Boldwords has a great post listing the top 100 Motivational Quotes. Great quotes to get you started for the coming New Year! Some good ones: Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare. – Japanese Proverb Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than … Continue reading “Top 100 Motivational Quotes”
Read More“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” – Peter F. Drucker Commentary: Taking risks is part of business. If you’re not taking risks than you probably aren’t accomplishing much. This quote from the Legendary Peter F. … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – 11/26/2007”
Read More“Optimism is a force multiplier.” – Colin Powell Commentary: When you have an optimistic viewpoint, you tend to filter out the negatives that would otherwise cause you not to pursue a goal in the first place. In addition, optimism lessens the sting of failure by saying “that didn’t work – let’s try something else” instead … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – 11/5/2007”
Read MoreI was contacted by Matt Alderton of The Nielsen Small Business Resource Center for input on surviving network outages. Please read the article and let me know what you think. We have a great internal management system for preventing and handling “disasters” and I think that is reflected in the article.
Read More“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein Commentary: There is something to be said about sustained thinking and obsessing over a problem. Einstein spent years thinking about some of his theories and problems. Others usually give up after their problems seem insurmountable. I don’t think … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – 10/1/2007”
Read MoreThere’s a famous story of one of Thomas Edison’s clients who had purchased a very expensive machine that Edison had invented. The machine had broken and Edison was called to make the repair. It’s said that Edison looked around the machine, hit it a few times with a hammer and this fixed the machine. The … Continue reading “Thomas Edison’s Itemized Bill”
Read MoreA reader asked Seth Godin why he so freely gives away business ideas, Seth responded: “…ideas are easy, doing stuff is hard. History is littered with inventors who had “great” ideas but kept them quiet and then poorly executed them. And history is lit up with do-ers who took ideas that were floating around in … Continue reading “The Business Idea is the Easy Part”
Read More“There is no correlation at all between success and hours worked.” – Seth Godin Commentary: A common theme among business and personal development information is that a focus on hard work only will only make you a hard worker, not necessarily successful. There are billions of hard workers in the world – 3rd world farmers, … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Seth Godin”
Read MoreOne of the primary benefits of incorporating or forming an LLC is the protection of the business owners personal assets from lawsuit. The main problem is that most entrepreneurs simply file the initial paperwork and then completely drop the ball on properly maintaining their corporate veil. This same rule applies whether you have a domestic, … Continue reading “Protecting the Corporate Veil”
Read More“Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior.” – Dee Hock, CEO Emeritus VISA International Commentary: Complex rules and regulations are most apparent in government and you’ve seen first hand how efficiently government is run at your local DMV. On … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Dee Hock”
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