A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future

Dear Son, when July began, there was a burning desire to be public about my full time career. Why? Well, since day one, being transparent has been paramount.

Google doesn’t allow secrets anymore. Remember yesterday? Writing has a way of making us much more effective. I don’t need to tell you what my career is, you can easily find out yourself.

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Dan Cathy CEO Chick-fil-A Interviews Suzy Welsh And Christianity In Business Comes Up

This is today’s 2nd post at jungle jeff. Just (7pm) stumbled upon this video after watching Dan interview Seth Godin in today’s 1st post.

What deserves consideration is this interesting, and uncommon, Christian transparency from Suzy Welsh, Jack Welsh’s wife, and author of 10-10-10:

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Writing, Even If You’re The Only One That Ever Reads It, Will Help You

Dear Son, Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A CEO talks with Seth Godin about leadership communication. Writing helps us see ourselves more clearly which makes us significantly more effective.

Writers must think, feel, experience, research, benchmark, network – all of these things are critical. Some cost time. Some money. Mostly, both. All are tax deductible.

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Small Business Tax Tips: To Deduct Or Not Deduct?

Dear Son, if you become a small business entrepreneur, seek out tax tips and clarification. Here’s one of the most basic, yet powerful, straight from “IRS Tax Tips, January 24, 2011”:

To be deductible, a business expense must be both ordinary and necessary. An ordinary expense is one that is common and accepted in your field of business. A necessary expense is one that is helpful and appropriate for your business. An expense does not have to be indispensable to be considered necessary.

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Living Life To The Fullest And Questioning Everything Beats Going Through The Motions With The Rest Of The Herd

Dear Son, you will be tempted to look for the right answers. This is The Herd mentality.

Please know that I believe it is far more important to ask the right questions.

Who cares if you have the right answer to the wrong question?

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