John White has also committed not to directly engage with the SEC in its rule-writing, to sell his shares in several investment funds and to change his partnership in Cravath so that he doesn't share in the firm's profits but receives fixed compensation.

WSJ: White promises "unrelenting" enforcement at SEC

In my book, Better Good than Lucky (available for pre-order on Amazon.com), I advocate writing down the reasons that would cause you to sell an investment before you buy the actual security.

FORBES: Know When To Sell

Banks have made slow progress in writing off bad loans, and companies have been equally slow to sell off assets and reduce debts.

ECONOMIST: The danger of delay

The writing is on the PC screen: Suppliers can wise up and sell what consumers want to buy on the Web--or they can be fraidy-cats and watch someone else run off with their business.

FORBES: Not.coms