How to say Thanks

You may read advice on how to be a good leader, and see "Thank your team members whenever you get an opportunity to do so".

If you do say thanks, please say it because you actually feel grateful, and not just because you are supposed to say it.

A true leader is always genuine and never fake.

Magento import - misleading error - sku not defined

I got this error while doing an import into Magento:
Skipping import row, required field "sku" is not defined.

When I checked, all the rows did have a valid value for the SKU.

But, I had a few column names which contained special characters like this - text_with_specialÂcharacter.

When I changed the column names to something like text_with_special_character, and removed the special characters, the error went away and the import was successful.

Magento Import successful, but no imported products seen

I successfully ran an import of a CSV file into Magento, and it said

• Processed 100% 2/2 records
• Imported 2 records
  

But when I logged into the magento admin panel, I could not see the two new records.

To fix this, I had to change the value of the status column to 'Disabled' or 'Enabled' for all records in the CSV file.

Stuff I've worked on

Websites I have helped build or maintain-

http://seymourconstruction.co.nz/
http://www.registermetowin.com/
http://www.river101.com/
http://debutbroadcasting.com/
http://www.khits1045.com/
http://www.wnbvfm.com/
http://www.bootscootin90s.com/
http://now.netapp.com/
http://knights-tour.appspot.com

Companies whose projects I have worked on-

http://www.livehelper.com/
http://www.spotspitter.com/
http://www.bondadapt.com
http://www.manpower.com/

Relationship health check

If you're joking with each other, you have a healthy relationship.

If you're joking about each other, its time for some medicine!

If you're not joking at all...

Convincing arguments

Just because you won the argument doesn't mean you convinced them!

Control

It is very important to understand what we are trying to control, in order to control it successfully.

When there is a forest fire, we would try to put out the fire as soon as possible. We may be able to put it out a few times very quickly and easily. But because we do this, it means that a large amount of dry wood, grass and leaves is left unburnt. And the next time there is a forest fire, it is so huge, that you can't control it no matter how hard you try.

Whether you are trying to control your project, your anger or your debts, understand it well, and then decide what you need to do about it.