Yelling Might Help Your Lungs, But Never the Situation
While strolling through Times Square in Manhattan one day, I’m assailed by noise. A big brawly guy is yelling at this shorter man about how a taxi is his by rights. The shorter guy is not taking this silently. He is screaming back, just as loud, just as insistent, “No, it was mine!” Dozens of spectators gawk. Back and forth go the yells, the volume gets louder and louder, with each combatant thinking he who screams loudest might be proven to be most...
Read MoreManifest Your Business Vision
To create and implement your company vision, the first step is to envision your business in a greater stage than it is now. Think of John F. Kennedy who said we would send man to the moon and safely return him, which was a vision far greater than the reality of the moment. Or, to put it in Poet Robert Browning’s words, “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” To get somewhere celestial and coveted, one must reach beyond the...
Read MoreThe CEO Power – Master Navigator
The greatest power of a CEO in a company is the power to set the direction of the company. The choice of where to take the whole team affects everyone who touches the company – employees, partners, investors, and customers. Do you choose to utilize your power?
Read MoreBusiness Turnarounds – From Stagnation to Growth Environments
Stagnation in nature’s water spheres leads to a choke-off of all plant growth, and eventually creates a dead environment. Stagnation in the business sphere is equally toxic. In order to be viable, business must have constant growth and be an environment that supports such growth. Well, you ask, how do you address a stagnating company? What can be done to clean up noxious habits and bring in new life? A successful turnaround begins with seeing the potential for a change and...
Read MoreRadical Change
There is evolutionary change and revolutionary change. Sometimes revolutionary or radical change is necessary to change something major. Radical change is high risk with high rewards. Evolutionary change or gradual change is lower risk with change over time. Knowing which change to use and choosing the best one for each circumstance is key. The awareness of each change will help you figure out which obstacles and roadblocks are in front of you so you can remove them one by...
Read MoreBusiness Clarity
Many times in business and life, I’ve been in a state of constricted consciousness -that state where you can’t see over the horizon and your vision is cloudy with no clarity in sight. It is those moments when in a low state that I am reminded what goes down and heads to rock bottom must eventually go back up. In fact I have noticed my greatest highs follow my lowest lows. Every experience can be learned from, if you choose to grow. It is in those low states when...
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