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Business Vision and Goals: Understand the Target You are Aiming For

In the early 1970s, I watched a Stanford professor  choose Jim Plunkett, (Stanford’s star quarterback) to demonstrate perception and the brain. The professor placed a pair of glasses on Jim that caused his vision to be distorted, shifting everything he sees to the right about … Continue reading

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DeBabbitting the Business Strategy Process: Can Creative People Be Developed?

           My grandfather left quite a legacy.  He came from Italy as a boy to start a new life.   He acted in and scripted silent movies, fought in WWI, tightrope walked between two eight story buildings (without a net) over a busy Chicago … Continue reading

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Bad Strategic Plans: How Not to Build a Flying Carpet

When I was five years old my cousin Bill and I created a strategic plan to build a flying carpet.  We wanted something that hovered over the ground about three feet (so not to be too dangerous).  We also needed a … Continue reading

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Did You Hear About the Guy Who Tried to Swindle IRS Agents?

There is a fine line between guts and stupidity.  Stupidity is much more entetaining. Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. pleaded guilty of filing 22 false claims against a number of  harmless people.  Among these harmless victims … Continue reading

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Cat Woman Beats IRS on her Charitable Tax Deduction, look out Batman

      At the time you are reading this article, the IRS is still shaking the kitty litter from their feet.  Earlier this month, Jan Van Dusen made them cough up a fur ball.  The IRS painted her as a wacky … Continue reading

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Business Plans and Strategy: Living on a Hope and a Dream

I once knew a guy who spent every last dime trying to get auto companies to buy his “hubcap” locks for expensive spoked wheels.  They repeatedly turned him down.  He took his idea to the insurance companies and…”poof!” He struck it … Continue reading

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