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New Blogg

idoinspire — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:42:05 +0000

Hi we have moved the blog to my website at

http://www.idoinspire.com/blog/

Come see us here!

Cell Phone Etiquette

idoinspire — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:33:19 +0000

I was standing in line at the bank today and a guy let his cell phone ring 12 times ( yes I’m lame- I counted). When he answered he spoke so loud everyone in the bank was distracted and irritated.

I came home and googled cell phone etiquette just to regain my sanity and I came up with this nice article with some nice reminders. From sideroad.com a great website. Check it out at

http://www.sideroad.com/Meetings/cell_phone_etiquette.html

Foreclosures in Phoenix

idoinspire — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:56:02 +0000

I just got back from a trip to Phoenix where i bought a small condo as a rental property. I met a young man who lives upstairs who bought 4 years ago, he paid 2.5 times more than i did for a similar unit with no downpayment. His mortgage, taxes, condo fees must be a staggering $2300 per month (plus). You could literally rent the same unit he lives in right now for under $1,000 per month. I am not for walking away but what is the incentive to stay in your home and make your payments?
It is going to take awhile for this real estate mess in the US to be fixed. Any thoughts?

I Still Wear a Wrist Watch

idoinspire — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:43:13 +0000

I wear a wrist watch and a 12 year old told me that this was obsolete. This is a single function device, therefore useless.

The Aging Parent Dilemma

idoinspire — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:50:14 +0000

An interesting article about how our workplaces are changing, something organizations have to think about from an article from Fast Company,
Change the Game: Add Aging to the Parent-Centric Work+Life Debate.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1677624/change-the-game-add-aging-to-the-parent-centric-worklife-debate#disqus_thread

I agree if we are going to have change it will have to come with organizations finally stepping up to the plate and offering flexibility and incentive to care for agiing populations. Companies ( especially large ones) are slow to change but they will be forced to recognize that it may be the only way to keep a talented and engaged workforce, people will need this kind of support.
Good article.

Annual Survey of American Technology Adoption

idoinspire — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:32:19 +0000

A survey of over 75,000 participants shows that Gen x and Gen Y use technology much more readily than older generations. This isn’t surprizing.
The link to the research is http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/state_of_consumers_and_technology_benchmark_2010,/q/id/57526/t/2
However my friends grandmother is now text messaging, ” pass the salt” she texts her at the dinner table.
My mother is actively posting on facebook with her marathon running group. I heard about a 92 year old women who loves twitter. All generations are embracing technology because it is so great and makes our lives so much easier ( what mother doesn’t want to see her teenage daughters photos from the party she was at last weekend).

Great Video

idoinspire — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:50:24 +0000

I really like this video Are you a Game Changer by Sam Silverstein, http://samsilverstein.com/04/10/2010/blog/are-you-a-game-changer-2/

How to Get a Man to Change

idoinspire — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:32:50 +0000

My good friend Tracy is the ultimate homemaker- without her the family house would fall apart. Only she can put the new toilet paper on the roll and recap the maple syrup without using her tongue. Problem is nobody ever recognizes the value of cleaning up.
Her husband throws his clothes on the floor- she intercepts them before they hit the ground. I told her to consider herself lucky all other male species mark there territory with either urine or feces- so far all he does is leave his shirts around. She doesn’t see my logic.
Nobody in her family will ever forget the great strike of 1998- where she suddenly stopped cleaning without a word. Within a week garbage was piled everywhere- you had to make a wide circle around the shoes in the hallway to get through the front door.
The strike ended when mildew was growing in the tile grout. Her husband yelled, doesn’t anyone clean this house? Than he gathered the children filled a bucket with cleaners and climbed into the tub to try his hand at scrubbing technique.
It wasn’t until she stopped cleaning that it occurred to her family how much work cleaning the house really is. Very often the only time people recognize the value of what we do is when we just stop doing it.

How do you get a man to change? Threaten him. Motivate him. Leave humorous note around as a hint. What do you do? Do you keep your spouse on a short leash? Does it work?