Author Archive | Melissa Pigott

That old dude in the suit went to Woodstock….

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 31, 2017

Category: Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Partnerships, Work-Life

This has happened to me several times and it is worth writing about in this post. Sometimes, things, and sometimes, people, are not what they seem. When I am working for attorneys, I conduct myself in an entirely different manner, while wearing entirely different attire, than when I am in the presence of friends. Almost […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 31, 2017

Some of our clients are people who will relate to the line from a song “get a real hair cut and get a real job,” because they did. In a business suit, with that real hair cut, and probably a neck tie, it is sometimes difficult to imagine them in any way other than as […]

Venice and Asa

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 24, 2017

Category: Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Work-Life

I am writing this post on the birthday of my late cousin, Venice. Venice was my dad’s first cousin. She lived her entire life of 88 years in Ivan, near Crawfordville, Florida. Ivan and Crawfordville are located in Wakulla County, near Tallahassee, Florida. My dad was born in Medart, also in Wakulla County, a few […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 24, 2017

Category: Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Work-Life

I heard about Venice and Asa for quite a while prior to meeting them. But, Melissa took me to Crawfordville to meet them not too long after I met her. Talk about off the grid -they lived out in the country for sure! But, what a cool part of Florida and, as someone who enjoys […]

Chicken Salad

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 17, 2017

Category: Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Work-Life

David’s mother, Carole, is not only my mother-in-law; she is my friend. Carole and I have been friends since the day I met her. There are many wonderful things I could, and do, say about Carole, including we went to a Stevie Wonder concert together (how cool is that?), and she is smart, pretty, and […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 17, 2017

Category: Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Work-Life

The realization that we had eaten Mom’s chicken salad for the last time hit us months after it happened. It had just always been there, as part of lunch, whenever we visited from out of town (given that we left Jacksonville in 1989). And, it had been a part of my life throughout high school […]

Things We Can’t Charge to Clients

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 10, 2017

Category: Business Relationships, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Small Business Success, Travel

David’s mother, my dear mother-in-law, is such a nice, kind, compassionate person that the worst thing I have ever heard her say about someone or a situation is that he/she/it, it is “interesting.” When I say something or someone is “interesting,” I am using the word as it is typically used, to imply someone or […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 10, 2017

Category: Business Relationships, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Small Business Success, Travel

Lest any client read this and think they have been charged for items #1 to 7, rest assured that, when compiling a bill, the charges are reviewed by me. I am pretty sure I’ve caught it when employees have attempted to slide something by in this regard. But, it has amazed me that these employees […]

Value diversity

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 3, 2017

Category: Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Common Courtesy, Employment, Getting Through Life and Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Managing Employees, Small Business Success

In a song called, “Nobody Told Me,” written by John Lennon, part of the chorus is: Nobody told me there’d be days like these Strange days indeed Most peculiar, Mama Although the song was released posthumously in 1984, its lyrics ring just as true today as when they were written. These are, indeed, strange days. […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 3, 2017

I’m a middle aged white guy, from a pretty conservative, Baptist, upbringing and part of the world. So, my perspective on diversity might be suspect to some. But, living outside of the USA gave me a perspective that was eye opening. I was the outsider, even in a country where people spoke the same language, […]

You always have time to do what’s important to you

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 26, 2017

Category: Employment, Getting Through Life and Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Work-Life

Almost everyone I know believes they are the busiest person on the planet. When taken to its logical conclusion, of course, this is an impossibility in that everyone cannot be busier than everyone else. Still, it annoys me greatly to hear many of my friends and acquaintances, some of whom are not employed and none […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 26, 2017

Category: Employment, Getting Through Life and Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Work-Life

Melissa wrote this soon after again engaging in one of her priorities – helping others. She has done this since way before she became a psychologist. A friend in need, to her, is a priority. In her life, when the need is there, she is. And thus, the post. Partly out of frustration, perhaps, is […]

One Size Does NOT Fit All

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 19, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Getting the Job Done, Litigation Tips, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Psychology, Trial Consulting

When David and I founded our company, Magnus Research Consultants, we did so with the intention of providing our clients with high quality litigation research and consulting, customized to every case. It was, and still is, our view that there are: (1) no two cases that are exactly alike, regardless of their degree of similarity; […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 19, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Getting the Job Done, Litigation Tips, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Psychology, Trial Consulting

Melissa’s post expands upon some of the comments I’ve made in this recent series. In four years of writing this blog, it has been interesting to see what experiences we have that trigger blog posts, or a series of posts. This email conversion experience surely has been an instructive reminder of how Melissa and I […]

It’s Okay to be Different

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 12, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting, Workplace Technology

My dearly departed Mother would be happy to know all of the things she taught me have been put into practice. I was listening to what she said, often, over and over and over, and now I find myself saying, “Mom was right!” many times. On numerous occasions, when I would petulantly state to Mom, […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 12, 2017

Most entrepreneurs have an “it’s okay to be different” mindset. As entrepreneurs, doing business our own, different way is usually a part of filling a niche` or providing customized services. So, the lesson Melissa took from her mother works to the benefit of our clients in our focus on each case as different, unique, and […]

Blaming Me for Others’ Mistakes

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 5, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Relationships, Common Courtesy, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting, Workplace Technology

I make mistakes. Everyone does! But, while everyone makes mistakes, not everyone admits having done so. In fact, some people excel in blaming other people for their mistakes, in an attempt to avoid accepting responsibility for the negative consequences of their actions. Recent events in my office prompted this post. As almost everyone who works […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 5, 2017

In my opinion, in the scenario which Melissa describes, the situation was not so much blaming her specifically, but her/us as a company, for having a tangled, cobbled together computer system that evolved over the past 25 years of so we’ve been in business. We/she had, and have, some specific ways we want things to […]

Off the Grid

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On August 29, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Workplace Technology

At the time of this writing, my office recently underwent (or, more accurately, suffered through) an email conversion. There was nothing wrong with the old email system, at least as far as I was concerned. My email was working just fine and, being the type of person who prefers to leave things alone, I agreed […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On August 29, 2017

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Workplace Technology

For the record, there were a number of reasons that the email system needed to be updated. But, in general, as “rigged” as our old system had become, it was working and, like Melissa, I am always apprehensive about making changes. I am not “afraid of change,” but will admit to being “afraid of chaos” […]

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