“We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.” Andy Grove, Founder and CEO of Intel A lot of people have a serious aversion to the word Budget. You mention it and you immediately lose them. Their eyes glaze over, they look uncomfortable, and they try to change the subject. I think budgets…
I love basketball, and when I was younger played frequently. Sometimes in a pick-up game we would be playing hard, but no one was keeping score. After a while someone would say, “First team to 20 wins.” The intensity would immediately pick up, especially on the defensive end, and suddenly everyone became more focused. Other…
Who Was Micawber and What is His Principle? In the book David Copperfield, written in 1850 by Charles Dickens, the orphaned title character is sent to work in a factory in another town. Arrangements are made for young David to rent a room in the home of Wilkins Micawber. Mr. Micawber is fond of offering…
