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Bill Holmes
Oct 6, 20184 min read
How to Stand Up a Portfolio Management Office - Part 1
“All time management begins with planning.” Tom Greening “Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.” Mark Twain What is...


Bill Holmes
Oct 4, 20183 min read
The 16 Executive Lessons I Learned Bagging Groceries
I really enjoyed writing this series of posts, and I could have easily continued cataloging my experiences for several more months. ...


Bill Holmes
Sep 28, 20183 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 16
“Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow.” Russian proverb “The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” Uncredited Lesson 16. Look...


Bill Holmes
Sep 21, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 15
“Common sense is not so common.” Voltaire “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes...


Bill Holmes
Sep 14, 20183 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 14
“What I value most in my friends is loyalty.” David Mamet “What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger...


Bill Holmes
Sep 6, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 13
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” Harold S. Geneen “Leaders must be close enough to relate...


Bill Holmes
Aug 30, 20185 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 12
“Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.” Napoleon Hill “You've got to give loyalty down, if you...

Bill Holmes
Aug 23, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 11
“Such can be the addiction of power. It can be an irrationally egoistic and absurdly frivolous passion that engulfs even sensible people....


Bill Holmes
Aug 17, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 10
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Michael Jordan It is not the spoon that bends, it is only...


Bill Holmes
Aug 9, 20185 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 9
“Plow horses are easy. Harness them, work them and feed them. Race horses by nature are high strung. They bite, kick and get hurt...


Bill Holmes
Aug 2, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 8
“Every line is the perfect length if you don't measure it.” Marty Rubin “Buffett found it 'extraordinary' that academics studied such...


Bill Holmes
Jul 27, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 7
“The problem with being a leader is that you’re never sure if you’re being followed or chased.” Claire A. Murray “The key to being a...


Bill Holmes
Jul 18, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 6
“At any given moment, you have the power to say that this is NOT how the story is going to END” M.H.S. Pourri “One of the key things is...


Bill Holmes
Jul 13, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 5
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” C.S. Lewis,...


Bill Holmes
Jul 7, 20185 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 4
“Your assets are your employees. Invest more on those performing well. Let the non performers go.” Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to...


Bill Holmes
Jun 26, 20185 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 3
“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.” John von Neumann...


Bill Holmes
Jun 18, 20184 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive Part 2
“Work. Don't Think. Relax.” Ray Bradbury “Everybody needs a relaxation place to gather his strength now to give a better fight in...


Bill Holmes
Jun 9, 20185 min read
Bagging Groceries Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Being an Executive, Part 1
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or...


Bill Holmes
Jun 1, 20184 min read
The PMBOK® is a Rosetta Stone!
“After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?” Russell...


Bill Holmes
May 16, 20184 min read
Agile and Waterfall Living in Harmony
“Out of clutter, find simplicity.” Albert Einstein “Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for...
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