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It’s much easier to sell “Look what I did for you” than “Look what I avoided for you.” ~ Nassim Taleb, Antifragile I lament that our society and human nature exalts the glamorous over the shrewd. "Look what I did for you" garners perceived value so readily. Perhaps
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I agree with Socrates' famous lines, The unexamined life is not worth living. After all, simply continuing to repeat mistakes and not recognizing the opportunities to make something different happen is tragic, at best. You have likely seen the ebb and flow of your business cycles, relationships and even
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Losers have goals. Winners have systems. ~ Tim Ferriss We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle The last thing you need is more goals. A lot of talk about going after the next thing for yourself will assuredly come out in this
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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
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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
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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 However, that is old and outdated information.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
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We live in unprecedented times with automation, technology and ridiculous speed. It can delude us into thinking we have immense power and reach when in actuality, we do business and work in a world of human beings. Our interactions, slights, likes, moods, and movements matter in whether we want to
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Money is flowing every day. Deals are made. People pull out their credit cards continuously to buy what they want. We don't have to create demand as much as we need to sell things that people want to buy and make it easy for them to do so.
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If you are in continual chaos, why? Do you simply accept reality as one giant mess? Week after week is simply reactive and full of open loops? Yes, business can be overwhelming in our connected economy. We can all create work for each other rather quickly. However, when you think
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Manners matter. We know that interrupting people face-to-face is rude and can be quite embarrassing. Our social norms make it too risky to attempt to force our agendas and wills upon people we encounter in person. However, with distance and virtualization, there are still the unimaginative souls who persist in
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You don't have to do business the way you are set up currently. You could take the same core value you sell and repackage how you present your wares and skills to the market. The position you are in was a choice. Maybe it was practical. Early on
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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. ~ David Ogilvy It's extremely difficult to be wanted in a world of ridiculous options. You can insist on your idea and work hard on creativity.