Would you like to know one way to spot instability in a person or a business? It’s simple. When a person or a business cannot describe themselves or their organization with COMPLETE CLARITY, then what you have on your hands is instability. Where there is instability, there is failure. And when I say “failure,” what […]
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The Prepared Mind
When I meet someone who is looking ahead to one of life’s many “big steps” (i.e. starting a family, starting a new business), or perhaps a new venture, I often ask them what they have done to PREPARE. As you might expect, my question puts them on the defensive (which, as the Dark Lord and […]
What Comes Before FAILURE?
The answer is unguided EFFORT EFFORT: An earnest or strenuous attempt. EFFORT: A conscious exertion of effort. I’m not a big fan of the word EFFORT – especially unguided EFFORT. It’s sort of similar to the word TRY. Most folks don’t use the word EFFORT in a sentenece or a paragraph unless they’ve not reached […]
Commodity-Proof
There is a very good chance that YOU are a commodity. It’s reasonable to expect that you won’t like that descriptor, but more often than not – it’s TRUE. Most business owners believe themselves to be unique, and believe their businesses to be equally unique. Would you like to know what makes a business TRULY […]
I'm Not Afraid Of . . .
I recently heard a newer female recording artist make the following statement: “I’m not afraid of computer-generated music…” My wife and I like a couple of this woman’s songs, but after seeing her perform live on a late night television show, we both agreed that neither of us would accept tickets to see her in […]