Business & Markets Archives - Gregory Brickner

Why do we exist?

Written by Gregory on November 20, 2014. Posted in Business & Markets, Life, Musings, Missives, & Miscellany.

I recently had lunch with a political leader who I have a tremendous amount of respect for. Let’s be clear on this, I believe his work is truly trying to make the world a better place. As I reflected...

Visually Express Data with Excel in USA State Map

Written by Gregory on August 7, 2014. Posted in Business & Markets, Excel Skills, Financial Models.

The world is visual and there are times that financial data needs to be presented in a visual form. Excel is capable of keeping up and making your life easier to display your data for management.

Effort Aversion Is the New Lazy

Written by Gregory on March 4, 2014. Posted in Business & Markets.

Last fall researchers David Comerford and Peter Ubel published an academic article describing the behavior of choosing less work when the pay is close to the same even if the job is boring. The research...

A Message to Garcia

Written by Gregory on July 14, 2013. Posted in Business & Markets, Life, Musings, Missives, & Miscellany.

A boss and later mentor first shared Elbert Hubbard’s A Message to Garcia with me. The brashness, the directness, and candor is refreshing since all too often we walk on eggshells to in an attempt...

Fear Means Go

Written by Gregory on July 12, 2013. Posted in Business & Markets, Life, Musings, Missives, & Miscellany.

I recently confronted a fear of mine head on and it reminded me how liberating and uplifting it is to overcome a fear. If we are not careful fear can consume us and paralyze us from action. So much...

The Corporate Bully

Written by Gregory on June 24, 2013. Posted in Business & Markets.

A good friend shared the Inc.com article (How to Stop Jerks at Work | Inc.com) about corporate bullies with me a few months ago and it has had me thinking about this topic since. The author quotes...