Have You Worked 10,000 Hours Toward Your Goal?

by Tim Coomer, Specific Software CEO

My office is filled with portraits of my heroes: astronauts Frank Borman and Buzz Aldrin, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Vince Lombardi, and NASA Flight Director Eugene F. Kranz - famous for saying “Failure is not an option." Behind my desk is a large framed painting of George Washington kneeling by his horse and praying. As this collection implies, I love grit, determination, and bold individuals who use hard work and dogged perseverance to make a difference.

I also like good old fashioned motivational speakers, books, seminars, etc., that deliver powerful words of inspiration. I gravitate to the concept summarized in this quote by Calvin Coolidge:

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

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Top 10 ModMaster Features of the Year

by Kory Wells with Nick Cunningham

As the year draws to a close and "best of 2009" lists permeate the media - best films, songs, books, news stories, and so forth, we've decided to make our own contribution with a list of the best new features in our ModMaster software that calculates the workers compensation experience modification rate.

There's a long list of ModMaster enhancements we've implemented this year. Here are some of the best!

We've based this list on both our web stats, which give some indication of our most popular features, and on the comments of our tech support staff who talk to and email with ModMaster users every day. Our staff asked to include a few features that were actually introduced in 2008 based on some of our more frequent questions, such as, "What's the loss limit in my state?"

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