Mitch's BlogMitch's BlogThis is a business blog concentrating on the areas of leadership, management, diversity, customer service, motivation and healthcare finance. It's written from my own personal perspective of these issues, and occasaional includes other issues as wel Articles
Amazing Super Tuesday Night
2008-02-06 07:06:00 It’s Super Tuesday night, or at least the aftermath based on when I’m writing, and it’s been am amazing evening. Actually, I guess if I was going to be more correct, it’s been an amazing political season, at least on the Democratic side of things. Tonight, basically two people battled for delegates in 24 or ... More About: Diversity , Night , Amazing
What?s Happened To Courtesy?
2008-02-03 03:57:00 Last night, I was in the grocery store with my wife, when I walked away to get something in a different area of the store. After about a minute in this new section, I hear someone coming from around the corner, cursing up a storm. When she finally appeared within my view, I ... More About: Diversity
Your Words May Inspire Someone
2008-02-02 15:26:00 I’m one of those people who, when I get a chance, likes to encourage others to do great things. I like to believe that all of us have the potential to be great, do great, live great, and feel great. As rich and successful as I want to be in my life, I’d ... More About: Words , Motivation , Inspire
Sometimes You Have To Be Ready To End Something
2008-01-24 05:20:00 Every once in awhile, you have to decide whether it’s prudent to continue a battle or pull back and drop out of one. Well, battle may be a bit strong, but it’s still accurate, especially as we still have soldiers over in Iraq. However, that’s not what this post is about. Over the past ... More About: Ready
The King Holiday, 2008
2008-01-22 00:11:00 Today is the Dr. King holiday, and what’s odd is that the news out today is that “scholars” are saying that his legacy is being oversimplified. Supposedly, the message these scholars are putting out is that most people have one memory of who Dr. King is, that being the “I Have A Dream” speech ... More About: Holiday , The King , Diversity , 2008
Civility During The Presidential Election; Can?t See It
2008-01-13 01:45:00 First, the latest TTM Newsletter, Doing It Your Way, is available. The political season has begun, and though I don’t expect that I’m going to get much into politics in this blog, even though it is a presidential election year, I think it’s something to look at when it comes to trying to evaluate how leadership ... More About: Management , Presidential , Leadership , Election , Civility
Goals for 2008
2008-01-02 00:40:00 I figure we’ll give this another try. Last year, I posted my goals for 2008 , of which I did a review of here. I didn’t do so well, and I think the reason was that, though I was fairly specific, they may have been a bit high in retrospect. You know, there’s ... More About: Motivation , Goals
Switching Insulin Again; An Update
2007-12-27 06:11:00 Back on November 6th, I wrote on this blog that I was going on insulin for the first time due to diabetes. I was thinking it was time for an update; trust me, things just never go properly with me. I started Levemir on that night, and didn’t have any problems. Two nights later, ... More About: Update , Switching , Witch
Controlling The Message
2007-12-24 19:37:00 Friday night, my wife comes home from work with a fantastic tale that was flowing along the gossip lines where she works. Supposedly, a woman had helped some man in a store, and he was so grateful to her that, two hours later when she left and was getting into her car, that same ... More About: Management , Leadership , Message , The Message , Mess
Networking Is Out There For Everyone
2007-12-19 22:57:00 I went to a networking luncheon put on today by the Greater Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, of which I’m a member. It was held at Outback Steakhouse in Clay, NY, and I was told it was there last year also, which means it must have been two years ago that I went to the ... More About: Networking , Workin
Review Of 2007 Goals
2007-12-17 03:38:00 It’s a little bit early, but since I’ll have other things to do, I decided to look back at what my goals were for 2007 to see how close or far I was from all of them. 1. Lose 35 pounds. Well, that one didn’t happen, so it’ll probably be back on the list ... More About: Review , Motivation , Goals
Controlling Anger
2007-12-14 07:50:00 First, the latest TTM Newsletter is out, called Controlling Anger . Why this topic? Over the last week, we’ve had a mass shooting at a mall, a double murder in Colorado, and yesterday a woman was sentenced to 5 to 10 years for using her 4-week old baby as a weapon against her boyfriend in a ... More About: Management , Leadership
Myself As A Professional Speaker And Presenter
2007-12-13 23:27:00 In March, I will be giving a two day presentation at Onondaga Community College entitled Your Website As A Marketing Tool. The initial plan is to give this presentation for small business owners who may be considering whether they need a website or not on some kind of continuing basis, as the next classes ... More About: Speaker , Presenter , Professional , Resent , Fess
I Found $2 Million In Missing Revenue
2007-12-10 07:32:00 I recently wrote an article that I’ve posted on my main business site titled Misperceptions And Expectations Of The Charge Master / Revenue Review Process. Basically, it follows up on a theme I started in my last post on how, sometimes, one is trying to market to people who don’t fully understand what it is they ... More About: Healthcare , Missing , Million , Missi
Consulting Is A Tough Business
2007-12-07 04:22:00 One of the problems of being an independent consultant is that sometimes you’re marketing yourself to the people who are the ones who make the money decisions, but they don’t have all the knowledge needed to make the proper decisions. That may not sound fair, but I’ll give an example. In healthcare, for example, the ... More About: Business , Consulting , Tough , Sine
Start With The Simple Steps
2007-12-03 06:39:00 Suffice it to say, I know my way around a computer. I can pretty much repair most software issues, and some hardware issues here and there. Last week I had an issue with some software, and, though I don’t know why things went wrong, I set about trying to fix it, especially because ... More About: Motivation , Start , Simple , Steps
So Long, Evel Knievel
2007-11-30 23:31:00 First, the latest T. T. Mitchell Consulting Newsletter is available here. Evel Knievel has passed away today at age 69. Evel Knievel has pretty much been around my entire life, the first daredevil I ever heard of, back when the name really meant something. I remember when it seemed like he was a fixture ... More About: Long
Big Sales Special For Newsletter Subscribers
2007-11-22 06:48:00 I don’t make these types of pitches often, but it’s time for one. I’m always trying to increase the subscriber base for my newsletter. Right now, my newsletter subscribers are being offered a special, short time deal for all the products I market that I’ve created, including my book Embrace The Lead. ... More About: Sales , Newsletter , Special , Scribe
Two Events I Missed
2007-11-17 02:33:00 Sometimes you get so involved in your own thing that you missed other events that you’d like to at least have the opportunity to comment on. Well, I missed two, so I’m taking care of that right now. The first one I missed was World Diabetes Day, which I’d never heard of until the day ... More About: Events , Diversity
It?s Not Always In The Detail
2007-11-15 03:34:00 I don’t really recommend doing what I’m about to talk about specifically, but use it to point out how one doesn’t always have to give everything away in order to get things done. Here in the Syracuse area, there’s a company that’s been building up money by receiving public subsidies and a commitment from the county ... More About: Management , Leadership , Always
What To Do About Dog?
2007-11-13 04:12:00 First, the latest newsletter is available now, titled Expectations. I’ve been asked my opinion on the situation concerning Dog the Bounty Hunter last week. As most know, he was recorded, by his own family member, dropping the N-bomb consistently while castigating his son’s girlfriend, who happened to be black. Since that time, he’s appeared ... More About: Diversity
A Black Woman?s Smile
2007-11-06 20:59:00 This isn’t a long post, but something I wanted to share. My wife’s cousin sent me this link to a video at YouTube, and it’s pretty deep, but doesn’t have an embed, so you have to go to their site. It’s called A Black Woman ’s Smile , and it’s a video presentation created by Ty Gray ... More About: Diversity
On Insulin, But Not Dependent
2007-11-06 06:27:00 I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m diabetic. And I’m not necessarily a good one. I do weigh less than I did when I was diagnosed, but I’m not down as much as my doctor would wish I was. My progression has been somewhat steady. I started out only on ... More About: Motivation , Epen , Dependent
Paul Potts, The Beginning
2007-11-04 16:12:00 Many here in America don’t realize that there’s a British version of the show America’s Got Talent. Well, they started it, after all, and it’s called Britain’s Got Talent. Anyway, last year, out of the blue, they got this guy named Paul Potts, a cell phone salesman who wanted to sing opera. ... More About: Motivation , Paul Potts
Does It Have To Be Politics As Usual?
2007-11-04 06:13:00 I’ve had people tell me they wish I’d get into politics and run for office. I tell people that I don’t have the temperament for politics. Some of what I hear these people say about each other would have me wanting to drive to someone’s house and dare them to say it to ... More About: Politics , Politic
There?s Supposed To Be A ?Black Out? Tomorrow
2007-11-01 23:38:00 A nationally syndicated radio host named Warren Ballentine is urging black Americans to participate in what he’s calling a “black out” tomorrow. In essence, he wants black Americans to not buy a single product tomorrow to try to send a message that “blacks are fed up with racism and injustice, and he rejects criticism ... More About: Diversity , Black , Tomorrow , Morrow , Tomo
How Does It Make You Feel?
2007-10-30 15:52:00 One thing I hate about business is that many people don’t feel they have to return phone calls, or respond to email. Now, if someone is just soliciting, whether or not the other person knows them or not, that’s a much different thing, because if someone is trying to sell you something that you ... More About: Make , Feel
A Couple More Nice Movies
2007-10-25 06:37:00 I mentioned this website, Beautiful Summer Morning, on my Blog Day post in August. This guy, Nick Grimshawe, really does come up with some very good stuff. Two videos have been highlighted on his site within the past couple of weeks that I’d like to share with you now. The first is ... More About: Movies , Motivation , Couple , Nice
How Far Will You Go?
2007-10-20 03:32:00 A couple of days ago, a friend of mine got tossed from one of the social networking sites I’m a part of. She basically got herself banned for protecting her very good name, but going a couple more steps forward than she really needed to. As we were talking on the phone about it later ...
Who?s Right, And When?s Wrong?
More articles from this author:2007-10-18 22:09:00 Here’s a tough one to think about. I’m reading a news story a few days ago about the Swedish cartoonist who drew a picture of Allah as a dog and created all the firestorm and controversy that came afterwards from Muslims, who decided that this man needed to have a price on his head, and a ... More About: Diversity , Wrong 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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