Articles

Articles and Posts by Chris Banescu

Human Brain is Not Designed for Constant Flood of Information – March 31, 2023

Healthy Rituals and Good Habits Are Necessary to Achieve Great Goals – March 20, 2022

YouTube: No Search Functionality in Liked or Saved Videos – March 7, 2022

Human Beings Cannot Live Without Hope – December 28, 2021

Discipline is More Important Than Motivation – November 11, 2021

Dysfunctional Companies Suppress the Truth, Stifle Dissent, and Ignore Reality – July 18, 2021

Enormous Difference Between Knowing and Doing – March 30, 2021

Our Daily Habits Influence Our Destiny – February 24, 2021

Power and Leadership – Authentic Leaders Give the Power Back to the People – December 16, 2020

Organizations Ignore the Humanity of Their Employees – November 23, 2020

A Vocation Chooses You – June 27, 2020

Character is the Most Important Trait – June 4, 2020

If You Are Worried or Anxious, Shift Your Focus – May 3, 2020

Southwest Airlines Schools American Airlines on Treating Pilots Fairly and Decently – October 4, 2019

PayPal: Take The Darn Survey Or Else! – September 21, 2019

PayPal: Here’s That Debit Card You Didn’t Ask For – September 17, 2019

Get Busy Living! – August 14, 2019

Pain of Discipline vs Pain of Disappointment – July 1, 2019

Esri: Solid Revenues, Conservative and Systematic Growth, No Layoffs, No Downsizing – June 12, 2019

Courage is the Virtue that Makes All Other Virtues Possible – May 7, 2019

Employees Are An Organization’s Most Valuable Resource – July 17, 2018

How To Demotivate Employees and Undermine Morale and Productivity – April 20, 2018

Classic Shell Rescues Microsoft Windows Dreadful User Interface – September 29, 2017

Empirical Creativity – An Important Tool for Successful Innovation – October 23, 2016

How to Reduce Organizational Bureaucratization and Keep Executive Egos in Check – July 14, 2016

Rewards and Recognition Programs – Guiding Principles and Key Characteristics – November 21, 2015

Rewards and Recognition Required to Motivate and Retain Employees – September 7, 2015

Hard Work Necessary to Transform Ideas and Plans Into Reality – June 15, 2015

The Compass vs. The Clock, Put First Things First – January 23, 2014

California Income Tax Rates 2013 and Beyond, Highest Taxes in America – May 18, 2013

California Faces Large Tax Increases with Propositions 30 and 38 – October 29, 2012

Win an Olympic Medal, Pay the IRS – August 2, 2012

Economy Is Tanking; Why Are Markets Up? – July 28, 2012

Ten Things to Start Doing to Improve Your Life – March 10, 2012

Steve Jobs on Work, Passion, Life, and Death – October 6, 2011

Coddling Misinformation About Taxation – September 29, 2011

Lessons in Leadership from an Airline Captain – August 20, 2011

America Slouching Towards Fiscal Armageddon – March 18, 2011

Inflation, Back to the ’70s We Go! – March 17, 2011

Budget Cuts Lingo, Stranger Than Fiction – March 10, 2011

Economy Needs Heart Transplant, Obama Offering Band-Aid – August 19, 2010

Ronald Reagan: Whatever Happened to Free Enterprise? – August 15, 2010

The New York Times, Cheerleader for Higher Taxes – August 12, 2010

Steve Wynn: No Common Sense in Washington – June 24, 2010

Across America 15 Million People Still Unemployed – June 5, 2010

How to Cripple the Free Economy – May 29, 2010

Some Americans Getting 99 Weeks of Unemployment Payments – March 9, 2010

Americans Suffer, While Government Workers Prosper – February 16, 2010

Government Workers Make 45 Percent More Than Private Sector Employees – February 9, 2010

Warning Signs of Power Corruption in Organizations – September 3, 2009

The Assault on American Business – July 27, 2009

The Three Most Important Rules in Business – June 10, 2009

US Companies Pay the Highest Taxes in the World – March 4, 2009

A Primer on Capitalism – January 22, 2009

US Corporate Tax Rates vs. World’s Largest Economies – December 29, 2008

US Corporate Tax Rates vs. All OECD Countries – December 27, 2008

Managing for Long-Term Success and Profitability – August 29, 2008

Key Characteristics of Great Leaders – Part II – June 21, 2008

Key Characteristics of Great Leaders – Part I – December 31, 2007

Truth in Organizations is Not a Matter of Opinion – October 3, 2007

Mistreating Employees A Clear Sign of Management Troubles – August 28, 2007

In Business, Ethics is Everyone’s Business – July 31, 2007

Some Employees Are More Equal Than Others – July 7, 2007

The Nanny State in Space – November 1, 2004


Book Reviews by Chris Banescu

Something for Nothing – January 18, 2006