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Welcome to my first Blog posting. This edition of “From the Desktop of John Trakselis” features a...

“Life is like business. It's 20 percent what happens to you, and 80 percent how you respond." – –...

“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.” – – – Warren Buffett Most of...

(This is the second installment in a two-part series on smart finance for small to medium-sized...

“Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of...

“Take charge of your own thinking; Rouse yourself from the daze of unexamined habit.” - Epictetus,...

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently” – Henry Ford Every piece I write...

“Progress always involves risk. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” –...

“Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. If you seek to...

“Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend.” – Mark Zuckerberg...

“Goals produce the confidence that comes from knowing where you are going and how you will get...

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other”. – John F. Kennedy I once talked to a...

“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” – Ellen Glasgow For purposes of this...

“Lead, follow or get out of the way." – Thomas Paine While traveling between meetings last week, I...

“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced...

“It is always darkest just before the day dawneth." – Thomas Fuller It has been a lousy winter in...

Understanding Business Cash Flow – Part I “The three most dreaded words in the English language...

Understanding Business Cash Flow – Part II “Cash is king. No matter how many good opportunities...

“I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about...

“Nothing is as exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.”– Bertrand Russell Decisions,...

“When we refuse to work with our disappointment…we resort to anger, greed, gossip, criticism. Yet...

“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find...

“’You see, ‘he went on, ‘some people live all their lives without knowing which path is right....

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”– Leonardo da Vinci Do you procrastinate? Often we...

“Handoffs are interactive communications allowing the opportunity for questioning between the...

"Sometimes you just got to tell it like it is and let the chips fall where they may. Avoidance has...

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that...

“Commitment is an act, not a word.” – Jean-Paul Sartre I once heard the story about the difference...

“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too): those who learned to collaborate and...

"A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the...

"Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements." – Werner Erhard I have been bumping into...

“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits...

“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, and no barriers to...

“Some people strengthen society just by being the kind of people they are.” – John Gardner In the...

When confronted with a challenge or opportunity we often have three negative thoughts running...

“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations:...

“Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.” – Brian Reed Design is an important focus...

“There's no abiding success without commitment.” – Tony Robbins Last week I had a conversation...

"The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born -- that there is a genetic factor to...

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which...

“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.” – Thomas Jefferson...

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!” – Bob Marley I...

“Peace is not absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” –...

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say” –...

“The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you...

“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” – Alan Lakein Ready. Shoot. Aim. This is the way we usually...

“Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader’s success. He can accomplish nothing...

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan One of the...

“To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.” –...

One of the best opportunities each of has is to be a part of a highly functioning team. In most...

Sell, sell, sell! Do you like to be sold to or do you like to be informed? If you are like most...