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	Saturday, January 14, 2006

HOw to Stay Young Here’s one from Glendz on How to Stay Young: 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them. 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop. ” 4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often … long and loud. Laugh until (more…) 6:33:27 AM     comment []   trackback []

Gates Most Admired Business Leader A new global study conducted by Burson-Marsteller with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) names Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect, the world’s most admired business leader. The 2005 CEO Capital™ study asked more than 600 global business influentials in 65 countries to write in which CEO or chairman they admire most in the business world today. Complete story here…. 6:22:51 AM     comment []   trackback []

China No. 1 Exporter of Technology The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) announced that China has surpassed the U.S. to become the world’s No.1 exporter of tech gear. More in BusinessWeek…. 6:20:20 AM     comment []   trackback []

Why I Blog? A lot of us blog, and believe me, blogging takes a lot of energy and time, especially if you want to write something that is not just a rant, but have to research and think through about it carefully to make it actually worth the while of your readers. Paul contemplates the issue of why people blog, and comes up (more…) 6:13:01 AM     comment []   trackback []

Man’s Best Friend A 7th Grader wrote that he thinks the computer has replaced the dog as man’s best friend. What do you know?? He could be right. 6:12:29 AM     comment []   trackback []

Knowing what Happened I am a fan of mysteries, and even went so far to assert that the management case can be treated like a whodunit puzzle. Here is a Sherlock Holmes story that illustrates how a person fails to understand what is happening, which is one of the first things a detective, and an entrepreneur should know. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were on a camping trip and in the middle of the night Holmes woke up and nudged the faithful Dr Watson. “Look up at the sky Watson and tell me (more…) 6:11:06 AM     comment []   trackback []

Advice for Entrepreneurs Don’t start a business just because you think you will be good at it. Don’t start a business just because other people think you will be good at it. Start a business because that should be the one thing you want to do most in life. 6:06:40 AM     comment []   trackback []