55 Office-Speak Phrases That You Love To Hate

Let's face the music, go forward together with 360 degree thinking and give it 110%. Go here to read the article. Fun times.

How To Cope With Hard Times

Paul B. Brown writes in the Small Business section of the New York Times: "For small businesses that are trying to ride out an uncertain economy, all solid suggestions about cutting costs, reducing the amount of time it takes to collect a receivable, or finding forgotten tax breaks are much needed. Here are a handful of ideas that may help.

The Women's Tech Knowledge Connection: Webgrrls

Every day is a discovery. Today I discovered Webgrrls International, the Professional Women's Network. Their website details all sorts of support that this online and off line all female networking organization has to offer. Their blog has some great tips, tricks and wisdom. Interestingly enough, although Calgary, Vancouver and Nova Scotia have their own 'chapters' of Webgrrls, Toronto does not according to their website.

Making Creative Matter

"Life is crazy. How do you balance life, joy and great work?" This is one of the questions that I am seeking the answer to. Designer Sobriety is an amazingly resourceful blog for answering it. Here's some examples: 

#3 'You need to commit to both of your lives: personal and work. Don't let work interfere with your personal life, and live a personal life that inspires your work.' 

#9 'Work where it makes you happy.'

Part 1: 25 Key Forms of Human Behaviour According to Charlie Munger

Over on (co-founder of Netscape) Marc Andreessen's blog.pmarca.com there's a great post called 'The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Misjudgement' based on the wit and wisdom of Warren Buffet's longtime business partner and Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger. Mr. Munger's insights are legendary and a compilation book of his business insights "Poor Charlie's Almanack" reveals some useful stuff whether you are a venture capitalist or sole proprietor. 

"Mr. Munger's magnum opus speech, included in the book, is The Psychology of Human Misjudgement--an exposition of 25 key forms of human behaviour that lead to misjudgement and error, derived from Mr Munger's 60 years of business experience. Think of it as a practitioner's summary of human psychology and behavioural economics as observed in the real world."

In this first post, Andreessen goes through biases 1 to 6. Stay tuned for the other installments.