Tag Archives: Lessons

Translation from School Days to the Working World

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend I thought about those things that make the translation from school days to the working world. I did a simple compare and contrast analysis to see what tools were used in school as they related … Continue reading

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Business Lessons from a Lemonaid Stand

Reading an article some time back I came across a philosophy of life. I don’t remember who wrote the article (it might have been Harvey Mackay) and I am sure I can’t remember all the parts of it, but one … Continue reading

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Business lessons from Southwest Airlines

The airline business is a brutal one. If you added up all the profits earned since the industry started, and subtracted the losses incurred during the same time period, the net profits would be a loss. Yet, consistently for the … Continue reading

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Business Lessons from USA Today

Jon Fine writes a column for Business Week on the media. The June 16 and June 23 2008 issues of his column have focused on the print media, newspapers in particular. Here are some interesting comments, statistics and predictions related … Continue reading

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