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Category: Thinking

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The 1440 Minute Manager

Alan July 4, 2009October 23, 2024

Some Immutable statistics: There are more than 6,706,993,152 people in the world. The world’s bond market is $67,000,000,000,000 Every day only has 1440 minutes. The world has abundant resources in

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Poor Judgment?

Alan April 18, 2009October 23, 2024

I was on hold on the phone with Energex recently – a large government owned monopolistic electricity network provider. It was on a friday afternoon, and I thought I had

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Keeping Unfair Advantage

Alan March 28, 2009October 23, 2024

Life is Unfair. There is not such thing as a level playing field. The dice of life are loaded. As a youth, I would have expected that life was fair

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Write it down, Tell someone.

Alan March 7, 2009October 23, 2024

Dealing with failure: “I lack personal commitment. Honestly I do. I can’t trust myself. I want to improve but every time, I just can’t. That lamington is too tempting for

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Is Consistency Always Good?

Alan February 28, 2009October 23, 2024

One of the most prized compliments to give someone is consistency. “He’s a good employee, he’s always on time”. “Although he is not the sharpest tool in the shed, at

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