Several months ago, I read Think and Grow Rich, the classic motivational book by Napoleon Hill. I have listened to an audio book version, specifically the 21st Century Edition, but I wanted to have the original 1937 edition as an audio book so that I could listen to the book without the additional modern commentary […]
Author: Mark Pescatrice
Free E-book: Think and Grow Rich
I am pleased to offer the classic book, Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill, as a free download. Thanks to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), this book is in the public domain and can be freely copied and distributed throughout the United States and most of the free world. I may, at some […]
Coming Soon: Think and Grow Rich Audiobook
{{ Update: you can now get the audio book here: Think and Grow Rich Audio Book }} I have been reading my way through a number of classic motivational books and have recently read the grand-daddy of them all, Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill. I recall seeing this particular book on my maternal […]
Naming a New Company
Matrice Consulting just celebrated our ten-year anniversary in August. Looking back, I found that one of the most difficult steps of starting a new company is creating a good name. I formed my company name after watching a trailer for a movie; I merged my first and last names, added ‘Consulting’ to describe what we […]
Xampp WordPress: Install WordPress Locally on Windows
This is a fantastic post from acclaimed blogger Siobhan McKeown , explaining how to install WordPress on your local PC workstation: Xampp WordPress: Install WordPress Locally on Windows. For those of you who are not familiar with XAMPP, it is a collection, or ‘stack’, of tools which essentially provides you with all of the functionality […]
WTF? (Where’s the Facebook?)
If you look for Matrice Consulting, LLC on Facebook.com, you will not find us. If you are looking for Facebook on matricellc.com, this post is the only place you will find it. I am asked or told at least once a week, “Why aren’t you on Facebook? You should be on Facebook”. I am one […]
Tech Support XKCD Style
This post is just for fun. Anyone who knows me well knows that my favorite web-comic is XKCD (note: not always safe for work and not always for the sensitive). One of my favorite strips is the Tech Support Cheat Sheet, which I will guess is one of the more popular ones. XKCD explains how […]
Why Remote Workers Are More (Yes, More) Engaged
An interesting article from Harvard Business Review arrived in my email this morning that I want to share: Why Remote Workers Are More (Yes, More) Engaged. Two points that stand out to me are: Absence makes people try harder to connect Leaders of virtual teams make better use of tools I agree with Mr. Edinger […]
Must Have Oracle HCM Resources
This is a short but powerful post. Here is a list of must-have resources for anyone using the HRMS / HCM Suite in Oracle Applications E-Business Suite: Oracle HRMS Forum: This is the official Oracle hosted forums, moderated by real live Oracle employees. This leans more towards the technical side of the applications, but I […]
Book Review: A Message to Garcia – The Best Book You Have Never Read
I stumbled across an amazing story, A Message to Garcia, about 6 months ago, which sums up what we all should strive to be and should look for when hiring people. This book is in the public domain, and I am including copies at the end of this review, based on the Project Gutenberg texts. […]
Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek – A Different Take (Part 1 of 3)
The 4-Hour Workweek, a book by Timothy Ferriss, has been exhaustively praised and panned across the globe. The book is part self-help, part DIY, part romanticism. As of this writing, both the first and second editions have been reviewed on Amazon.com 2,333 times. The ‘Expanded and Updated’ edition has an Amazon.com rating of 4.6 out […]
Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek – A Different Take (Part 2 of 3)
A Word to the Haters Riley: “There he goes again! Hatin’!” Granddad: “Boy! Stop Hatin’!” Boondocks, Season 1 Episode 11 – Let’s Nab Oprah I am not sure what some of the people who read this book were expecting. This is what some of the people on Amazon.com have to say in their reviews: “A […]
Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek – A Different Take (Part 3 of 3)
Conclusion Can the 4-Hour Workweek be done? If you are an artist, a laborer, or assembly line worker, and you want to continue doing that, then the answer is “No”. If you are a consultant and you want to continue doing that, the answer is “No”. If you are a business owner, the answer is […]
Why I Dumped Verizon Wireless
… and why you might want to, too. Some people call Verizon ‘Big Red’. Up until a few months ago, I was a long time subscriber to their wireless service, for at least five years. I was happy with the coverage, but not happy with the cost of service nor with their tendency to nickel […]
The First Hour of the Day
Fast Company has a fairly good article on how successful people spend the first hour of their day: What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day. I would change the word successful to effective, but it makes for a juicier headline. In any case, I have been following a similar regimen […]