"The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time"

Henry Ford
1930's Great Depression

Much has been mentioned recently regarding the need, and the expected benefits and savings that will result for automating and streamlining Electronic Health Records (EHR), as a major component of healthcare reform. I have no doubt that we need a better way to keep track of our health records. I also know from my experience working on both payer and providers sides, that substantial cost saving will result.

Well, I will leave your eye sight question to your eye doctor. I am talking about the 4 elements of “business sight”.

I have noticed quite a few emails from job applicants that indicate that the email was sent from someone else's account. For example, the "from" field will say From: Kathy Jones, while the application and the resume belong to Mike Smith.

This a red flag that any hiring manager will notice immediately. Why is Mike sending an email from soemrone else's account? Or is Kathy sending it for him? Is he not computer literate? lazy? etc...

Given that email accounts are free and easy to set up, it is difficualt to understand why would a job applicant do that?

Every business is, by definition, a money making machine. Whether or not the “machine will actually make money, depends how well the machine runs.

A well designed, and well oiled machine will produce more than it consumes. On the other hand, a poorly constructed or neglected machine will cost more to run than it produces.

If your business machine is not making money, re-design it, replace it, call a mechanic, or take to the oil change place.