How We Define Ourselves
June 9, 2008
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“None of us are defined by our circumstances, nor are we defined by how other people perceive us. It is up to each one of us to define ourselves, and that is a life’s work. Each of us has the ability to lead a dynamic life by pursuing our unique goals and dreams. There are no limits to what you can do.” - Stedman Graham, author and speaker
Calculating The Right Price
April 15, 2008
I created this as a bit of an experiment to provide entrepreneurs, would be entrepreneurs and business owners with a learning opportunity on calculating the “right price”.
Other good resources online include:
- Calculating Maximum Willingness to Pay (WTP) out of Conjoint Analysis Utilities
- How to Calculate Price Markup
- Calculating Price Elasticity
- Cost Plus Pricing
- Production Costs and Pricing
- Putting Cost Back into Pricing: Calculating Overhead Percentages
Tell me, is a format you would like to see and hear more? There is also a larger version available.
10 Tactics To Grow During Changing Times
April 9, 2008
I have never been one to allow the economy, circumstances, or a recession to dictate my attitude and actions. But to do that you need to have some guidelines and principles to guide you.
Here is my Top 10 List for Possibility Minded Business Owners To Grow During Changing Times…
- Forget about cutting back on marketing expenses… increase investment in marketing during a soft period.
- Remember, what most people fear and worry about… fails to materialize.
- Forget about waiting out the recession… add profit centers.
- Know, that the harder you work… the more luck you create.
- Forget about maintaining status quo… reinvent yourself and business.
- Remember, when things are changing… opportunities abound, ‘if’ you look for them.
- Know that people don’t care how much you know… until they know how much you care.
- Remember, we can achieve more than we imagine… act on your ideas.
- Remember, “Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” - Martin Luther King Jr.
- Know that “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work so most people don’t recognize them.” - Ann Landers… always be willing to work hard on the right thing.
Personal Success Vision
August 12, 2007
This seven minute video introduces a new management philosophy, the Three C’s. Cooperation, Collaboration, and Connection.
The Secret to Business Success: Diligence
August 12, 2007
Everyone enters into self employment for different reasons. It is a tough but rewarding road to travel. There are numerous challenges along the way. If you have ever written a business plan or run a business for a long time, you know there are days that are just plain depressing. Do not lose heart! There is light at the end of the tunnel. In the meantime, you will need a full measure of entrepreneurial strength and diligence.
The Merriam - Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary states that diligence is the attention and care legally expected or required of a person (as a party to a contract)
No doubt you will enter into a number of contracts over the life of your business, so this is an important concept. I have to admit that there are days when I do not ‘feel diligent’ and it is tempting to take a short cut. I have found that the shortcuts are really the longest trips, sometimes.
The above definition states ‘the attention and care legally expected or required’ which infers compliance with a set of standards of corporate behavior. Here is a short list of areas that have an expectation of diligence from business owners: Read more
Insight
February 7, 2007
“Most of us don’t get epiphanies. We only get a whisper - a faint urge. That’s it. That’s the call. It’s up to you to do the work of discovery, to connect it to an answer.” - Author Po Bronson in Fast Company
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Reflect
February 5, 2007
“We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly… spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.” - Susan Taylor
http://blogs.bnet.com/leadershipnow/?p=384
http://quotations.about.com/cs/inspirationquotes/a/Reflection1.htm
http://www.sideroad.com/Leadership/self-reflection.html
Diligence
January 30, 2007
The Practice of Innovation
January 16, 2007
“I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true — hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.” - Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer
"…conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference." - Ronald Heifetz
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Which is more important to start or finish?
January 15, 2007
“Starting is a strategic act because we can control starting but we cannot control finishing.” Michael Hewitt Gleeson
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Richard St. John speaks about Success at TED
January 11, 2007
Why do people succeed? Because they're smart? Or lucky? How about: Neither. Richard St. John compacts seven years of research on successful people into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success (Hint: passion, persistence, and pushy mothers help). Richard St. John is author of Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky and RICH: What really leads to success — and it's not smarts, looks, or luck. He's also founder of the communications agency, The St John Group.
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Writing an Effective Business Plan
January 10, 2007
"Writing a business plan is like giving the organization a “tune-up.” It’s important to do this periodically, because some components will need to be rebuilt to get the business back to optimal performance. " Greg Balanko-Dickson
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Excerpts taken from Tips and Traps for Writing an Effective Business Plan
Avoid the New Years Resolution Trap
January 8, 2007
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments." - Jim Rohn
"We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly… spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order." - Susan Taylor
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself on a worthy cause; who at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt
"When was the last time your possibilities gave you goose bumps?" - Ben Feldman
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Year End and Holiday Break
December 22, 2006
I will begin podcasting again January 8, 2007, stay subscribed, I have many things planned for the New Year that you will not want to miss.
Five questions for your year end review:
Where have I grown?
What's wqorked for me this year and been something I need to continue to do?
What do I need to stop doing because it is not working?
What have I learned that I need to start doing?
What do I want to focus on for 2007?
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Discipline: The Lesser Known Business Skill
December 18, 2006
"The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others." - Tyron Edwards
Make It Great! Book: http://www.makeitgreat.org/
Business Pundit: http://www.businesspundit.com/50226711/selfdiscipline_matters_more_than_iq.php
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Software for Your Brain
December 15, 2006
"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - James Allen
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How to Overcome the Firefighter Syndrome
December 12, 2006
"If we allow our emotions to deplete our energy, we have no energy to change our life or to give to others." Don Miguel Ruiz
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Are you dreaming?
December 8, 2006
"Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." - Gloria Steinem
“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.” — George Herbert Allen
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The Discipline of Quiet Reflection
December 7, 2006
"We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly… spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order." - Susan Taylor
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Humor In Business
December 5, 2006
"Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place." - Mark Twain
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