I had two big arguments with clients this year. OK. One. Because I fired the other client, who was clearly wrong, yet positive he would prevail.
Continue reading Going to Court?
This is one of those hidden gems. One I missed when I read the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. (Now you know why my monograph on the law hasn’t been published yet. I’m still re-reading the verbiage to see if there are other “gems” (a.k.a. fecal deposits) hidden between the lines.)
Continue reading @#%$ ME!!!!!!!
Way back in 1970, Dr. Milton Friedman postulated an heretical (at least for then) idea in the New York Times Magazine. (The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits, 13 September 1970. There is no link, because it predates the internet.) The fact that it took hold over corporate thinking was, to me, amazing.
Continue reading A turning point?
If it is your business to provide services to others, you darn well better understand that you aren’t really doing so, unless you have paying clients. What you are doing is not even a hobby- it’s just a waste of time.
Continue reading Rules of Engagement
There’s an old joke about which professions make the worst business managers and leaders. I won’t bother to say which one it is, though… But, if you are a professional (lawyer, doctor, accountant), then you know that joke (fact). And, you know you need to make your business stronger and more profitable.
Continue reading Yes, you are a professional- but are you MY professional?
