http://aalleyne.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/new-years-research/ Policy Reform: Using New Ideas for New Growth Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:22:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://aalleyne.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/new-years-research/#comment-20 Mark Doebler Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:22:12 +0000 http://aalleyne.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/new-years-research/#comment-20 Hi again! Just thought I'd let you know I linked to this post over on my blog. I thought it fit nicely with an earlier post I had made. Hope you get a little extra traffic. It's good information for my readers. Hi again! Just thought I’d let you know I linked to this post over on my blog. I thought it fit nicely with an earlier post I had made. Hope you get a little extra traffic. It’s good information for my readers.

]]> http://aalleyne.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/new-years-research/#comment-9 Jesus, Accountant « P.R.U.N.I.N.G. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://aalleyne.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/new-years-research/#comment-9 [...] Like the prodigal son, if you know what you have and do not know what it is worth, you will likely waste it. You can waste it proactively—deplete it completely or misuse it—or you can waste it passively by not using it at all. I’ll laugh at myself for a moment to illustrate this point. After a lecture given by a business person that I admire (Dr. Randal Pinkett), I had the opportunity to speak with him briefly. I asked him for some advice about one of my business ventures and he replied, “I really don’t know much about that line of business.” Of course he didn’t! Fortunately, I had a few more minutes with him and was able to seek information from him in an area where he would be most valuable to me. But this blunder was a result of disorganization and lack of research.   [...] [...] Like the prodigal son, if you know what you have and do not know what it is worth, you will likely waste it. You can waste it proactively—deplete it completely or misuse it—or you can waste it passively by not using it at all. I’ll laugh at myself for a moment to illustrate this point. After a lecture given by a business person that I admire (Dr. Randal Pinkett), I had the opportunity to speak with him briefly. I asked him for some advice about one of my business ventures and he replied, “I really don’t know much about that line of business.” Of course he didn’t! Fortunately, I had a few more minutes with him and was able to seek information from him in an area where he would be most valuable to me. But this blunder was a result of disorganization and lack of research.   [...]

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