Apr
11
Make Sure you CAN Buy a Home
April 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
Sometimes ideas cross my mind:
I travel a lot. Sometimes I have thought: “what if I sell my primary residence, invest the proceeds in the stock market, and live out of dividends in temporary locations wherever consulting gigs or vacation ideas take us?”
One of the few thoughts that cross my mind is: What if [...]
Apr
11
Sickening Body Language
April 11, 2007 | Comments Off
You should project your best self during a job interview. This includes your body posture and body language. You may have the best experience, and the best credentials, but if the interviewer just doesn’t feel comfortable talking with you, you will not get the best evaluation.I recently interviewed a guy who just [...]
Apr
11
PowerPoint is Not Word !!
April 11, 2007 | Comments Off
One of my pet-peeves is the fact that Microsoft PowerPoint (or any other electronic slide program) is a low density information delivery method. You use it to deliver just a few ideas with a very high impact. You use PowerPoint to convince someone to start moving in the direction you favor or as [...]
Apr
9
Creating Value? MO – KFT
April 9, 2007 | Comments Off
On April 02 2007 I got Kraft (KFT) shares. In the last week they have oscillated around the $31/share mark. Altria (MO), which enjoyed a healthy $85/share price a few months ago dropped to the $70/share as the spin-off closed on us, and have stayed there for the time being. When I [...]
Apr
9
I Will Never Be The Same
April 9, 2007 | Comments Off
I spent 7 weeks in Australia, and I think that the experience changed my life in a way that made me different. It is not that Australia is a beautiful country where you feel like in America, but safer and everything looks cleaner – for they are like that, but that is not the [...]
