Saturday, October 6, 2012

More Self Help from JNG


Optically: When Reality is More Than Meets the Eye

Non-Zero Probability: In the Future, Anything is Possible

Instructive Directionally: How to Teach Others What You Don't Know

Without Making Heroic Assumptions: Betting on the Long Shots at Short Odds

Friday, October 5, 2012


W/ the help of DDW

Shrinking to Grow: Better to Be A Big Fish in a Small Pond
Downside Protection: Netting Out to a Good Idea
Intrinsic Value: When You See it But Others Don’t
Blue Sky Scenario: Dream Bigger Than You’ve Ever Dreamed Before

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Managing the Channel: Executive Holidays in the UK and France

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Finance Self Help Books


Courtesy of JNG. Joseph, I really hope you take this over because I'm not going to do it justice.

Potential titles for finance self help books:
The Lever Within: Grasping Life's Nettles One Day at a Time

The Lever Within: Getting the Most from One Bite of the Apple

Beat and Raise: Setting and Exceeding Your Own Expectations

Right-Hand Tail: Creating Value in Your Own Life

Net-Net: Evaluating Opportunity Sets Against the Challenges Around You

Incrementally Positive: Turning Your Cyclical Challenges into Structural Opportunities

At the Inflection Point: Developing and Executing Your Own Turnaround Story

On a Go-Forward Basis: Benchmarking Tomorrow Against Yesterday

Doubling Down: Buying Your Own Stock at a Discount

Pounding the Table: Maintaining Your Convictions in Challenging Times

Catalysts in Sight: Focusing on Opportunities Amid Life's Many Challenges


Directionally Representative: Knowing Where You're Going When You Don't Know the Way

A Wide Range of Outcomes: Making Uncertainty Work for You

He's Got It: If You Don't Have It, That's Why You Need It

Tactically Positive: Transforming Stiff Headwinds into Strong Tailwinds

Preserving Optionality: Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too

Synergies: Getting More Out of Your Employees When They're Not on the Payroll

Multiplication by Division: How to Separately Create Value in Your Life Together

Addition by Subtraction: Sometimes, There Really is an "I" in Team

Rolling Your Numbers Forward: Today Can Hold Tomorrow's Promise

Becoming a Better Senior Executive: A How-To Guide for Subordinates


And my poor attempts:


Getting to Granularity: Investment Opportunities in the Sahara

It Is What It Is: You Actually Can't.

Sleep for Senior Executives: It's at the End of the Day

A Marginal Approach to Directional Self Improvement