Darren at Problogger has a group writing project themed Top 5. I think this is great which immediately reminded me of the top business people I have admired throughout the years. Reading and studying them would greatly help you become successful in your chosen career.

My top five business icons are:

1. Bill Gates – the owner of Microsoft has proven that the best products are not the most saleable ones. His company had endured criticism of their product releases but still piled up ton loads of money and sales with it.
2. Jack Welch – the legendary CEO of GE who has helped make the company the most valuable organization in his time.
3. Larry Ellison – the founder and CEO of Oracle is a marketing genius combined with his bold attitude that exudes confidence among his people and fear among his competitors.
4. Warren Buffet – the greatest investor in history remains meek, humble and lives a simple life despite making it as the second richest man in the World for so many times over.
5. Donald Trump – every place is stamped with Trump.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
—Albert Einstein

What Milo thinks:

I found myself working for that kind of boss and eventually I left and looked for another environment. When faced in a similar situation, don’t feel bad and instead look for the right crowd.

See all posted on the Leadership Quote cover page.

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I recently had a painful experience with my bank where they presented my reporting transactions in a manner that gave me a very hard time understanding.

To make things easy I called the bank to clarify the transactions I did not recognize based on what I printed from their online access.

6 Reasons to Keep Receipts…Or Not! (Life Hack)
It Might Be Time to Take a Risk if… (Christine Kane)
Stikkit: Magic words, functional emails, and a handy cheat sheet (43 Folders)
Create New Habits: Self-Regulation (Senia)
Why you need to worry about coincidence (Seth Godin)
Yahoo! column: How to deal with a bad boss (Penelope Trunk)

Mark pointed out the complete list to his Nine Ways to Devastate Productivity post which came from my Life Hack reference.

I feel guilty because today I am going to be charged on 8 counts from his list (except the gossip thing). I am aware that I do become restless whenever I am so tired, who isn’t? It is important to stay fit, healthy and get lots of rest.

[tags]Productivity, Management[/tags]

You can’t teach old dogs new tricks. The world’s oldest newspaper which was founded in 1645 only went digital this year—January 1, 2007.

The paper’s chief editor, Hans Holm says: We think it’s a cultural disaster, It is sad when you have worked with it for so long and it has been around for so long.