To answer your question, however, let me start by telling you all of the things you should not do. Don't create a logo; don't spend time writing a sales letter; don't tell your best friend your idea and then agree to give him or her half, while the two of you spend the next three months in his/her garage planning every last detail of your enterprise, including what kind of car you will buy and what kind of driving moccasins you will wear when your sure-fire business idea makes it big.
The proliferation of PowerPoint is a further signal of the decline of Western Civilization and the impending Apocalypse.
Don’t get me wrong I am a fan of social media. My family started a blog a few years ago to keep friends and family up to date on our lives. We figure why wait for the Christmas newsletter to announce our familial superiority, when a blog can do that for us all throughout the year.
Even though we are all going to share the restroom facilities several times a day, the Human Resources department never starts the employee orientation day with ground rules for going to the bathroom. Is it too much to ask to throw in a couple policies, maybe a few best practices, or a diagram or two in the employee handbook?
I recently read an article that attempted to explain why the young leaders and workers of today distrust those in authority. It is my belief that every generation seems to question the wisdom of the generation before it. (Think of the 1960s slogan, "Don't trust anyone over the age of 30" as an example.)
I will admit I have a mild obsession with Batman. My computer desktop wallpaper – at work and at home – is Batman. My screensaver on my mobile phone is Batman. My ring tone is the theme from the 1989 movie version of Batman. And when I get a text message, my phone actually says to me, “You’ve got Bat-mail.”