Qualities of Wealthy and Business-minded People

Qualities of Wealthy and Business-minded People This list is still a work in progress. Things I picked up from reading books, articles, and personal experiences. Think of money as a resource. The more resource you have, the more things you can do. Money is made by creating value. You can always make more money by... » read more

Qualities of a Bad Manager

Qualities of a Bad Manager This list is still a work in progress. Things I picked up from reading books, articles, and personal experiences. They don’t provide security for others. “You cannot give what you do not have”. They take more from people than they give. They focus on finding security for themselves, not instilling... » read more

177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class (from Steve Siebold)

My take aways from reading the book “177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class” by Steve Siebold. Objective Reality – Be realistic. Avoid delusion. World-Class Thinking – To be world class, need to think like world class. Sustained Concentration – Concentrate all your energies on a limit set of targets. Emotional Motivators – Motivated... » read more

What I learned from my Project Management Class

Day 1 Stakeholders are people involved in or affected by the project activities. Successful project managers develop good relationships with project stakeholders to understand and meet their needs and expectations. “Who does What by When” Overall success rate of IT projects was only 16%. More than 31% of IT projects were canceled. Project management involves Integration,... » read more

What is going to work, teamwork!

Believe it or not, I actually got this title from my niece who is still attending high school and I thought it only applied to the business world. Good thing they are starting to teach it during school. Here is a list of teamwork qualities I found on the Internet that can improve teamwork in... » read more

Respectful Leadership

For my project management class that I am currently taking, one of the assignments was to attend a PMI event. To satisfy this assignment, I went to a PMI San Diego event held on May 24, 2017 about a talk on Respectful Leader by Gregg Ward. The topics was about being respectful to your fellow colleague and... » read more

Building a High Performance Team

I just finish a class I am taking for my project management certification called Work Team Concepts and Skills taught by Kobe Bogaert. The class is about how to build a high performance team. In the class, Kobe talks about that a high performance team does not just come naturally, it takes effort and constant... » read more

The Agile Software Development Manifesto

To anyone or any organization that wish to implement Agile software development, you should first looking at the Manifesto for Agile Software Development found on agilemanifesto.org. The following is pulled straight out of the manifesto… Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan... » read more