It’s amazing, but not shocking. Banks are businesses. Big banks are businesses owned by shareholders. Shareholders demand profits, period. In 2007-2009, the entire banking world was brought to its knees by subprime lending, which is giving loans to people who...
When you look around at your co-workers, know this: Some of them earn more than you do in their 401k, and some earn less. Can you tell who’s who? Maybe you can. Maybe they don’t want to tell you their secrets. (Maybe you only hear them brag when they have a good day.)...
Good and evil have battled for millenia. In the end, who wins? In movies, and in business, it’s the one who is more persistent. Retail sales were forever changed by the Wal-Mart discount model of making more items available in one location, the superstore....
In today’s world, we can use GPS to get us to our destinations. We can ask Siri, Google Home, or Alexa for news and weather. We can control lights, locks, thermostat, and appliances at home using our smartphones. And yet, when we want to know what to do...
Ever get busy? Like, really busy? Like, ‘No, not today. We’re not going there until Thursday. Today’s Thursday?!?’, ‘What did I come in here for?’, ‘How am I ever gonna get all this done on time?’ kind of busy? Sure you...