
Sometimes, you just have to say NO to bad business and sometimes you just have to fire your customers. That means deciding who you will and who you will not do business with. The best way to perform your best and then politely end the relationship as amicably and quickly as possible. When dealing with new customers, look for the "red flags" that might tell you "This one's going to be a problem!" If you think they are going to be an issue, wait before you accept payment and feel them out.
Finally, vindication for those who have been chastised for not waking up at the crack of dawn. I myself, have heard mumbles and groans of slow, lazy or shiftless for getting up after 10am. Early birds have officially been knocked off their respective perches. A recent study has shown that night owls actually have more stamina [...]
It seems like forever now, but it wasn't so long ago that a colleague of mine suggested that I join Twitter. Being an early adopter, I did, not aware of the what was to come.
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Posted on 24 April 2009
I am Relentless Aaron, Author, Publisher, Producer. FLY ME! This is an ever-changing unpredictable world we live in, and the product, the service the business that you wake up to is no longer guaranteed. However, Relentless Aaron is ahead of the curve. Layoffs, recession and a death-con economy are evidence enough that you must be EXTRA creative [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 January 2008
Yesterday, I was watching a barrage of romance movies online, for no paticular reason at all, other than it’s slow at my office. I was also feeling as though I should update my MySpace page, as I have not done so in quite some time. In the process of watching movies, working and updating my [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 May 2007
It has been an event filled week. On Saturday, May 5th, 2007, I attended the very exclusive African Voices Magazine tribute to Toni Morrison. Now I met Ms. Morrison, which was amazing. She’s so down to earth for a Nobel Prize Winner. (smile) Former NYC Mayor, David Dinkins was in attendance and presented the award. We [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 May 2007
The other evening I had the privilege to be invited to the New York Urban League’s Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner. Honorees included Deborah Roberts and Al Roker. It was a long event, but very well put together. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Ms. Norma Jean Darden, who is the owner of Spoonbread [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 March 2007
Today, as I haven’t posted in a while, I decided to revisit posting as not only a necessity of the intellectual mind, but a therapeutic means of digesting the ills that infect our existence. Beyond the facade of having a viewpoint for the sake of just shouting [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 June 2006
Well Jay-Z banned Cristal from all of his 40/40 clubs after the managing director of Cristal parent Louis Roederer, told the magagzine The Economist that he felt a certain way about his brand’s being synonymous with hip-hop culture. Jay-Z felt that the comments were racist and has decided to let his years of promoting the brand understandably [...] Continue Reading