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"Why does it always have to be your..........

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way?" such was the retort from a supervisor, under duress she was, when I proposed a new way of doing things. CHANGE

There's always a better way of doing things, ALWAYS!

In my corporate career I was always all to willing to criticize, because it was easy, but more importantly offer several alternatives. All of which were up for discussion including criticism, skepticism and applause! The most notable outcome was meaningful discussion and , if you will, brain storming.

Mission accomplished. Dialog.

"You don't have to like change to take advantage of it." Seth Godin, (www.sethgodin.typepad.com) Beware of Trade Guilds.......March 2009  

1:9:90 and the sidelines............

.........."the 1:9:90 rule says that 90% of all users are consumers, 9% are curators and 1% of the user are creators." (www.gauravonomics.com) An article in the most recent, November 2009, edition of INC magazine (www.inc.com) states "there are 130 million blogs on the Web today, and 1.5 million are created each week." 

Are you riding the pines longing to participate or are you satisfied being sequestered? This isn't Mayberry RFD, Kansas or some other back acre. It's about expression, liberation and community!

Glad to be part of the 1%! How about you?

stay on the offensive and clebrate the small victories...........

An EXPERT I'm............

.....not! Sorry to disappoint. In my teaser I refer to myself using the term EXPERT.

Success is an interesting elixir. Successful I've been. An abject failure for sure. A student of the sublime making sure never to take myself too seriously. Wise I wish to be, however, I feel as though wisdom escapes me. All the while, apparently, wisdom comes to others more easily. About all things I'm passionate. Without passion life would be far less interesting.

Success is the culmination of manythoughts, words and deeds. It is a continuum, a work in process, a trial and tribulation. Not for the weak or faint of heart but for those willing to persevere and see it to fruition.

stay on the offensive and celebrate the small victories..............

 

 

 

It all starts..........

.......with an idea.

A business starts as an idea. We've all been there.

 Many years ago I began running. Long before it was popular and in a most peculiar place. The flight deck of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Vietnam. After a long grueling day of work on the flight deck I would change and begin my up and down....some 900+ feet, from stem to stern,  in either direction dodging aircraft being placed for the next day's missions. I continued, to this day, to run daily in civilian life. In 1976 Bill Rogers and Frank Shorter brought home the Olympic gold & silver. In 1977 the NYC was going to break the confines of Central Park and run through the five boroughs of New York. Shorter, Rogers and most Olympians were to run the inaugural event. As I watched them run I was inspired to join them. However, the odds were against me. Unlike them, I'm 6 ft 3 inches tall and weigh 203 lbs. hardly made to go the distance. However, beginning in 1977, and for seven consecutive years, I ran and completed the NYC Marathon. Over the years there were many many races used as training runs in addition to a daily regime. Gladwell, in Outliers, is correct as it relates to repetition and the miles upon miles will attest to this.

I was at the beginning of the running boom. I had an idea, vision and youthful enthusiasm. I was a participant and could relate to my brethren. From a business perspective I was quite inexperienced. I researched franchises but the stumbling block was money. I didn't have it and didn't know where or how to get it. Oh, how times have changed.

stay on the offensive and celebrate the small victories................

Simple, I'm all about............

........simple. Not complex, complicated or complex.

The view from 30,000 feet, more often than not, obscures the view from the ground. As a leader be keenly aware of micro managing........all too often that's you're problem. Especially tough for an entrepreneur!

We, you and I collectively, tend to over think, over react and simply miss the point.

stay on the offensive and celebrate the small victories.............