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Ambitions & Fears Help Make Our Dreams Come True

Ambition drives us to work for our dreams.  Fear makes us hesitate.  Both are important in motivating us.  Fear motivates?  Yes.  While ambition gives us impetus to wake up and work, fear moves us to sense risk and hesitate.  We know the sayings and how they seem to contradict each other.  “He who hesitates isContinue reading “Ambitions & Fears Help Make Our Dreams Come True”

Solving Problems Before They Become Calamities

Starbucks Corporation had reported lower sales in the second quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.  This led to the coffee chain company’s stock price tumbling by as much as 12% on April 30, 2024.  Starbucks’ chief executive officer, Laxman Narasimhan, cited customers abandoning their app orders because of very long waiting timesContinue reading “Solving Problems Before They Become Calamities”

We are Consumers in a Take-It-or-Leave-It World

I’ll never fly, Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, ever again.  At least I’ll avoid it as much as I could.  The Emirates flight I took from Manila to Dubai was horrible. I had a economy seat in which I could not get the in-flight entertainment system to work.  The flight attendants ignored my requests for assistance. Continue reading “We are Consumers in a Take-It-or-Leave-It World”