It’s Not About Money
Better a debtor than pay with a coin that does not bear our image! - Friedrich Nietzsche I’ve never been motivated by money. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have been motivated by money to the extent...
View ArticleDo It Now
Speaking with my friend, Rando Calrissian, about a woman who used to work for him, quoth he, “One great thing about her was, if she had something to do, she always did it right away.” I often think of...
View ArticleWhat Is the Goal of Business?
The primary goal of any business, is to stay in business. You need to bring in more money than you spend in order to stay in business (though, strictly speaking, you can stay in business by bringing in...
View ArticleReal Money
I remember listening to a presentation at a business meeting and the speaker talking about the gross revenues of some client or other and our comptroller turning to me and saying, “A billion here, a...
View ArticleSpace is Money
Everyone says, “Time is money.” But isn’t it more true that space is money? I can’t increase the amount of time I have. In fact, I can’t possess time in any real sense because, in a very real sense,...
View ArticleDavid Byrne, David Lowery, Creative Content and Money
I can’t remember when I first read David Lowery’s impassioned polemic directed at an NPR intern all the companies who profit from the exploitation of musicians and other creative artists, but I decided...
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