Og Mandino once said “Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” I think every success offers a lot of valuable lessons, too, and I know for a fact that most managers don’t spend nearly enough focus on how to derive […]
One of the greatest pieces of advice I got several years ago was to never try to blindly adopt any one idea, philosophy, or system, but to instead look warily at EVERY idea, philosophy and system with the goal of finding at least one thing that could be taken and adapted to my own situation. […]
A very simple answer to the question, “What does your customer think about all the time?” is: THE FUTURE! The customer thinks constantly about the future. In fact, since you’re a customer, too, consider how often “the future” is what you think about. For example, we may be motivated to get an education so we […]
The best place to find a new, inspirational, innovative idea is ANYWHERE! Yes, a good idea awaits you just about anywhere you look, the problem is that most of us are looking for the wrong things in the wrong places. Here’s how it usually goes…We need to find the answer to some problem, and we […]
The other day a colleague of mine had a problem with a computer program he was working with. I was able to offer him a quick solution which impressed the heck out of him, which was great, until he asked me how I was able to do that, and I had forgotten! He quickly became […]
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