Adrian White, a socialpsychologist at the University of Leicester in Central England have published a list of countries ranked according to happiness. The main factors were health provision, wealth and education. Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Iceland and the Bahamas were the top 5.

The US came in at 23rd, Britain 41st, Germany 35th and France 62nd. At the bottom were Congo, Zimbabwe and Burundi out of the 178 counry list. Asian countries, in general, scored low, with China 82nd, Japan 90th, and India 125th. More …

As an entrepreneur and a manager, have you felt that after meetings, in which you spent all your time talking to your managers and staff on what you would like to happen, you felt that only a portion of what you want to happen gets understood and even a smaller portion gets properly executed?

I remembered talking to a business owner of a hotel in Dalian, China last year, and one of his examples struck me on why it is necessary most Read the rest of this entry »

One of the things I think we could improve is the careful consideration and thought when making major decisions. I am amazed at how quickly many people make major decisions.

The offshoot of course is that you spend less than 5 percent making the decision and more than 90 percent of your time making a bad decision work. For instance, I still am amazed at the considerations people make when choosing which school to attend in college, or what course to take. Person X decided to go to college A Read the rest of this entry »