Archive for January, 2009
Pilosi & Reid- An Economic Tsunami
When reading through the provisions of the bill passed by the Nancy Pilosi led House on Wednesday and it’s proposed areas of funding I suddenly realized that I wasn’t going to get any piece of this action. I am not unemployed, don’t need food stamps, have little artistic talent, am past the age of worrying [...]
Pelosi In Charge: How can That Happen in a Sane World?
A few weeks ago I predicted that our president would have more trouble with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and radical left members of the Democratic Party than he would with Republicans. Pelosi is making me look like a Mentalist. While President Obama was meeting and “making nice” with Republican members of congress Nancy was [...]
New Layoffs Announced –When Will there be Good News?
Listening on the radio to an early market report from one of the Wall Street analysts he was asked the question: When can we look for some good news? The answer was straight forward and echoed my thoughts about many of the financial news reporters. He said, “I’m just 37 years old and really have [...]
Time Management-The Start of a Business day
How you manage time will be one of the greatest single items contributing to success at your work, whatever type of work it is you do. There are many things that happen each day at work and in our lives that are unexpected. The unexpected event needs to be handled and the individual that [...]
Responsibility- A Guest Post by Christopher J. Fearnley
Chris Fearnley has sent me his thoughts on personal responsibility
as a guest post on the Buck Says Friday Open Mic. He thinks I have
done some poetic waxing of the subject. I’m not sure he is thrilled
with my poetic wax job. Here are Chris’s thoughts. Buck
Responsibility Revisited
by CJ Fearnley
I noticed Paul Krugman’s blog [1] which observes [...]
Today is Yesterdays Tomorrow for President Obama
The Inauguration was exciting and broadly covered in every detail by the media. It sometimes felt like an awards show. I wondered where the red carpet was with interviews taking place concerning dress design. The predictable comments on talk shows took place almost immediately after the last words of the Inauguration speech echoed down [...]
Economic Breakdown and Recovery
We all understand that the current economy is somewhat broken. I decided that surviving 5 recessions in my career has been a learning experience but I evidently haven’t quite learned enough.
I have been reading about this recession being wicked and threatening America as we know it. The end of our way of doing business [...]
Andrew Wyeth, NC Wyeth and Buck
Andrew Wyeth died yesterday at his home in Chadds Ford Pa. I somehow feel close to the Wyeth family although I never personally met any of them.
Andrew’s father NC Wyeth was a part of my young life through his glorious illustrations His work was included in many of the tales that I read as [...]
Buckminster Fuller-Time for Some New Models?
We as a nation face the myriad of problems which are documented daily for us by all forms of news media. The problems faced by Jason and his Argonauts seem minor compared to the list of obstacles faced by our new president starting a week from now.
It’s a good thing that he and the family [...]
Four Steps for Finding Success in a Recession
Self Motivation & Needs Assessment
Abraham Maslow in the 50’s developed a theory on what motivated people and how the needs of people can be met and entered into the complex mix that leads some to a satisfied successful Life.
Maslow has been criticized for having developed theories that are too simple. I have used his simple [...]
