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Who owns your car’s brain?

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Years ago, I was active in the “speed” community.  No, I am not talking about the fact that I had (have?) a lead foot.   I raced cars. We modified the computer chips in car engines to augment the horsepower and performance they yielded.   One of the improvements actually increased the horsepower of Porsches by more than 100 HP!

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Balagan!

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This was supposed to be a great weekend.  My son was getting a chance to bask in the rewards of those great experiences during his tenure at Michigan, which were made possible by his exploits at high school.  But, my weekend was marred by revelations I received.   And, the situation that ruined this weekend is not out of the ordinary- I believe this process obtains throughout most of this country.  It is an absolute disaster.  It must be stopped!

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Consistency is the key…

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True Confessions?  My oldest daughter still holds it against me that I would not impress a bedtime for my children, once they reached four years old.  My  policy was you could stay up as late as you want- but you had to get up the next morning when required.  If it were a school day, that meant 7:15; Saturday meant 8:30, and Sunday- whenever.

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Financials are just a blip in time…

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I know most of you run your companies on a cash basis.  Your gross is small enough that the IRS does not require you to run accrued financials, which are more difficult to maintain.  But, it would behoove most firms to check their positions using accrued financials every once in a while.

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CEO Compensation and Corporate Performance

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I have already discussed the issues with inflated CEO compensation. One primary cause driving compensation upward is that many firms employ a technique that insures that he (it is typically a he) gets salary increases regardless of the performance at the firm. I have also discussed the problem that executives are paid ridiculous multiples (not 10 to 50, but 250 to 500 times) of the average pay at their firms.

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More on Sleep (too much or too little!)

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It also turns out that changes in sleep patterns can have a profound effect on our lives.  A new study, published in Sleep, states that changes in our sleep patterns that we make- or just happen as we age- in our late middle ages can lead to cognitive decline.  This decline is equivalent in scope to adding some 4 to 7 years to our actual mental age.  Notice, I said “changes” in sleep patterns.Shush- I'm sleeping

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Techie? Businessperson?

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I used to commute from Charlottesville (VA) to Long Beach (CA). Yes, really. It started out as three days in one place and four in another. It escalated (degraded?) into alternating 8 and 30 hour segments for some two or three years. (It’s how I learned how to sleep on airplanes- and get lets of work done on them, too.) But, it’s also how I learned to get plenty of planning done on my 75 minute drive (don’t figure out what speed that was) to Dulles Airport.
Why do I bring this up? Because, I have been driving to and from Citizen’s Bank Park every week or so, for years. And, on one of the rare occasions that I did this trip solo, I got a lot of thinking done, too. (Good thing- we’ve been working on a new concept. This gave me plenty of time to get the edges honed down.) I also figured out what makes my work with helping new and existing companies so exceptional. (I obviously have no problems with hubris 🙂 .)

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