Like this article? PLEASE +1 it! Evan Signature
Evan Carmichael Top Header about About Home Profiles articles Tools forums inspirational quotes About facebook Twitter YouTube Blog

jim stockdale Tagged Articles



Urgency
Doing lots of things, multi-tasking and running yourself and the people around you hard is exhausting. But after all the sweat and agitation at the end of every day -- you can't necessarily say that you've created the constructive urgency that moves groups to bigger and better things. You need to re-assess, to create urgency that works for you, for the individuals you lead, and for the organizations you aim to take into the future.

Other jim stockdale Related Articles

The Wilful Abuse of Positive Thinking
I was reading about Admiral James Stockdale, highest ranking officer in the "Hanoi Hilton" in Viet Nam as written by author Thomas Barnett. Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and was tortured numerous times by his captors. Four of his eight years were in solitary.

Today's woman entrepreneur - do you recognise her?
How would you describe today's successful woman entrepreneur? Is she a focused individual driven to work all hours in the pursuit of profit? Or is she someone who balances work and time for family and social commitments? Sue Stockdale, author of Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs outlines what she has learned about today's successful woman in business.
How to seize opportunities
Having the ability to seize opportunities is vital if you want to be enterprising. This skill can be developed and will help you to start up or grow your business. Sue Stockdale saw the chance to become a polar adventurer, something she had always dreamed of, when she noticed a newspaper advert. By grabbing the opportunity it changed her life dramatically and became the reason she started up her company, Mission Possible. Read about how you need to be thinking in order to grab opportunities when they appear.

Setting up an effective home office
When you are starting out in business one of the first decisions that you will have to take is where to locate your business – in your home or in office premises? If you choose your home, it is useful to take some time to plan how you will set it up before you begin, as it will make life much easier in the long run. Sue Stockdale offers some tips to help you set up an effective home office.

The ingredients of strong leadership and what really counts
Learn about what really counts as a leader when you are striving to achieve tough goals. Sue Stockdale uses her own experience from polar expeditions to explain how using a transformational style can be really effective in both business and the world of adventure.
30 ways to get motivated
If you are feeling a bit jaded or needing to motivate yourself to get going in business, then here are 30 suggestions from Sue Stockdale, to help you get energised and excited about your business again!
Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy
Admiral James Stockdale was the highest ranking American POW during the Vietnam War. He was held for more than 8 years and after his release wrote a book Love and War that described how he was able to not just survive the ordeal but actually thrive when many others didn’t. The story of his absolute confidence that he would survive coupled with his ability to confront the brutal facts of his current reality came to be known as the “Stockdale Paradox”. Many years later Jim Collins wrote his business masterpiece Good to Great and demonstrated how many companies used the “Stockdale Paradox” to survive and thrive in tough times while many of their competitors fell by the wayside or disappeared completely.

Featured Article

Bottom Footer



Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!
Name:
Email:
Popular Articles

20 MORE Must-Have Search Engine Marketing Tools

Leader's Success Secret: Celebration

Ten Things You Can Do To Be a Better Leader
Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.