Posts under ‘success’

“Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.”
– Stephen R. Covey
The starting point for all breakthroughs is a compelling vision for the future!  Your potential can NOT be reached if you simple push hard from where you are.  There are too many [...]

A great venture can not be built on the shoulders of just one highly talented and motivated entrepreneur.  Not matter what the business, it will not scale in any fashion without a team of the right people leading it forward.
“Individually, we are one drop.  Together, we are an ocean.”
– Ryunosuke Satoro
It is astounding to me to [...]

Ignorance is your opportunity!  It may sound strange, but it is true. 
Before clarifying what this statement means, let’s look at two viewpoints on the word ignorance and then provide context for the above statement. 
One viewpoint is where ignorance is viewed as a state of mind that comes from lack of knowledge or desire to explore [...]

Envisioning the step of stress testing growth when you are at the very beginning of your journey can seem like a huge and immensely challenging step outside your comfort zone.  However, by the time you arrive at this step, you should have mastered the habit of stepping outside your comfort zone.  And, if you have [...]

Verne Harnish, The Growth Guy, mentioned the importance of the proper mindset for growing your business in his July 16, 2010 blog post.  He references John Warrillow’s book, Built to Sell, which provides 8 Steps for Creating a Sellable Firm.  While I haven’t seen the list yet, I imagine the mindset that this list helps [...]

“I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I’d still land on my feet.”
– Eli Broad
Great ventures not only have basic plans to start them on a great course for their journey but they also develop master plans for ultimate success early on in their [...]

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
In all things, planning serves a purpose.  The purpose in NOT to develop perfect plans!  It is to channel and challenge your advance worrying.  It is to work through your thoughts and ideas on what is possible.  [...]

The starting point, or turning point, for all great ventures occurs at the intersection of passion, vision, opportunity, and uncommon offering.  You can have a good venture without all four components.  However, in order to create or have a great venture, you must nail each component.
Passion is the fuel of your enterprise.  It gets you [...]

If you have been listening to any of the news reports the last few days, you have heard references to a 20% to 30% chance of a Double-Dip Recession. What does that mean? It means things could to get worse again before they get better!
Last fall, Jim Collins presented at the Gazelles Growth Summit and discussed the [...]

The world has dramatically changed since the Great Recession that began in 2008.  We no longer live in a world of perceived stability and certainty.  We live in a world of perceived instability and uncertainty and many have predicted that it will remain that way for some time.  We are really all on our own [...]