MishTalk

JULY 16, 2014

The past four quarters have recorded a nominal “top-line” GDP expansion of only 2.9%, while the bond yield remains close to 3.4%. change in nominal GDP over the past four quarters in perspective, it is below the entry point of any post-war recession. To put the 2.9% average in all of the previous post-war expansions.

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Confessions of a Consultant

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Shame and Guilt are not the same thing… Back in the day, my buddy Gerry Leigh was an Alterboy. Who wasn’t? We earned great money for weddings. Plus time off from classes to attend Mass – coupled with a very slow walk back to school. Yes, being religious had an awful lot going for it. But it came at a price. That was his first mistake.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Additionally, I went through the Case Interview Secrets videos twice, and went through Cosentino 's book four times (in order to nail any possible estimation question and read through some more case examples). I think my story is actually a little different than most average candidates.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

” In other words, b t is hollow talk that refers to nothing. While he was director general of the BBC, Greg Dyke gave employees yellow cards to hold up in meetings with the words “Cut the crap, make it happen” printed on them. eversofine/Getty Images. A senior executive is presenting a quarterly update.

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MishTalk

JUNE 17, 2015

The war of words between Greece and its creditors took a leap in intensity today, with Greece declaring its debt illegal and odious, and Germany calling the Greek leaders "clowns". Several legal arguments permit a State to unilaterally repudiate its illegal, odious, and illegitimate debt. It’s very dangerous, and we may have an accident."

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Politics is a dirty word. But office politics are unavoidable; as Aristotle noted, “man is by nature a political animal.” ” Whether you participate in them or not, politics have a big influence on what happens to you, your projects, and your team, so it’s hard to be indifferent to them. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

In the “supersizing” condition, participants were told the count of the smallest portion (37) and were asked to estimate the number of candies in the four larger portions. In other words, people missed exactly half the candies in the largest cup. Some don’t even notice it. This is no exaggeration. Fooled by Our Eyes.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 10, 2014

to get the word out; now, in many cases, this adds time and hassle without creating sufficient benefit. I realized the other day that most people grow up thinking in terms of professional affiliations. "I''m I''m going to be an accountant." "I''m I''m going to work for General Dynamics.". things to be invented, funded and shipped.

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MishTalk

MARCH 2, 2015

In other words, you''re paying Germany, for example, to hold your money right now. REGAN: If you can work Dickens into an investment letter, along with a few references to the Westminster Dog Show, my hat goes off to you. Key Quotes "Not even thin gruel is being offered to our modern-day Oliver Twist investors. dollar and the U.S.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

When I took public speaking in college, my instructor explained to me there are four stages of learning something. When learning any activity, there is a transformation that takes place as your skills improve. It is like learning to drive a car. Initially, you have to think about every little thing. Check your mirrors. Here's why.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Let''s take a look at a couple short snips from the first two articles and then a longer snip from his letter to the Fed. This is exactly how I have felt for two years running. It reminds me of 1999-2000 when tech stocks put on that last big rally. Avoiding a bubble is incredibly hard to do, and this one has been exceptional.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 15, 2019

Skills & Tools Needed. In preparing for the case interview, there are a few skills and tools that you can master to help you succeed. These tools are at the core of any successful management consultant’s problem-solving process. However, while the core computations are the same, the way that the math is used is very different. Hypothesis.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

There are four things that struck me about the process. Field Report: Just a brief note to say thank you for your emails. I actually didn't use the LOMS program - or your frameworks! By far, the most valuable thing (for me) was the insight into the mindset of consultants and interviewers, which is what your emails provided. So, thank you.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 7, 2015

At a series of meetings this week the British prime minister told EU leaders he had “changed his mind” and now needed immediate treaty revisions enshrining a four-year benefit ban if he was to campaign to keep Britain in the EU. On December 4, the Telegraph reported the bluff this way: David Cameron May Campaign for Brexit, Allies Say.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2017

Our goal is to leverage forecasting in order to make the “high-quality, high-velocity” decisions Jeff Bezos calls for in his 2017 letter to shareholders. Here, predicting the future is not a theoretical superpower, it’s part of the job. But our approach to prediction seems stuck in the past. The Arc of Forecasting at Twitch.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2017

” In our surveys, male engineers are about four times as likely as male lawyers to express similar attitudes. Yet male lawyers are about four times less likely to believe that women have unfair advantages, or that pursuing diversity will hurt their profession. (In Damore’s memo is an exemplar of this kind of thinking.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2015

I received an interesting email from "Dan" a 23-year Army veteran with four years in special services. I was a soldier in the US Army for 23 years including four years in Special forces Stationed in Germany. Exceptional" was the exact word. Dan writes. That is about all I would really want to say at this point. We chatted a bit.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

How did a designer get the four-word phrase on the tags of Patagonia’s Stand Up Shorts? Earlier this year, Chouinard included the phrase in a postscript of a letter he wrote to the 1% of the Planet Community. Organizational alignment. Vote the a s out.” The tags were the idea of one designer. We were like ‘oh, wow!’

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Confessions of a Consultant

JULY 1, 2018

Hence the word ‘decoy’ – it looked like a duck and it swam like a duck – but it wasn’t a real opportunity. ‘How not to’ allocate business! This blog format is relatively straightforward. Grab attention. Make the point. But every now and again, a slightly more difficult topic is worth exploring. On the surface, this sounds good.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2013

Case For Nixon. Guardian writer Jeff Jarvis says As a Democrat, I am disgusted with President Obama. I voted for Obama reluctantly, but never did I imagine he would become another Richard Nixon. What are you thinking, Mr President? You can''t argue that Armageddon is on the way and that al-Qaida is on the run at the same time.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 23, 2020

I wrote a letter every day, mostly to preserve my sanity! Below are all the email messages I sent to my list starting Tuesday, August, 18 when fire hit Boulder Creek, our home in the Santa Cuz Mountains. Sunday, August 23. Fire still burning. Outcome unknown. Will post here daily until we are home and safe. Or… Tuesday, August 18.

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