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https://flic.kr/p/hyYg5H How do you stand out and sell in a world of infinite choice, easy access and endless world-class products? We have too much of everything. But we are limited in our ability to give attention to everything. We can only read one book at a
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One way to be frustrated and unhappy is to keep giving and finding a lack of reciprocation. It can sound noble, but you can also get burned out from a lack of reward which comes naturally through trading. Healthy and fulfilling relationships depend on trading. A vibrant economy comes from
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Are entrepreneurs born or made? Yes. They are both. I see those that walk that arduous journey strive well, but if you don't have the natural traits then it's a lot more work to be aware of your weaknesses. Ultimately, entrepreneurship is about decision making. And
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There's no shortage of opportunities today. In fact, it's cheaper and more convenient than ever to envision and put an idea you may have into play. Imagine trying to make your idea happen in the 1960's. It would be both extremely expensive and difficult
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We are on a continuous journey of increasing efficiency. That's what you feel happening around you when your job disappears or businesses come and go. There are only customers and what they want. There's only the collective thinking from an enormous amount of talented people compounding
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The Peter Principle sure can be observed frequently and predictably, not only in hierarchies, but in new endeavors. Just because something worked at a lower level of pursuit does not mean it will work in the next level up. Common sense? Yes. But it is a principle that repeatedly gets
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I am not sure there are many safe places to hide any more. You can't hang low collecting a paycheck hoping your bosses don't notice. And everyone's getting squeezed. I have already been in several conversations with business owners this past week and we
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If you feel overwhelmed in life or seem to be putting out fires all the time without much forward progress, then consider how you manage expectations. I can understand that when you want to be helpful or valuable that it is easy to jump at requests. Or sometimes, you may
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Being a professional employer has a weird deal to it. You take the risk, responsibility and social burden of growing a business. However, this onus of responsibility is increasingly getting questioned where efficiency is proliferating, thus we find the middle class diminishing at a rapid rate. And the largest reason
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It is so fascinating to see how exponential growth from lower cost in technology is flattening the world. There is unprecedented democratization around bringing our ideas to market. And it starts with an idea. Many people that are trying entrepreneurship start out with money. Dumping money into building something perfect
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The philosophical question, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" begs the question of how we experience our personal realities. Does it matter if a tree falls if we are not there to experience it?
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Our human brains have a hard time understanding or accepting exponential trends. We prefer and interpret events and trends to be linear. Like a nice Sunday drive that is steady in course, direction and speed, we think life events unfold this way. However, the reality is that we have acceleration