If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.
-Henry Ford

and related to this quote.

Interviewing job candidates is tough, especially because some candidates are a lot better at interviewing than they are at working.

They go on in the article to say about three effective interview questions

Go through each job and ask the same three questions:

1. How did you find out about the job?

2. What did you like about the job before you started?

3. Why did you leave?

You can read more about it here.

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

-Mario Andretti

(c1.spencerwolfe.com/)  There are a lot of people doing telephone services around the world.  Tokyo is no exception.  Unfortunately, most of the services are very expensive and/or unreliable.

AINEO has been working with telephone systems since 1997 (our team since 1992) and is getting a lot of growth with our iPBX Hosting service.  Check out the new catalog here.  Looks very good.

If you work hard you'll have extra. You'll have margin

A lacking corporate culture is revealed by a company's team. A bad manager is likely the tip of the iceberg of incompetent or harsh management above.

Endeavor to be the best manager and you will have a world class team.

For small business -

The only ship that won't sail is a partnership.

Used to think Japanese TV was pretty silly.  Now it is pretty clear that US TV could learn a bit from the Japanese.

Great program on how to live a hundred years.