Ten Worst Business Decisions of All Time….Awkward Silence Antidote….Saying or Doing?….Econ Recon: Change is In The Air

“The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character; developed further, dried up, exaggerated,or diminished. But it can be its exact opposite, like a suit worn inside out.”

Marcel Proust

Ten Worst Business Decisions of All Time

Anyone can learn from their own mistakes. It takes a smart person to learn from someone else’s. To that end here are the “Ten Worst Business Decisions of All Time” according to two Australians who offer a collection of videos about 10 Best or 10 Worst lists on a number of topics.

It should be noted that while these mistakes are remarkable in their magnitude, given the information available at the time, would you have chosen differently….and why?

Awkward Silence Antidote

We’ve all been at parties, conferences and other get togethers and found ourselves in an awkward silence with strangers around us.This will happen to you again so how about a handy way to create a conversation when you really need to?

Improv comics have to create conversations (and funny ones at that ) on a moment’s notice. Use this clever method from their world and you’ll  always know what to say with the H/P/M Rule.

Saying or Doing?

One of life’s big challenges is aligning your actions with your values; living what you believe and not just talking it. Like a lot of things in life, addressing this challenge daily is more likely to lead to success. Uber Coach to the Fortune 1000 and author of “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”, Marshall Goldsmith has some sage advice on creating that habit that requires 1) only that you know what’s important to you and 2) an Excel Spreadsheet. Learn more in this one minute video on the “The Daily Question That Will Align Your Actions With Your Values.”

Econ Recon:

Economist Brian Wesbury looks at the continued growth of the economy and offers some insight was to where it’s coming from: The Fed and Fiscal Policy….or a free market that succeeds the despite the impediments that the former puts in its way.  Find out why he says  Change is In the Air.