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Lesson #2: Make A Commitment To Be The Very Best
“My first ambition in life was to be Miles Davis,” recalls Gardner. “I didn’t want to be a trumpet player, an artist or a jazz musician – I literally wanted to be Miles. My mom said to me, ‘Baby, you can’t be Miles. There ain’t but one, and he got that job.’ But I made a commitment at an early age that I wanted to be world class at something,”
Jazz Leadership
“I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.” - Warren Bennis Jazz is a great metaphor for leadership so I thought it would be interesting to explore how running an organisation might be more like improvisation. Here are some jazz improv tips and I’ve added my thoughts about how they apply to leadership, together with quotes from some of the jazz greats that seem to tell the same story.

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Is Your EAddress Unprofessional
Does you e-address project a professional image? Or does it look strange, or "cute" (which Roger Parker says to avoid), or is it confusing?

A Mental Model For VC Investments
A reader asked me the other day if – in the words of Charlie Munger – I have a “mental model” for investing in early stage companies. I do, but I’d rather give examples of the two best approaches I’ve heard of from other people.
Book Review Madscam
George Parker’s very strong opinions on advertising are detailed in his latest book (subtitled “Kick-Ass Advertising Without the Madison Avenue Price Tag”). He rants about the way businesses generally do advertising, what’s wrong, and how to do much better (without spending a lot).
What Kind of Workplace Future?
In 1883, as soon as construction ended on the Brooklyn Bridge, the scams started. George C. Parker is credited with originating the idea of selling the Brooklyn Bridge, convincing people they could earn a fortune charging tolls for bridge access. Some erected traffic barriers even as Parker boasted he "sold the Brooklyn Bridge twice a week for years." Eventually he was sentenced to life in prison.

My neighbor Charlie, just filed for bankruptcy
My neighbor Charlie, just filed for bankruptcy It was the prime topic for conversation this past weekend, so I suppose you could say this is a cautionary tale. What’s got everyone talking (and one or two of the neighbors a bit fearful) is that Charlie seemed to be doing OK. He had solo-consulting practice, advising retailers on supply chain issues such as transportation and warehousing.
DOES HOPE FLOAT?
Charlie Brown, the little neurotic fellow we have all come to know and love is an eternal optimist when it comes to kicking a football. No matter how many times Lucy pulls the ball away he always hopes that the next time she will let him kick it. In a way we are all like Charlie, no matter how often we hope, regardless of the outcome we always come back to it again and again. Because we have come to know that on those rare occasions we realize our hopes. There is another reason though for clinging to our hopes, a much more powerful reason in fact

Maxwell: Oil to $300 by 2020
Thoughtful comments on oil from veteran oil analyst Charlie Maxwell in weekend Barron's:
12 Lessons Learned While Marketing “The 4-Hour Body”
Charlie Hoehn first reached out to me through Ramit Sethi in 2008. Almost three years later, he is still working with me.
Expanding Your Boundaries
My late, great mentor, friend, and publisher Charlie "Tremendous" Jones will long be remembered for saying, "You will be the same person you are today, five years from now, except for the people you meet and the books you read." Charlie was an example of this throughout his life, and the work he began continues as his legacy of sharing inspiration, hope, and possibilities with people around the world through the printed word continues.

Quanah Parker
I had the opportunity to visit Fort Parker in Texas several years ago and was quite impressed with its history. I decided to research the internet and write this article about Quanah Parker from an entrepreneural point of view for Mazon Associates, Inc.'s August 2011 newsletter, Building Bridges. I hope you enjoy it!
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