Archive for July, 2007

Since toxins seem to pre-occupy many green minds, perhaps it is pertinent to examine the toxic waste congregating in one’s own body. Now there have been countless therapies designed to de-tox your system, ranging from herbal remedies to saunas and massages to some other practices that are distasteful to discuss.

In vogue now is an [...]

Who’s who in representing divorced couples whose settlement could finance the budget of a small country?

As to be expected, the men who have had to part with princely sums are the super stars who earn princely sums. Though many marriages have been short term, according to Forbes calculations, the average duration is 12.5 years, these [...]

Effective global networking presents an entire new set of challenges for US entrepreneurs. Studying how cross cultural communications have evolved as well as the manner in which men and women differ in their international b2b networking pursuits are some of the areas examined in an academic study discussed in an interview with Bat Batjargal, “…a [...]

The old homily, “nice guys finish last”, gives ‘nice’ an unnecessarily bad connotation. Nice has many nuances.

pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers.
characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy: nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.
showing or indicating [...]

Business referrals are the primary reasons that anyone invests valuable time in peer networking. So when you have two or three messages from a contact from one of your your B2B networking groups would you ignore it? Apparently, failure to return phone calls is one of the primary “faux pas” that are made.

“There are [...]

Since so many members of Madison Who’s Who are in real estate, the piece excerpted below might be of interest. It appears that a Realtor’s newsletter irritated one homeowner who feels that the manner in which the sales data for her neighborhood was evaluated implied a total lack of respect for the homeowners.

The Realtor [...]

Outsourcing and India have almost become synonymous, but that is changing as other countries emerge with all of the right ingredients to leverage them as very attractive for companies shopping for talent,low costs ,sound infrastructure and minimal government bureaucracy. As global networking penetrates countries like Pakistan, Vietnam, Estonia, Russia and the Ukraine, they are emerging [...]

If there is a who’s who of those who are aggressively anti-growth, they may well be found in the current majority in the Senate.

” While financial markets burn, Democratic politicians fiddle with increasingly loony anti-growth policies and attitudes. It can’t do markets or the economy any good to have to live day by day with [...]

If time is money, have you ever considered the cost of your TV viewing habits?

“When people ask me what was the best decision I made when I decided to create this website, they are often surprised when I tell them that it was my decision to quit watching TV. There is no doubt that TV [...]

In this age of terrorism and executive kidnapping, security is a critical factor in global networking – security online and security on the ground. Unfortunately, a survey of business travelers indicate a vote of no confidence for the security measures their respective companies have put in place – or failed to address at all.

“A [...]