by Pete Abilla on April 3, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn When you have 9 children with an age range of 14 years for the oldest and 2 as the youngest, the more they can do things on their own (self-sufficient) the better it is for mom and dad and, ultimately, for them. One [...]
by Pete Abilla on March 19, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Answering the question “What’s In It For Me” (also known by its acronym WIIFM, pronounced “WE-FEM”) is a common change management strategy. Often times the approach is to demonstrate how one method or another is important and how the application of that method [...]
by Pete Abilla on March 14, 2012
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Every year about this time in the United States, people scramble to get their taxes done. I’m no exception. But thankfully, with the help of tax professionals and Turbotax, there is plenty of help to decode and understand the convoluted tax laws that we have [...]
by Pete Abilla on December 7, 2011
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Signs and symbols without context has no meaning. Context matters. But, rarely do we consciously think of it; in fact, we almost always assume without really realizing that the subject of which we are talking about is really relative to other parts of [...]
by Pete Abilla on November 8, 2011
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Let me say at the outset that all growing up, I had always equated a laundromat with the dry cleaners. But, apparently, they are different things. But, I’m just going to continue to pretend they are the same thing, mainly because it’s easier [...]