01/6/13

The Implications of Eliminating Workers from the Work Force when Calculating Unemployment

Big Red Car here.  So The Boss was discussing unemployment with a friend enroute to getting a burger at MightyFine.  If you have not been there, then you owe it to yourself to go introduce yourself.  Great burgers, great crinkle cut fries and fabulous lemonade.  Right up the road in North Austin.

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01/1/13

Serious Leadership, Real Entitlement Reform

Big Red Car here.  Raining in Austin and I don’t like that because I feel like a New Years Day run out to and through the Hill Country is something I need.  Something I want.

Something I am entitled to.  Speaking of entitlements, I heard The Boss pontificating on entitlements recently and here is what he had to say.

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12/30/12

Gun Regulation — or why you just cannot trust the liberals in America

Big Red Car here.

Hope you are getting ready for a nice New Years Eve holiday or at least a bit of the bubbly and a holiday spirit.  Have one on me and Happy New Year!

Be good to yourselves, you deserve it.

Well, I had hoped that The Boss would not get involved in the gun debate but I also wanted a white Christmas in Austin.  Not going to happen.  Either one.  So let me see if I can get his views down in print correctly.

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12/24/12

Mentoring — head fake or worthy endeavor — a case study (The Leadership Series)

Big Red Car here.

The other day we spoke about “developing talent” and mentioned that mentoring was a critical element in the development of talent.

Here is a real world story of mentoring.  Read it at your own risk.

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12/11/12

The Fiscal Cliff

Big Red Car here.

So yesterday, I am over at Green Mesquite Barbecue at the corner of Lamar Boulevard and Barton Springs Road and a cute little Mercedes convertible howdies me and asks:  “Hey, Big Red Car, do you know where I can find the Fiscal Cliff?”

So I’m thinking — is that a new restaurant or a bar?  So I ask her:  “What is the Fiscal Cliff?”

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