TweetThe Problem The other day I was cruising around some top quality bloggage when I happened across Kent Blumberg‘s place. Kent talks a lot about leadership principles, which is why I keep an eye on his blog. Anyway he was talking about a great leadership idea that the Japanese use that’s having trouble catching onRead More
Success Principle # 11 – Keeping Your Head In the Game
December 8, 2006 by 7 Comments
TweetIt’s been an interesting ride on this trip to Chicago. I’ve had the TV on quite a bit here in the hotel room. And for the record television is a horrible companion. But yesterday I caught some snippets of a movie set in Australia. It centered on a couple of competitive swimmers working toward competingRead More
More Stupid Fish!
November 9, 2006 by 3 Comments
TweetSo we were hanging out last night. A whole bunch of non-fisher-folk talking about the wisdom of fishing and how to apply it to our businesses. The previous post, Stupid Fish! shared some of the things we learned. Here are a few more ideas on how we can improve our catch in whatever we doRead More
Stupid Fish!
November 9, 2006 by 10 Comments
TweetA bunch of us were hanging out last night, talking about some business stuff and we ended up on the subject of fishing. Now before you get all riled up, let me preface this with the caveat that I am not a fisherman. I love eating fish, mind you. But I’m willing to pay aRead More
Stories and Images Get Your Message Across Better
November 6, 2006 by 5 Comments
TweetIf you are reading this you are probably into blogging, writing, business, or success. Or at least you want to learn more about it. Well one of the important facets of communication is conveying your message in a way that the other person understands it. It should be inherently obvious that if someone doesn’t understandRead More
Success Principle #10 – Harnessing The Wind
October 27, 2006 by Leave a Comment
TweetI was talking with a rather successful friend of my the other day about different business opportunities and he said something that caught my attention. Be sure you have enough sail out to catch the wind. He was telling me that there are opportunities in front of us all the time. Successful people learn howRead More
Success Principle #9 – Successful People Leave Things Undone
October 24, 2006 by 10 Comments
TweetI’ve been going through my RSS feeds this morning. I’ve not spent much time looking at my Bloglines lately, and after over an hour of perusing through the 150+ feed that I subscribe to I still have over 500 unread items. Then I stopped to remind myself of a question. What is my priority here?Read More
Putting the World On Notice
October 11, 2006 by 2 Comments
Tweet“You can’t get something for nothing” “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” “The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.” Proverbs from the wisdom of the ages. Yet so many of us expect that the world somehow owes us and that prosperity and success will comeRead More
The Path to Prosperity
October 9, 2006 by 1 Comment
Tweet Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity… We live in an instant messaging microwave oven society. There is a prevailing mentality that success is a result of luck. In our lottery culture, people who work hard are often seen as “suckers” who don’t know the score. But hard work alone will not leadRead More
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