn’t what it used to be, not surprisingly. These new customers are savvier, they’re men and women of all age groups, they’re smart about where they shop, and they look like [...] [...]
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