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Your Life in the Balance
Do you feel that you're constantly being accused and judged? Is your life and self-esteem in someone else's hands? Is there something positive you can do about it?

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On Piracy Victory and the Just Shaping of Letters
What is it that both Albrecht Durer and Nike understand about the rudiments of branding? In the late Renaissance, Durer’s iconic AD monogram became an emblem of high accomplishment, a symbol of quality applied to the remarkable drypoints made by his studio, and hence, synonymizing value to an educated European intelligentsia. Around 1505, Durer was even forced to denounce the Venetian artist Raimondi, who had copied Durer’s works and signed them with the famous mark. This is one of the first trials defending the rights of an author and the protection of what is today called intellectual property.

Old New Ways to Motivate Employees
Over the last quarter century, I have studied and taught the theories on motivation of Taylor, Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, Argyris, and McLland. Although each of those management and behavioral scientists has tackled the topic from a different point of view, defending his opinion with both theoretical research, observation, I find Herzberg’s theory the most practical and easy to implement in the workplace. Naturally, the work of all those scientists complements the whole approach to the very important topic of motivation, but herzberg’s points more clearly at the satisfiers and dissatisfiers in the workplace. His focus on the job content as a lasting motivator qualifies for more analysis and serious consideration.

We Have Met the Enemy ...
There are other coffee chains. And damn fine independents. The coffee is good at Dunkin' Donuts ... and McDonald's for that matter. (My next door neighbor will go to the mat defending DD.) Still, Starbucks is sailing in pretty blue ocean to this day. So why is its stock in the tank, why did founder Howard Schultz decide last week to can the CEO and re-take the job himself?

Is There Life Beyond Windows? Pros, Cons and Costs of the Major Operating Systems
This article looks at the pros, cons and costs of Windows, Mac OS, UNIX and Linux. It's a topic that generates a great deal of emotion, but there's no sense getting hung up on defending a favorite operating system. In the cold light of day, these are the bottom-line issues: Is a given OS the most productive solution for your business? Does it do everything you need it to do? Is it the most cost-effective option? And does it make sense to use more than one operating system on the network? This topic is the fourth in our 2009 white paper series: "Making every IT dollar count!" The full white papers are available on our website.

Learn How To Make Better Choices To Be More Successful
You may have heard it said that it is the little things in life that are worth living for. Similarly, the little things in life are what change our lives for the better or worse. The choices we make in life define who we are and what we will eventually become. The truth of the matter is that a happy life is all about choices and progress. We make choices to the best of our abilities and then progress forward. Don't life your life with regrets. Choose to live the life you want to life and enjoy every moment.

What you can learn from a lousy teacher...
If you have a teacher (of any sort) that you cannot please, that you cannot learn from, that is unwilling to take you where you need to go because he is defending the status quo and demonstrates your failure on whatever report card he chooses to use, you could consider yourself a failure. Or you could remind yourself...

Lead Generation & Marketing Automation How-To Guide
Lead Generation is the top priority for marketing directors in 2009. More importantly, marketers are being charged with defending their budgets and demonstrating real ROI for their marketing programs. Use this How-To Guide to learn how other world-class companies are developing lead generation infrastructures that automate key processes, measure results, and provide a steady flow of qualified leads their sales organizations.

Life Insurance Online – How To Guide
Life insurance offers owners the ability to give financial stability and constancy to family members and loved ones. There are a variety of life insurance options currently available: child life insurance, whole life insurance, term life insurance, accidental life insurance, disability life insurance, universal life insurance and guaranteed life insurance to name a few. Yet, with such an assortment of choices, policies, prices and benefits, finding the perfect life insurance representative can seem daunting.

The Myth of Explaining and Defending
Do you believe that explaining and defending will convince the other person to see things your way? Has this ever worked?

Personal Feedback Pathways and Pitfalls
Ironically (and tragically) if I am a feedback-impaired manager, I am the least likely to realize it. I am not listening to what people have been trying to tell me. That's because I am too busy defending myself (or closing down feedback channels). If someone suggests I am defensive, I'll become defensive about my defensiveness.

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