I was reminded late last week of something on old boss of mine at GE used to say when approached by people asking for a pay raise. He’d say, “If you want to discuss your salary, I’m more than happy to, just realise the number can go both up and down”. This was usually enough [...]
Entries from September 2010
The UK tax man…
January 31st, 2010 · No Comments
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Election year in the UK
January 17th, 2010 · No Comments
This summer will mark two years of life in the UK. One of the most painful things about living over here is how generally unaware American’s are about what is going on in the rest of the world (me included). Please not there are a significant number of Americans for which this does not apply, [...]
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It’s been a while…
January 16th, 2010 · No Comments
I guess it’s probably been almost a month since I sat down and wrote anything for the blog. It’s been a bit busy around here with holiday guests, work and trying to make good on one of my New Year’s Resolutions to work out more. Over Christmas we had a great time with G.R. and [...]
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Great article from the NY Times
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments
Letter from London
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