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Lesson #4: Don’t Let Anyone Keep Your Ambitions in Check
When Giannini first came onto the scene, the banking world was a very different one to that which exists today. Most banks were single, stand-alone entities, and had limited capital, which meant that they could only lend out the amount of money they had in reserves. Giannini helped to change all of that by building a large branch network in California, and with a dream of going national, but none of it happened without a fight.

Lesson #1: “I learned to make people love me to get my message across.”
As a boxer, Foreman was known as a mean and ruthless fighter. He fought with fury rather than grace; he stormed around the ring with rage while his opponents danced around him. He even showed up to fight Muhammad Ali with a fierce German Shepherd at his side. It was not so much a persona as his actual personality. He was unpopular both in the ring and out, and unless he was willing to make some changes, Foreman knew that nobody would want to listen to him talk, let along buy anything from him.

Lesson #5: “I let negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back.”
Growing up, Foreman’s life was not an easy one. He experienced one setback after another, each threatening to veer him off course towards greatness. Foreman, however, managed to overcome. From acknowledging his own weaknesses to avoiding the destructive power of negativity, Foreman’s career is evidence that greatness can often come from a path of greater struggle.

Poker, Unpredictability, and Going on Tilt
I had an interesting experience tonight playing Texas Hold'em Poker. Despite having virtually no poker experience, I ended up winning a decent-sized pot. The morals of the story:
Strategy vs. Fundamentals
Creating companies is hard. Most fail. Overnight success is rare (my favorite “overnight success stories” are the ones that take 10+ years, like iRobot or Harmonix.) While strategy plays a key part in the outcome of an entrepreneurial venture, the fundamentals matter a lot. Take the following parable that I got from a friend recently.
Sports and Raising/Lowering Your Game
nteresting NBER paper looking at peer effects in the workplace. While fruit pickers, grocery scanners, etc., become more or less productive in correlation with their coworkers skill level, professional golfers play roughly according to their abilities irregardless of their playing partners' skill levels.

Even George Washington Almost Got Canned Once
Did you know that in 1777, there was an effort to force George Washington to retire from the military service? I didn't -- until I took a look at Mark McNeilly's George Washington and the Art of Business: Leadership Principles of America's First Commander-in-Chief.

Values The Foundation of Your Business
A recent Boston Globe Magazine article (1/11/04) entitled Ballistic to Holistic written by Elaine McArdle describes a lawyer who initially envisioned herself in “a noble profession that would improve people’s lives.” While this lawyer wanted to practice a kind of law that sought justice and reasonable resolutions to conflict what she saw was a profession with lawyers intent on destroying their opponents by any means-hardly a way to improve anyone’s life and certainly not hers.

53 Playing As One- Teambuilding NFL Style
Teambulding NFL Style
10 Best Home Based Business Success Tools – No. 7 – A Stubborn Determination to Keep Going
Has anyone ever told you that you were stubborn, bullheaded or the like? Don’t take it lying down; use it to your advantage! Be stubborn, be bullheaded, and be inflexible in your determination to keep going in your marketing efforts to build your home based business.
Competitive Advantage in a Down Economy
Your small business is bound to yield fruit when you keep long-term goals in mind during daily operations. Constant examination of each department that has an integral role in the effectiveness of the business should be monitored for its contribution to the "bottom line."
People with Goals and Dreams
People with dreams and goals succeed because of one primary reason: They know where they're going. In any game, you must determine what winning means to you -- you gotta define success and you also have to determine what it will take to win.
Hard Work: It Really is Worth it
In Kevin Sheedy’s book Stand Your Ground his old coach, Tom Hafey wrote the Forward. He explained that Kevin realised that sport could offer him so many opportunities but they would only be realised if he worked not just as hard as anyone else but harder. This need to work harder was because Kevin did not have the same natural skills as most of his team mates and opponents. Thanks to my parents’ hard work me and many like me in Australia and other wealthy countries have been given a opportunity to live a wonderful, happy comfortable life. The downside of this great gift is not experiencing the hard work that went into creating it and therefore potentially not valuing it as much as it should be valued
Reframing - Objections
A frame provides a context or focus for your thoughts and actions. Changing the frame of an experience can have a major influence on how you perceive, interpret and react to that experience. Reframing is going on all around us
The truth is out there! How to take advantage of it
I find the concept of truth fascinating. Just like one person’s act of terror is another person’s freedom fight, one person’s truth is another person’s fantasy. Rumours are sometimes said with such conviction or spread so far that they become a “truth” no matter what the reality is. Without getting too political, the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is a classic example of a truth that was fantasy. Can we make our version of the truth and if we can will this help us in life and business?
How Aikido Can Save Your Business Marketing
Aikido is a Japanese martial art based on “blending with your opponents energy”. As I learned during my 12+ years of training on the mat, victory over others is a matter of physical and mental training. In business, you need to win over your customer prospects and stand out from your competition.
I Can Control Myself; I Can’t Control the Other Guy
A lot of people confuse power with control. Power is the product of my work over time; control is my ability to direct particular thoughts and actions. One of the best lessons I’ve learned over 20 plus years as a martial artist is this: I can develop my own power, I can develop self-control; what the other guy does is usually up to him!

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Are You Using a Chess or Checkers Small Business Marketing Strategy
Until the day I learned to play chess I loved playing checkers. Both games require a strategy that maximizes a player’s ability to capture his opponents pieces without first losing his own. Checkers was fun. But the complexities of chess lead to more satisfying victories and defeats.
Lesson #5: You Have to Fight to Keep on Flying
When the idea for Southwest Airlines first came about, it had some ardent opponents. It was going to be able to sidestep federal regulations and offer greater value to customers. It was going to push point-to-point flights between smaller airports and speed up turnaround times. And, it was going to have a lot of fun doing it.

How Aikido Can Save Your Business Marketing
Aikido is a Japanese martial art based on “blending with your opponents energy”. As I learned during my 12+ years of training on the mat, victory over others is a matter of physical and mental training. In business, you need to win over your customer prospects and stand out from your competition.
What Am I Doing Here?
All too often, salespeople find themselves doing battle with unworthy opponents, only to discover too late the time invested was really time wasted! How did they get there? Why didn’t they recognize where they were? And, why did they stay so long?

Lesson #1: “I learned to make people love me to get my message across.”
As a boxer, Foreman was known as a mean and ruthless fighter. He fought with fury rather than grace; he stormed around the ring with rage while his opponents danced around him. He even showed up to fight Muhammad Ali with a fierce German Shepherd at his side. It was not so much a persona as his actual personality. He was unpopular both in the ring and out, and unless he was willing to make some changes, Foreman knew that nobody would want to listen to him talk, let along buy anything from him.

E R R Your Way to Negotiating Excellence
Negotiating is the ultimate challenge for any entrepreneur. Being good at it is essential for success. You don't have to be a shark to succeed. The dolphin approach is better. The difference is one of style. While sharks try to intimidate, dolphins genuinely enjoy people. They are confident, assertive and don't try to manipulate their opponents with negotiating ploys and gambits. Learn the ERR principles of negotiating and you may never need any others. When you apply these 3 principles you'll become a more successful negotiator and gain the respect of your opponents in the process.
This Economic Reform Seems Bad For Small Business
Yesterday's news included a sound byte from President Obama, urging Congress (and his opponents in the Republican Party) to stop blocking his next stimulus, this one ostensibly for small businesses... right after all of them return from vacation.

Liberal Friends: Is This OK With You?
Wasn't America better when we had an objective presentation of the facts and the people made up their own minds? Liberal friends, weren't YOU better when you had to present a cogent argument for your proposals and win a fair debate over your opponents? I love my friends, even when I disagree with them... so I have to ask, is all this stuff OK with you...?
The Academic Roots Of Progressivism
It all started when America decided to hire an erudite professor - a guy who sold things like hope and change, a guy who sounded smart when he said not-so-smart things, a guy who looked better than his Republican opponents - to the presidency. They wanted a change. They just forgot that, when things change, they might get worse - not better....
Appreciate Your Adversaries, VII
Inspirational leaders learn to recognize the difference between the small percentage of opponents they encounter who can't be won-over, and the vast majority of adversaries - the ones who might be ameliorated or even converted to willing participants in collaborative relationships. Strong leaders learn to see the good in others, and to focus more on being appreciative and less on showing they can give an incisive critiques....
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