Bottom Bowl II

Sometimes it is just great to “watch” the market. I was explaining this to our waiter last night. Before I went to bed last night, the futures were down almost 1%. When I woke up this morning, the futures were still down. Then we opened and went further down. I watched the Paulson speech and [...]

Happy Birthday Liz

So today is my little sister’s 29th birthday. She seemed pretty excited even though she had to go to work today. We talked yesterday about eating some New York style pizza when she gets off around 2 pm. Then, later tonight, we are going to eat authentic Mexican food and some fun on the lanes. [...]

Recognizing, Compensating, and Retaining Talent

Recently, I interviewed for a position at a software company who was looking to fill the position of a consultant/trainer. I have worked with their software in a previous job and was even retained by them to do some 3rd party training. After about 5 hours of conversations and meetings, I was under the impression [...]