Leadership without Rank

I was hired as a network technician in 2007 and was very excited to start my new position.  If I could, I would’ve slept outside the front door on a cot in my work clothes with a toothbrush hidden under my pillow ready to go at first light.  I noticed that I was...

The Hard Cost of In-Action

Last week I wrote an article that illustrated how to calculate your hourly worth.  It opened up the door of awareness to the correlation between productivity/action and financial gains based on that action.  Re-read the article here before moving on, to grasp this...

Monitoring the Health of a Backup Drive

Q. I’ve been backing up my computer to two different external hard drives — one made by Seagate and the other by Western Digital. The backup drives are now six years old. I know hard drives fail after a while, so when should I replace these drives with new ones? A....

Hidden Tricks Inside Windows 10

Microsoft’s Windows OS isn’t any one thing. It arises from a patchwork of finely tuned features. Each individual feature is, in turn, the result of a team of dedicated engineers who create the best (often personalizable) experience possible. So, with such...

Your Hourly Worth

In the construct of business, it is a difficult concept to understand and calculate what one’s hourly worth is.  Even then, what does “my hourly worth” mean? It occurs to me to be subjective and vague without fact to base it on.  By the end of the article, you will be...