Here are some lists to simplify over 350 articles — In my five and a half months reign of terror on Medium.com I’m humbled to have almost 900 fans. I’m pleased that there are those who enjoy my almost daily musing on this platform. You’re the fire that keeps me engaged and in constant improvement mode. As I approach 400…

It’s that first impression. — Regular readers will remember that at one time in my life I was a personnel manager for a 10-store chain in San Diego. Hiring and firing people always seemed like a coin flip. If I hire this person, will they do great or will they fail to make it past…

Everything in Montana is big — Even our snow — We’ve all heard the old saying, “It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity.” As of this writing, most of the US is experiencing warmer than usual temperatures. Ninety degrees is a ho-hum temp in most parts of our nation. Being almost a mile above sea level, and a somewhat arid…

What’s Real and What’s Fake? Inquiring Minds Want To Know — I moved to Bozeman, Montana in 1993. At that time Bozeman was about 12,000. Not big not small. Kissing the smog layer of San Diego goodbye for the clean clear Big Skies of Montana. Today the Bozeman population is over 50,000. Median homes in the Gallatin Valley are priced right…

Using Google Trends Can Help Your Writing — One of the tools I use when trying to come up with a story for Medium is Google Trends. This link is for searches done in the US. You can tailor Google Trends for any country or territory. By entering search words or phrases Google Trends will tell me the…

Capitalism gives us the freedom to excel. — I’m sorry to say that capitalism seems to be a bad word in today’s society. People seem to hold capitalism in the same regard as greed. That if you’re a capitalist, you’re out to rob the poor of everything you can. Let’s examine the logic in that. How Wealth Works In 2000, the…

How Safe Are Your Accounts and Web Sites? — Almost every day we read about some company or organization that’s been hacked and your personal information has been compromised. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do about that other than change your password and username if it’s a place where you have valuable information such as a bank…

A Different Way to Compute Retail Sales Commission Compensation — NOTE: Use the listen to option just below my name and have this post read to you aloud. I spent most of my life in sales in one form or another. I’ve been a salaried salesperson, commission, straight commission, and salary plus commission. But there was one compensation package that…

Are politicians dependent on prayer? — Most Americans believe in some form of a higher power in varying degrees. Some people are very devout in their beliefs. Others show up at church only for holidays. Still, others might be believers but don’t belong to any organized religion. How important, or unimportant, are religious beliefs held by…