Posts Tagged ‘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 [...]

We all know by looking at our surrounding housing structures that a foundation is important for any lasting functionality during changing conditions.  The foundation is the lowest supporting layer of any physical structure.  It is also a supporting layer for any organizational structure.  It could be argued that the foundation of an organizational structure is [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Think back two years in time.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was near its all time high at 13,058 and US unemployment was at a modest 5.50%.  You may or may not have been working in your current job or company but you were probably doing alright given your level of experience and education.  Things [...]

The new book, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements, by Tom Rath and Jim Harter was just released and it reveals the five components to a thriving life.  These five components are no surprise but the distinctions that have come from Gallup’s 50 years of research on a life well-lived are important to note.
The five components [...]

Over the last year, there has been great deal discussion and dialogue about the number of hours of practice it takes to achieve mastery.  This general public conversation began because of Malcolm Gladwell’s latest bestseller, Outliers.  In it, he wrote “the emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required [...]