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Never Quit: A Lesson from The Apprentice
I was shocked after a recent task on The Apprentice, when a candidate resigned instead of taking her chances in the boardroom. After having a tough time as project manager - and knowing her teammates certainly didn’t like her - Michelle threw in the towel and quit.
HOW BAD MARKETING KILLED A GOOD MAN
How important is it to do the right thing in marketing? In this piece we see that it is literally a matter of life and death.
How Strong is Your Customer Loyalty? What AT&T and Apple Can Teach You
I've recently run into an interesting dilemma -- will my loyalty to Apple win out against my disgust with AT&T? But more importantly, what can you learn from my story to increase your customer loyalty and decrease your customer problems.
Business Blogging, The Lessons of 100+ Posts
I recently passed the 100 post mark on my blog.To say that I have learnt a lot in between would be an understatement. To say that I have lots more to learn, would require an even bigger understatement.It has been an enjoyable, frustrating and fascinating experience. I have gained readers; I have gained new customers and best of all I have gained many great new friends.
Agree on the problem first
In the past few weeks, I’ve been reminded of an important business lesson: always make sure everyone agrees on the problem before you set out to define a solution.

Build It and They Willl Come?
Your customer is king!

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Selling swimming pools is the same as selling what you sell
6 Lessons about selling Lesson # 1: Make sure the person the customer talks to on the telephone is a good representative for your business. Lesson # 2: Never assume you know what the customer’s problems (needs and wants) are. Lesson # 3: Listen to the customer. Lesson # 4: Give the customer choices of solutions to pick from. Lesson # 5: Follow up, Follow up, Follow up Lesson # 6: Use the magic words – “Who do you know?”

Learning Business Lessons From Computer Geeks
A business lesson from the "computer geeks"! Computer science has a concept that deals with Real Dependencies versus Artificial Dependencies. The ugly-sounding concept attempts to determine where computer systems have been made needlessly complex causing the end result to be more difficult to achieve than it needs to be. Chances are that you can learn a business and marketing lesson from this concept from the "computer geeks" that can help you improve the performance and profit of your business, and make your customers happier.
Lesson #5: “Hard times are an opportunity for growth”
If there is one lesson that Wilson has carried with him since he was a young boy it is this: every opportunity, whether missed or taken, represents another lesson to be learned.

Who Is Your Proud Family?
Once again I was on the couch at 5am watching Disney cartoons. I like to get up early and get a bit of work done before I go for a run. While I’m cleaning out the last evening’s email, I watch a bit of children’s television to pick up a life lesson or two. This morning, I got a great business lesson from Lilo and Stich.
AN APOLOGY: THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL OF LEADERSHIP
We never trained lessons of ‘apology" in business school. We trained for all other models and case studies but we never trained them for very powerful lesson of ‘apology'. I strongly recommend to executives to learnt this lesson very powerfully. Who is perfect? No one is perfect. Executives of managers who feel that they need to apologies in the matter then they must confess and convey it in right manner to the right authority. It is also to be performed with emotional attachment. It cannot be just showing off activity.
Leadership and Reaching the Boiling Point
Leadership lesson, actually RELATIONSHIP LESSON for all of us: Learn to tell the truth without blame, judgment, or attack at the right time or be ready for the boil over, for it will come when you least expect it!!!

Lesson #3 Know The Game Part II.
The follow up to part I http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/6509/Lesson-3-Know-The-Game-Part-I.html The most important lesson an entrepreneur can learn
Deadlines Are Your Friend
As a student at Juilliard, most of my “studying” revolved around practicing for my weekly piano lesson – and with all day everyday to spend in the practice room, it was hard to maintain intense focus. When the day of my lesson rolled around though, guess what: I was suddenly able to shift into high gear, tune out the usual distractions (“Alex the cellist is practicing shirtless again?”) and get into a place of deep concentration. Three hours would fly by like that.
Deadlines Are Your Friend, How To Manage Time Better
As a student at Juilliard, most of my “studying” revolved around practicing for my weekly piano lesson – and with all day everyday to spend in the practice room, it was hard to maintain intense focus. When the day of my lesson rolled around though, guess what: I was suddenly able to shift into high gear, tune out the usual distractions (“Alex the cellist is practicing shirtless again?”) and get into a place of deep concentration. Three hours would fly by like that.
Lesson 5 Grab the Golden Ring
The fifth and final lesson taken from 25 years in the venture capital industry and based on my talk 5000 business plans, 50 deals, 25 write-offs. In this lesson I describe how three people (including yours truly) failed to grab the golden ring in the merry go-round of life.
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