Archive for September, 2008

Two Great Threes

With initial product reviews, I think it’s generally a good idea to revisit a while later, and see if the glamour has worn off, or if the product is still showing it’s value.
Two products I’ve mentioned here have been the Motofone F3 and the Mazda 3. So how are they holding up?
M3: There are […]

We Did It!

You’ll remember that back in April I told you about the New Futures Orphanage. Money was coming in so slowly that they had to eat it (as rice) and, especially with food costs being what they now are, they could never get together enough at once to buy farm animals and start sustainable agriculture. Their […]

Lead from the Front, not your Rear

Who hasn’t had the opportunity to either experience leadership (good or bad) in action, or to exert leadership in some setting? Some basic observations from both sides of that experience can translate into effective rules for successful leadership.
A leader motivates through encouragement rather than ridicule or intimidation: Motivation involves the personal goals of the participants, […]

Don’t let them Chubby-size it

You know, some time back, as part of a ’smaller footprint’ initiative, I started ordering down at restaurants. Junior burger at Braums - kid’s meal if I need more. Smaller beverages. Light portions. Partly, of course, you calculate the cost and the calories, not just what you throw away.
It’s a waste, of course, the extra […]

Another Rule of Work

It’s been a while since I posted a new rule of work, and this is www.rulesofwork.com after all. So here goes:
Never do anything for money that you wouldn’t do for free.
It flies in the face of conventional wisdom, of course - which is, “never do for free what you could do for money”. Contrary to […]

Envision Corporations as Business

Do you work in a corporation? Ever think things would be better if you could have a Red October and terminate about half your colleagues? Not in a Arnold Schwarzenegger kind of way - but with a pink slip? Who would you fire first?
If you ran things - ran it like your own business, who […]

What’s wrong with my web site?

If you’re not getting a lot of traffic, and you’ve invested in a solid, reasonably attractive, well-organized design, and basic search engine optimization, the problem is most likely that your site is static, not dynamic. In other words, it’s the same furniture arrangement each time - the content never changes, so it’s not going to […]

Faith in a Blog about Work

Look, here’s the point: I have more than a couple of jobs, but I limit what I discuss to two, so we don’t have to waste time with the “you’re a freak” discussion. I often hear people talk of: “putting in long hours”. As opposed to what? I was going to work anyway. If it’s […]