Quotes of the Day

The Foundations of Business Success: 1. Think continually in terms of increasing productivity. 2. Think in terms of customer satisfaction all the time. 3. Think in terms of profitability all the time. 4. Think in terms of quality all the time. 5. Think in terms of people building. Spend time with the most important people in your business. Ask them for their opinions. Compliment on them on their accomplishments. Take them out for coffee or lunch. 6. Organizational Development. 7. Continuous innovation. Have a company suggestion box. Offer a financial prize ($5 or $10) each week for the best idea to increase sales or cut costs. Be a leader, not a follower. [2004] - Brian Tracy

Here are some innovative genres that are currently all the digi-date rage: 1) Group-dating sites. 2) Daily curations. 3) Friend of a friend. 4) Social connect. 5) Facial recognition. 6) Offline events from online sites. 7) Virtual speed-dating. 8) Calling cards. 9) Social-media-inspired layout.  [2013] - Laurie Davis

When meeting people in highly professional or upscale situations, hit them with a whole sentence that includes a noun and a verb. Adjectives optional. [2009] - Leil Lowndes

Job-hopping works best when the economy is strong and there are plenty of job vacancies employers need to fill. That isn’t to say you can’t hop your way to better pay in an economic downturn. But, generally speaking, you’re likely to have less negotiating power in a job market with high unemployment and few openings. Software developers and staff accountants who’d never quit turned out to earn 10 percent less than the job-hoppers in their field. But operations managers and administrative assistants who had stayed put were earning around 20 percent more than new hires. For nurses, there wasn’t much of a difference between job switchers and job stayers. [2021] - Erica Alini

Gum recession can cause pain and tooth sensitivity, but it's not an indicator of poor mouth health. In fact, recession often occurs in healthy mouths from overuse of the wrong kinds of products (like baking soda, whitening pastes, or peroxide) or an excessive amount of flossing. Filling the erosion grooves in enamel is often a recommendation. This type of filling on the sides of teeth is called a Class V (five) filling, and they often fail and need constant replacement-which risks the health and vitality of these teeth. Ask your dentist why he/she recommends the filling of these eroded areas, and maybe discuss what he/she thinks about the idea of a delay in treatment. [2025] - Ellie Phillips