Victim or Victor?
When you subscribe to the belief that everything is out of your control, you give up your power. To create the life of your dreams, you don’t have to be smarter, better connected nor luckier than anyone else. You’ve only got to be willing to take control of your life. Start now by doing these things: [...]
Let’s Hit the Links-Week #4
Many years ago, I worked with a guy who constantly used sports metaphors when talking to his employees. I told him that his female employees weren’t moved by this language and, since his workforce was 90% female, he needed to find other ways to express his thoughts. At the next employee meeting, he busted [...]
Don’t Play Fair
Let’s play word association. Or to be more accurate, acronym association. I’ll go first. “IRS”. “Invasive.” “Confiscatory.” “Heartless.” “Unbending.” “Bureaucratic.” “Dictatorial.” “Arbitrary.” “Capricious.” Okay, that’s a start. Here’s another one: “Anti-business.” Or more specifically, anti-sole proprietorship. If you’ve spent as much time trudging the depths of our nation’s tax code as I have, you reach [...]
What’s your problem?
Your customer doesn’t care what title is on your business card, what school you went to or what your grade point average was. He wants just one thing:
An End of the Year Spending Spree
At Control Your Cash we’ve already bitched written about giving (mostly worthless) gifts that add to your debt – twice! Today’s post is about spending money. It’s sure to become a collector’s item. If the congressional Democrats and President Obama get their way, 2011 might be the last year in which you’ll be able [...]
Merry Christmas!
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” Calvin Coolidge “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re [...]
