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In my experience these Serious Guys don't find winning particularly important, but can't handle losing a loved one. I have known a few of these people and when they win they don't seem particularly happy, but if they lose, watch out. I'm pretty neutral on winning versus losing, but what I am not neutral on is not hustling. By hustle, I don't mean sprinting and diving like a maniac. With a little bit of hustle, even if you are unathletic More

I think a correction needs to be made. Obama stated he wanted to raise the marginal tax rate on married couples over $250k but Buffet stated he was advocating over $1 million, if you read his NYT opinion. As for the double taxation, the article makes the tax rate seem as if it is 45% which if anyone looks into effective tax rates in this country, it is much lower. I am not a fan of taxes and do not advocate raising them but I think More

Jed, before you discard the notion of responsibility... I would urge you to read Schweizer's book, Architects of Ruin. See who really applied the heat that caused the meltdown.. And, look at who BHO has relied on to fix the financial morass that the Congress, community activists, the Dept of Justice, Countrywide, Fanne Mae, and Freddie Mac wrought. . OOPs guess what, he has drawn in many of those same firebugs that caused it to try More

Great! A step in the right direction. Watch out, though. Don't let a big bonus wipe out this compensation correction. Corporate hr executive compensation should return to what it was ca. 1980 in terms of multiple of minimum wage (e.g. 50 X min wage). This is before the corporate raiders showed the corporate executives that there are ways to siphon corporate assets into their own pockets. A slight adjustment (e.g. logarithmic) could More

Steve, I don't believe that. Is there any evidence for it? Has anyone examined companies that fire 10% of their onboarding new employees every year, with companies that don't, to see which does better in the long run? In the decades after WWII, the U.S. was the industrial leader of the world. At that time, most of the Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of smaller companies, gave their employees lifetime jobs, except for serious misconduct. More

You obviously never have been in marketing communications plan or advertising, Gregory. Advertisers pay for space or time in the interest of attracting eyeballs to their commercial message. That's why the Fox Sports could charge a couple of million bucks for a 30-second Super Bowl commercial. They don't care much about the politics of the site where they place their advertising -- just whether they reach the demographic target tht More

Again the point is missed. Hospitals are under great strain to treat everyone regardless of income. Medicaid reimbursements have been cut and much of the short-fall has been met through charitable donations, sometimes from religious organizations. The JWs make a big deal that they are the true religion and only they show to make a girl fall in love with you love. It should be an embarrassment to JWs that as a religious organization More

There was a much higher number effects of quitting smoking zealous advocates for smoking in response to the article on this topic weeks ago. Perhaps this very logically written article dissuaded some of them this time. Smoking is a topic that no reasonable person can argue in favor of. One positive statistic is that more than half of the 18% of Americans who smoke say they want to quit. So, from a motivation perspective, the More

As an alternative to official incubators, entrepreneurs can also take advantage of co-working locations. Co-working shares many advantages of franchising and offers more flexibility. Shared resources like internet access, printers, cleaning and utilities help to keep overhead costs low and predictable. In addition, interactions with like-minded freelancers and start-ups can provide. As a start-up poised to launch May 19th into the More

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