Shane Snow’s Smartcuts is an excellent read to get you off your mundane thinking tracks and moving laterally towards results. The insights from case studies of those hackers that have skipped the line and percolated up inspire and inform those that want to figure out how to get results fast with creativity and lateral thinking. InContinue reading “Skip the Line and Take Smartcuts”
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Fooled by the Law of Diminishing Returns
At some point, the effort and cost are not worth it anymore. The Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in when building a business or even building a life. More investment of your time, money and attention may initially have high returns, but then at some point, the rewards taper. Will more efficiency make a large impactContinue reading “Fooled by the Law of Diminishing Returns”
In a World of Too Much
We live in a world of too many options, not too little. Solving your business problems is less about innovating and developing something new, and it is much more about putting together the pieces that are available in our democratized tech and knowledge world. Consider all the options you have at your fingertips these days:Continue reading “In a World of Too Much”
Watch People’s Faces to See What They Value
I’m glad I get to do business in the connected economy rather than times past such as the industrial age. You can make your ideas happen so quickly without a ton of gatekeepers that had to give you access and permission to create, distribute or sell something. If you want to put a book out,Continue reading “Watch People’s Faces to See What They Value”
Repointing
I don’t think too highly of simply working harder at something, especially if you are pointed in the wrong direction. It’s easy to turn off the brain and keep charging at what we are doing. The awareness to look up and think about where you are headed can feel slippery and uncomfortable. Our habitsContinue reading “Repointing”
The Feedback Advantage
The worst thing that you can do in your work is to continue with business-as-usual when there are unseen forces acting on you. Whether you feel content working a job or continuing to work in a market that is obsolescing, the lack of feedback on a daily basis can build up into a cataclysmic event,Continue reading “The Feedback Advantage”
The Last Mover Advantage
First movers do have some advantages. Like an Oklahoma land rush they can stake their claim in a new market and hold a position that comes with being first. This kind of positioning in the mind of people new to a market means less work persuading buyers on what is the best in class.Continue reading “The Last Mover Advantage”
Want More Play? Then Commit to This
“The more you like to play, the more self-disciplined you should be.” ~ Robert Ringer I like to play. Maybe work is your life. Not me. My work building businesses and growing ventures is a lot of fun and fulfilling, but ultimately, I play as much as anyone I know. And because I like to play,Continue reading “Want More Play? Then Commit to This”
Is Automation Sinking You?
There’s an article on LinkedIn Pulse, Recruitment industry will die in 2018 which has been quite the conversation piece and stirred the passions. It’s foreboding news for recruiters that have a vested interest in perpetuating their jobs. The author compares what is happening in talent recruitment to the role of travel agents before the internet. Automation hasContinue reading “Is Automation Sinking You?”
Getting a 10,000% Return on Investment
The whole concept of business is inverted today compared to 20 years ago. You may have old notions that entrepreneurship is inaccessible or extremely risky. However, that is old and outdated information. The reality is that entrepreneurship is much lower risk than many other business pursuits. It’s easy to set up and start a business.Continue reading “Getting a 10,000% Return on Investment”
