How Are You Playing?
April 28, 2008
There was a class of MBA students that was once asked by their professor, “What is risk?” The answers that came back were conventional:
“To start a business,” and “To become an entrepreneur,” and “To invest in the stock market.”
The professor let the class name several and then he named it, “To have only one source of income. This is what you have when you are an employee. When you own a business, you have multiple streams of income by the number of customers you have. If you lose one, it does not proportionately affect your income as being an employee.”
What aren’t you seeing in your business?
April 22, 2008
We all have blind spots. The blinds spot I am talking about are in the areas of your business that you do not see yourself or your situation realistically. This unawareness often causes damage to you and your business. Some of the results are: Read more
Does Perfect Planning Make Life Perfect?
April 21, 2008
It is really difficult to meet someone who has had a linear, planned out, perfect life, much less a predictable planned week. The number of variables to manage are too vast. The accident you did not plan for happened. The new competitor who got to market faster was not on the roadmap. Reality did not play out according to the financial plan or family budget that was meticulously engineered. Read more
Paying the Brain Bill
April 14, 2008
We can all remember the tedious task of researching information in the not too distant past. We had to use the card catalog at a library in lieu of a database to find what we were looking for. The newspaper was delivered every day to our doors to feed us information that we accepted as soon enough. It was a different reality that we felt was good enough before the web, on-demand media and RSS feeds to our BlackBerries filled in our mind space and attention. Speed, complexity and convenience took over. Technology has enabled a new reality for us. Read more
Types of Articles to Write
April 14, 2008
All of your articles will fall generally under the categories of narrative, expository, or persuasive. As you begin to write, consider which is the most effective for your message. Which will best connect with your audience and drive people to action or response? An ideal reaction from a reader would be to seek out your business or to show appreciation for the way you impacted their life through your message.
Add variety to your writing. Your articles should span the breadth of all three types. Whenever you find yourself in a rut, gravitating habitually to one or the other, consider the following ideas: Read more
Prospering Without Cleanup Duty
April 3, 2008
“Where no oxen are, the trough is clean;
But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.”
This is a proverb of the famed King Solomon. He is speaking about two types of mindsets in life - those who want a clean trough and those who want increase. Everything you and I are doing in life is about pursuing our happiness. The question is what mindset and method we are employing. As our world increases in complexity, speed and innovation, we have a choice by which we will engage. Read more
