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Lesson #1: Hire the Best
“What we have that a lot of other caterers don’t is a lot of talented chefs,” says Puck, identifying one of the key ingredients in his recipe for success. “I’m not saying that nobody else has talented people, but nobody has as many as we have.”

Lesson #1: Ensure Efficiency
“The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well,” said Rockefeller. “According as you put something in, the greater will be your dividends of salvation.”
Living On The Edge: How Gillette Achieved Success
“As I stood there with the razor in my hand, my eyes resting on it as lightly as a bird settling down on its nest, the Gillette razor was born,” said Gillette. “In that moment I saw it all: the way the blade could be held in a holder; the idea of sharpening the two opposite edges on the thin piece of steel; the clamping plates, with a handle halfway between the two edges of the blade.”

Lesson #5: Curiosity Never Killed the Cat
“Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future,” Luce believed. “It is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.”

Henry R. Luce Quotes
Henry R. Luce Quotes
Using Mistakes Successfully
Each of us at one time or another has thought about how wonderful it would be to have as much foresight as hindsight. Then we could avoid making mistakes! Not only is that hope unrealistic, it's also unwise. Mistakes are often the springboard for major accomplishments. Here's a good example:
Insights for a New Millenium
An old adage reminds us that if you have foresight, you are blessed, and if you have insight, you are twice blessed. Here are two insights to make you quadruple blessed.

Business Opportunity - Free Marketing Options
Business opportunity seekers should always try to minimize their expenses, especially during the startup phases. They should always on the lookout for free marketing methods to help them in promoting their internet business. It is this foresight and progressive marketing tactic that will help to ensure the success of the business owner's online business opportunity.

Innovation minus Support = Zero Creation
There is an abundance of creativity in our world. Humanity is replete with inspirational people who have enormous value to contribute in their own ways - yet most are never seen or heard. As a collective society, we seldom encourage others to take a path of innovation because it's untested, risky, and breaks convention and related reputations.
Cold Calling is Dead! Long Live Cold Calling!
I hear so many sales people making all sorts of excuses or giving reasons for not picking up the phone to prospective clients to find out how they might work with them. The common sense phrase 'If you take no action, nothing will happen' seems to be wasted on them!
Overcoming Corporate Disconnect
Corporate disconnect is the major contributor to every one of your challenges, problems or negative issues that undermine your growth, profitability and effectiveness as an organization.
How to Evaluate a Franchisor Training Program
A robust training program is key to successful franchising. Unfortunately, not all training programs are created equally. This article is designed to help you determine if the training program is up to par.
A Sore US Economy ButThere Is Hope
No doubt we are living in a sore economy. This economy is bleeding everywhere but, there is hope with outsourcing services. Outsourcing services is use as a method of cost cutting measurement. In hard times, outsourcing will allow a business to do what they have to do in order to properly manage their financial operations and in order to remain competitive in this global economy. Outsourcing your accounting and payroll will definitely save you money. Money that you can use to build a cash reserve to reinvest back into your company or money you can save for rainy days.
Your Vision is Your Leadership Calling Card
Leadership is motivated by a vision. Success is not happenstance. Behind leadership and success, there is a vision. A vision provides a compass. It includes your values and what you believe for yourself and others.

Top Five Rookie Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Launching successful marketing campaigns takes creativity, initiative and perseverance. Although most business owners learn the best ways to market through experience and pain-staking trial and error, there are several common mistakes made by new owners that can easily be avoided with a little foresight and preparation. We highlight these “rookie mistakes” below to help new owners generate effective campaigns that bring in higher returns on investment the first time and every time.

Marketing Plans Help You Make Your Mark and Increase Success from the Start
Techniques to Help you Plan
Hurtling towards the next big birthday
A personal reflection coming up to birthday time. What prompted this article? Air-journeys provide invaluable thinking space. This article started life on a flight to Helsinki in early June. The two-hour flight from Heathrow provided me with just about the right amount of time for a brief helicopter-view of my world.

The Top Five Rookie Marketing Mistakes
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The Top Five Rookie Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Christopher Palumbo began his career as a partner in a real estate development company, where he developed branding concepts for resort communities in South Florida and the Carolina's. From there his business accomplishments grew as he orchestrated the complete turnaround of a failing national real estate developer. Soon after, Christopher changed gears and used his talents to create an award-winning World Gym concept store. Chris utilized his position within the organization to orchestrate a turnaround and capitalization plan for the World Gym™ brand. To date, he has worked with many of the largest and most reputable companies in the fitness and leisure industries, and is frequently featured in industry and national press.

Working Today to Retire Tomorrow
And now is the time for you to begin to create a business that’s worth a lot of money when you retire. It’s time to prepare your own “house” for that big sale. In other words, much of the exit strategy is getting your business in tip-top shape with systems today, so that it runs smoothly and will continue to run smoothly and efficiently when a buyer takes over tomorrow.

Profits are a liability
What do you want for your birthday? ....not a cashflow crisis...that is for sure!
Enhancing Your Value: Staying Employable in the 2010’s
A look at job advertisements may be a startling revelation: How is this New Economy everyone is talking about going to impact us? Armed with an arsenal of digital equipment, how will we brave the new world order that is driven by compression technology and information overload, and assured by a false sense of virtual communication?
A Backup Plan For Your Business: How Good Is Your Second Serve?
Are you relying too much on Plan A, without a Plan B, C or Q to fall back on? Start thinking about backup plans, scenario planning and foresight.
RIM...What's In It for Microsoft?
RIM continues a downward spiral. The company (and country) needs a savior that can act in the best interest of the employees, the technology, the shareholders. Microsoft is the most logical choice...here's why.
Stop Dreaming - Now Is The Time To Start Your Own Business
Starting your own business can be one of the most challenging difficulties that you have ever made. Yet making that decision, for many, will be the best decision they ever make. To help make it easier, here are a few ideas to help you.
Financial Management
Most entrepreneurs I know have taken few, if any, business courses. They are creative, imaginative, and ambitious to no end, but they couldn’t tell you the first thing about what sound financial management means. If you’re not one of those entrepreneurs, then read no further. Go about your merry sound financial management way. But, if you’re one of those entrepreneurs who are finding themselves drowning in the spreadsheets and jargon of the financial world, keep reading for tips on how to stay afloat.

Hypotheticals, Scenarios and Foresight
Strategic foresight is about creating new perspectives on key issues concerning an organization today through an integrated approach to strategy which results in discovery and articulation of a preferred direction for the organization (Marsh, et al., 2002, p 2 – 4).

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Using Mistakes Successfully
Each of us at one time or another has thought about how wonderful it would be to have as much foresight as hindsight. Then we could avoid making mistakes! Not only is that hope unrealistic, it's also unwise. Mistakes are often the springboard for major accomplishments. Here's a good example:
Insights for a New Millenium
An old adage reminds us that if you have foresight, you are blessed, and if you have insight, you are twice blessed. Here are two insights to make you quadruple blessed.

Goals In Life By Your Hindsight
Looking back gives us wisdom to help with similar or even dissimilar situations that come up again! It’s a cliché, “Hindsight is 20-20.” Consider applying hindsight as foresight this year whether you want to lose weight, or increase savings or stop your procrastination habit. Whether you are targeting your health your finances or even something like spending more time with family and friends consider learning from hindsight; in advance.
Lesson #5: Curiosity Never Killed the Cat
“Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future,” Luce believed. “It is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.”

Give the customer more than what is asked
This article delves into the foresight and initiative shown in giving the customer more than what is asked. The customer loves it when something was provided without having to ask for it. A short small-group exercise is included.
Qualities of a Leader Part 1
Leadership development requires you to acquire skills to effectively communicate with your people, build confidence in your leadership, motivate people to give their best and have a foresight to build new leaders.
Business Opportunity - Free Marketing Options
Business opportunity seekers should always try to minimize their expenses, especially during the startup phases. They should always on the lookout for free marketing methods to help them in promoting their internet business. It is this foresight and progressive marketing tactic that will help to ensure the success of the business owner's online business opportunity.

Accountability: The Missing Link?
Are you a successful leader? Do you have patience, courage and determination? Do you have a plan in place? Leadership requires foresight and the ability to effectively set expectations balanced with consistently managing performance.
Why Business Executives, Entrepreneurs and Managers Need Imagination Age Leadership Power Strategies
Imagination Age leadership power strategies provide business executives, entrepreneurs, managers and knowledge professionals with a compelling sense of discipline, direction and diagnostic foresight.
A Backup Plan For Your Business: How Good Is Your Second Serve?
Are you relying too much on Plan A, without a Plan B, C or Q to fall back on? Start thinking about backup plans, scenario planning and foresight.
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