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Travel Advisory: The Cats of Amsterdam
7 April 10 • Comments Off
Here’s what happened to me three weeks ago to the day—March 17, 2010. The signs were all there. I should have seen it coming. It was a Wednesday, a Worst Case Wednesday.
Computer Disaster Story
24 February 10 • 2 comments

Mixing chocolate, coffee, and 50,000 cells of Excel generates an unfortunate outcome.
Stockbrokers Can Trigger Identity Theft
17 February 10 • 2 comments

Not a bad day all things considered. Business is cooking. Family is well. Sam’s portfolio recommendations make sense. Time for a glass of cabernet. Time to forget all that nonsense about Worst Case Wednesday.
The phone rings.
The Titanic E-mail
10 February 10 • 7 comments

I’m crushed with work, crazy busy. Let’s see: Morning presentation to huge new prospects. More meetings this afternoon. Hope I can sneak off to the gym. Dinner with clients tonight. Back-to-back meetings all day tomorrow. In my book—Friday can’t come soon enough. Five hundred e-mails arrived since 7:59 p.m. last night. What do these people [...]
I Slept Through My Nine O’Clock
3 February 10 • 5 comments

I feel great. I never sleep like this. All warm and toasty and swaddled in goose down. Wow. What’s better than sleeping late? I may never get out of bed. What time is it? Nine thirty. I bet it snowed last night. Probably need to shovel the driveway. No way. I’m going back to sleep. [...]
Worst Case Wednesday
20 January 10 • Comments Off

Next week I’m starting an advice column for finance professionals: Worst Case Wednesday. It’s about what to do when the unthinkable happens. You’re late for a meeting—even worse, you sleep through it. The SEC shows up at your front door. Your client asks an uncomfortable question, inviting a white lie. You flunk the Series 7. [...]