Funky Game Book

High-Minded Debbie

2006-06-17T00:45:00.000-07:00

I feel so grown up when I take the high road and do something for a scorecard that deep inside I would like to see trashed.

-- Debbie, 6/13/06

Garrison Keillor: Republicans

2006-06-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/dailystar/132613.php

Welsh on budgets

2006-06-06T19:00:00.000-07:00

[Contributed by Debbie]

Jack Welsh CEO of General Electric decried the budget as

“... the bane of corporate America. It never should have existed. A budget is this: if you make it, you generally get a pat on the back and a few bucks. If you miss it, you get a stick in the eye or worse.. Making a budget is an exercise in minimisation. You’re always getting the lowest out of people, because everyone is negotiating to get the lowest number”.

Maugham on originality

2006-06-06T18:57:00.000-07:00

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is
startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction
is one of anger.

- W. Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965)

Recommended: Negotiating Like a Child

2006-05-19T10:21:00.000-07:00

[Contributed by Debbie:
"Look into the eyes of a child and you will find yourself face-to-face with one of the world’s greatest negotiators. Tongue in cheek yet eminently practical, this book explains how to implement child negotiation techniques to get what you want." Some sample chapters: " Pretend You Don’t Understand to Get the Other Side to Offer Something They Didn’t Plan on Conceding," "Give Yourself a Time-Out," "Solicit a Bribe," ...]

Interactions with Upper Management

2006-05-17T18:25:00.000-07:00

(Courtesy of Kurrus Net Animations, contributed by Intransigent Debbie)

Administrating instead of managing is like baby sitting instead of parenting.

Tool: LinkedIn

2006-05-15T14:17:00.000-07:00

Recommended: 100 Bullshit Jobs ... and How to Get Them.

2006-05-14T21:55:00.000-07:00

From the Publisher's Summary:

The scholarly discipline of Bullshit Studies has blossomed in the last several years, fertilized by a number of critical works on the subject and the growing importance of the issue across a wide range of professions. Now, best-selling author and lifelong practitioner Stanley Bing enters the field with a comprehensive look at the many attractive jobs now available to those who are serious about their bullshit and prepared to dedicate their working life to it. ...

The George W. Bush School of Problem Management

2006-05-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

The best defense is a good offense (unless, of course, the offense is incompetent)

Idealogues must hire only idealogues because any contrary ideas are just plain wrong if not immoral.

Idealogues are right by definition, therefore they don't have to solve their own problems because there will be none - therefore they will spend a lot of time solving your problems in a dictatorial fashion.

Accuse the other guy of doing what you have done before it goes public.

Never underestimate the power of the BIG lie (weapons of mass destruction took us to war).

Never underestimate the power of the little lie ("I never had sex with that woman").

Lying will make it so.

Choose names for legislation that have emotional appeal, especially good if the legislation does the opposite of the name (Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind...).

If you are about to do something that will be unpopular or that is a reversal from a previous stance, find a catch-phrase and use it on the other side before doing it - first impressions are almost impossible to reverse (example: cut and run democrats)

The Happy Day Scenario

2006-05-04T19:55:00.000-07:00

The Happy Day Scenario: "'The Corporation.'
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2006-05-04T19:53:00.000-07:00

This is a play space for my evil twin and I.