Archive for August, 2006

Rain raineth, but who wrote it?

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Rain raineth, but who wrote it?

The Rain it Raineth Every Day, 1889 by Norman Garstin
Oil on canvas: Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Does anyone know for sure just who wrote this much-quoted verse? It’s posted on dozens of websites without its author being named:

The rain it raineth every day
Upon the just and […]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

“Press button one”?

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

No more “Press button one”?
By ERIC SHACKLE, in Sydney, Australia

Paul English must have felt he was a canary surrounded by hungry cats, or Daniel in the lion’s den, when he addressed 1000 representatives of the telephone and speech technology industry in New York last month.

Paul is the helpful computer genius who has […]

ARE YOU IN… OR OUT?

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Positioned For Success -
The Refined Art Of Taking A Chance

ARE YOU IN… OR OUT?

Are you in or out of your comfort zone, that is?

Remember a simple principle: action leads to results.

One decision.
One small action.
One step outside of the comfort zone…

Can be the beginning of a series of decisions and actions […]