Author: Michelle Causton, FCPA, FCGA, MBA
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Work worth doing
My father used to say that he didn’t care what I did for a living provided I did it well. He said, “If you are going to be a street sweeper – be the best street sweeper you can be.” He may not have had high hopes for me but he gave me a valuable…
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Try the Guacomole
I have always thought that if you cannot explain something to someone else – it means that you don’t really understand it. I remember listening to Stephen Hawking explain black holes in a way that allowed me to grasp the basic premise of the concept. It is, I think, important to be able to distill…
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Simple Minds
I have been thinking about complex ideas and simple minds. Take economic theory. I don’t pretend to have anything approaching a clear understanding (there – I admitted it). And I suspect that there are only a handful of people in the world that really “get it”. So I am amused when a newscaster comments on…
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Doing Time
I am interested in the factors of success. How does one go from idea to vision to implementation? Today my focus is on becoming successful by working at it. Why does one person work so very hard – and want success so very badly – and still fail? It takes 10,000 hours to become an…
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Monkey Brain
I have a friend who says I have monkey brain. I wasn’t familiar with the phrase but it is not as rude as it sounds. It is a Buddhist concept that references that incessant chattering of an overactive brain. I can relate to that. And in case you think I should still have been insulted –…
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