Rebecca's Office MemosRebecca's Office Memos - LiveJournal.comWeb 2.0- April 25, 2008 I'm not much for conferences, but I must say this has been one of the best ones I've been to. I highly recommend it next year for anyone. The exhibit Hall was pretty geeky and made mostly for developers but I really did enjoy the sessions. The exhibit hall was good mainly for the t-shirts and the free food which made it really nice.The best one is tomorrow for me as they talk about the financial industry and some of the new financial apps.I must say though that I was old school as most...http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/149840.html Monday is Picture Day- April 22, 2008 One thing I love about my biz is that I do get off of work when there is still light out.So today I skipped out an hour earlier and met my photographer pal gal and we had a little bite to eat and went shopping along the Sunset Strip. It is still some of the best people watchingshopiing in the world. We even saw Paris Hilton as well some gorgeous hunks along Santa Monica. MMMM, I love when the weather is beautiful like this in Los Angeles.Well, so we went back to her hotel and took some great.http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/149660.html Sleepy Saturday- April 19, 2008 It doesn't happen often but today I took a long nap. It felt so good to curl up in my reading chair in the warm sunlight and shut my eyes. The next thing you know I slept 3 hours! Wow, I lost half my day! I guess I've been running hard and fast lately with lots of travel and meetings and conferences. My body is just getting too old to travel like this in multiple time zones and not feel the drain!Well at least tax season is over and I can help my clients focus on long-term economic...http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/149490.html Rebecca Weekend... 4 minutes- April 14, 2008 It was a beautiful weekend in Rebecca's neighborhood but alas it was over Sunday afternoon when I begin to develop my Sunday reports and gameplan for my team.It was recently asked in ther Dreamnet forum (http:forums.dreamnet.com) what my favorite day is. It truly is Monday as I get to see my plans that i make on Sunday start to come to fruition. To me there is nothing more spectacular than seeing a little hard work pay off. A good monday usually means a very good rest of the week for me. ...http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/149092.html Last Lecture- April 11, 2008 Anyone read the Last Lecture or heard of it by Randy Pausch, professor at Carnegie MellonNothing really to post today other than to say that we should all feel so lucky.http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/148984.html Cyclical Business- April 8, 2008 They say business moves in cycles. Well my business is in one of its biggest downcycles as are most peoples.As a registered advisor I have to maintain my investment fundamentals more than ever. This is obviously frustrating given the go-go years of the 90s, but having worked in the late 80s on Wall St. right out of college, I know that the markets can recover.Patience, opportunities, and timing are my fundamentals. Be ready to strike and strike quickly.BTW, if you haven't noticed, the new...http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/148572.html State of Retail- April 3, 2008 Today I moderated a retail analyst forum featuring the CFOs of a few major retailers. The topic was of course about the economy and how these large companies with multiple unit stores were going to weather the imminent lower sales.While it was refreshing for the overall financial community to seem to acknowledge that we should readjust our expectations of these institutions it was astonishing to me that some of these retailers felt that they could maintain their operations and felt that the...http://rebeccadream.livejournal.com/148385.html |