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I heard a few years ago (and have further spread) the rumor that early (0400?) Wednesday mornings the airlines dump specials into the Internet. I have, since hearing said rumor, always tried to watch and wait till Wednesdays to buy. Well, I’ve been shopping for the annual fall trip.

Just now, I saved about $150 on a flight from Bp to Kyiv and you know what day it is? Wednesday.

SO, plane ticket buyers, perhaps you too should make plans and check Wednesday mornings for new specials. Yes, I am still using Kayak.com.

Itinerary to friends/partners will be out pretty soon!

Isn’t it funny how competitive we are? When I was a teenager it was Ford or Chevy (I drove a Ford). Now it’s what phone you have, or are you a Mac or a PC? Which football team do you follow (this one works no matter which football you think I am talking about). What is it about our psyche or personality or whatever makes us so competitive? Is it just a male thing (are the female readers nodding right now?)? Well, that’s my pondering for the morning…

Read a surprising article about developing business realations within the west Balkans, click here for an article from The Economist

This painting hangs in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. It is titled “The Floor Scrapes”, I call it mentoring. I’ve mentioned it on this blog before… a copy of it that the girls bought me in ’07 is on a bookshelf in my study/office… it reminds me of one of the most important things we do… working and walking alongside our fellow travelers… teaching while doing… note the guy in front … he is looking back at the guy to our right, I imagine that he is instructing as he is doing…

"The Floor Scrapers

Showing how to travel the journey by walking beside our fellow is more effective than telling what to do. This was Jesus method… he came, he showed, he walked with, and… he still does… Are we abiding/dwelling with Him to get our due instruction? Are we walking beside and bringing others who need to see us following the Master?

Many, many moons ago I was a business student. I didn’t stay a business student; the math (not my strength) and detail of accounting did me in (it would seem I’m a big picture guy). But there was one author that I read while taking business classes who I really appreciated, Peter Drucker. Last week a friend who is doing an internship in Germany told me about an article that she read for a course she is taking that caused her to think of me (its nice to be thought of isn’t it?). She told me about the article from this author from long ago. The ideas herein are really worth your time. Click here for the PDF version of Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker as provided by the Harvard Business Review, January 2005.

I’ve included a couple of quotes in the comments to increase your interest.

(I just changed the link which had expired. – 2-24-16)

For quite a while I’ve followed with interest the Big Mac Index that is produced by the Economist (my weekly newpaper of choice).

Today there is a new approach and Budapest made the list…

Purchasing power: An alternative Big Mac index | The Economist

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