“What Are 1 To 3 Books That Have Greatly Influenced Your Life?”
I’ve been pretty excited to read Tim Ferriss’s new book, Tribe of Mentors. As I worked through the introduction, I saw the 11 questions that Tim used to gain the insights that he received that make up the book. As a thought exercise, I thought I would answer each of the questions over the next few […]
Much the same, only different….
In undergoing a month long review of my business, I decided to shift some focus and create some new ways to generate value for my readers, my followers, and my market. In the past, I have almost exclusively laid down my sword at the foot of maximizing ROI. That’s been helpful, but also limiting. […]
You don’t get to the long-term without short-term success…
https://quotefancy.com/quote/1609021/Nick-Saban-Focus-on-the-process-of-what-it-takes-to-be-successful One of the toughest challenges a business faces is balancing between the short term and the long term. For too many organizations, everything is always short term. We get pulled from one fire to the next, never allowing our long term priorities to take hold. For too many organizations, the opposite can occur as […]
Doing More Of The Wrong Things…Is Still Doing The Wrong Things
One of the old maxims of job hunting was the concept that you could win people over by being a problem solver. That might have even been something that was effective before the Internet and modern management because in a command and control setting where information was limited, figuring out the problem and how […]
What We Need Right Now Is More Insight…
Marketing automation is one of those popular buzzwords. Like all buzzwords, marketing automation comes with the promise of being able to deliver things more simply, more consistently, and with better decision making capability. This concept lines up pretty closely with a lot of the other things I have been thinking about lately like the […]
Why!!!! Not How!!!
What’s really important in today’s world is “why?” Not how. How is much easier and there are a lot of people that are great at “how.” The people that can figure out “why” and focus on that…they make all the difference.