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Tag: business

  • Does Size Matter?

    With all this talk of Trump taking Greenland, people have commented on how the size of Greenland on the globe looks different than the flat map representation. It’s only a fifth of the size of the US instead of this massive thing. I pulled out our handy-dandy globe we purchased while homeschooling during Covid-19 and…

  • Work It

    Now that I’ve been doing sales for a while, I have added some interviews for people who think they might want to try it too. The company runs an online ad that is very clear that it the work is telesales, that it is commission only, and it requires licensing. In this economy, it seems…

  • The Tale of Two Colleges

    I have been to college twice, and then taught at several colleges for over 20 years. For a long time, I could not understand people‘s negative attitude about higher education. Why would people hate learning so much? Why would people not want someone to grow and achieve more than the level that their parents had?…

  • Old Year, New Me

    This year has a few leftover days, so I am going to use them to catch up on all the reflecting I’ve been putting off. To be honest this year was a mixed bag. We got hit a couple of financial and social setbacks in the spring. Both relationships and circumstances left us feeling in…

  • Dollars and Sense

    I am a grown adult and I just learned what an annuity is yesterday. I knew what the word meant generally because it’s in one of my favorite Jane Austen quotes “People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.” In the Sense and Sensibility, it is money given to in-laws,…

  • Quality of Life

    Yesterday, was my lecture about Globalization and Economics for my class. I went over different economic theories, types of trade, infrastructure, development and industrialization. One of the things that struck me as I reviewed the information, was how much is missing in financial discussions about quality of life. In a rush to get highways built…

  • Shortcut to Success

    Tim and I have been watching documentaries about the rise and fall of various startup companies. First it was WeWork with the Neumanns, and then it was Theranos with Elizabeth Holms. Both companies had young, dynamic leaders raised in wealth who spent more time fundraising than developing viable products. Both freely compared themselves to successful…

  • Made for It

    People love to work.

  • Only Together

    In leadership, telling people what to do can move the immediate process along, but if not done well, can undermine your long term goal of having people do things on their own. This is the same for parenting, teaching and leadership within a business or organization. The purpose of meetings and conversations should not be…

  • The Motherhood Dilemma

    Pregnancy and motherhood is not a sin.