Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies
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"I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?" --Philip Zimbardo
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Stupid Shit People ACTUALLY Put On Their Resumes
From madconomist.com
None of this is made up. People really did put this stupid crazy shit on their resumes or job applications.
1. I am very detail-oreinted.
2. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable.
3. Thank you for your consideration. Hope to hear from you shorty!
CRM Done Right
The Idea in Brief
Frustrated by high costs and dubious payoffs, managers that used the first customer-relationship management (CRM) systems came to view them as overhyped IT investments. Accordingly, CRM spending plummeted between 2001 and 2003. But now CRM system sales are soaring, as executives from a wide variety of industries tout CRM's value.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
What Toyota can Teach You about Personal Productivity
Toyota has become the world’s largest automobile manufacturing company this year, overtaking General Motors which reigned supreme since the 1930s. Before then, Ford was the global leader. Toyota’s market capitalization is more than five times that of Ford and General Motors combined. Toyota must have been doing something right these past 20 years since it has become the most productive manufacturer in the world.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Asia's Young Entrepreneurs
Vote for your favorite among the top two dozen young entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region, where the local creativity is impressing venture capitalists and multinationals alike
By Sonal Rupani
There's never been a better time to be a young entrepreneur in Asia. There are more venture capitalists than ever in the region
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Communicating well
To communicate well really means to communicate so that other people understand what you are saying. You are able to communicate well when you can convey your thoughts and others can, in turn, understand them. Not an easy task. It does require substantial effort, but once you are willing to put in the effort, it will pay large dividends.
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Lilly: The World Map Master Baby Genius
Amazing Baby Girl Singing!!
New form of reading - Amazon’s Kindle Book Reader
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Motivation: The Gurus Speak!
Business Startup planning
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The Origin of Hip Hop Music
Monday, November 19, 2007
Songza . Internet search engine
Songza is the brainchild of 23-year-old Aza Raskin — the president of Chicago-based software company Humanized, Inc., and the son of Apple Macintosh founder Jef Raskin.
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Who Are the Millionaires
Sunday, November 18, 2007
How to Improve Your Social Skills: 8 Tips from the Last 2500 Years
One source for pretty reliable advice is what has been repeated. Not what’s been repeated throughout your life but throughout history. Time-tested advice, advice that has survived and been rediscovered over the centuries often has a good deal of practical value.
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Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
To execute major initiatives in your organization--integrating a newly acquired firm, overhauling an IT system--you need complex teams. Such teams' defining characteristics--large, virtual, diverse, and specialized--are crucial for handling daunting projects
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
German railroad strikes spread
BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- German train drivers launched a strike on the country's passenger network Thursday, following freight train drivers off the job as their union turned up the pressure on the national railway in a bitter pay dispute.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
CEO,CFO,COO,How about CCO (Chief Culture Officer)
from cnet news
There's no question that Google is a trendsetter. The company made Web search sexy, and lucrative. It established the foundation for an ecosystem that allows any old little Web site to make money off advertising.
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