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Lesson #3: Go Big or Go Home
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| “If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business,” Kroc once said. He didn’t build a franchise empire with over 3,000 stores in just ten years by sitting back and repeating the same formula that had worked once over and over again. Instead, Kroc strove to constantly improve his company and retain his place at the forefront of the industry by taking advantage of new opportunities. Even when there was big risk involved, Kroc stared the gamble in the face and rolled the dice. |
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Gardner’s Climb to the Top
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| “One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success,” says Gardner. “The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.” Gardner has gone from homeless to Hollywood, rising from the depths and despair of poverty to become not only a millionaire stockbroker and successful entrepreneur and author, but also the star of a major motion picture. How did he do it? |
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Chris Gardner Quotes
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Payroll - Bi-weekly vs. Semi-monthly
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| I was on a board call for a company today that pays their employees bi-weekly (every two weeks). At some point in time there was a rationale for this since this company has a lot of hourly employees and there was a perception that folks would want to be paid every two weeks. So - presumably this was a logical decision at the time. |
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Sell Em What They Want
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| I had an interesting conversation with a colleague the other day. We were discussing the fact that, try as we might, our prospects don't always know that they need what we have to offer. Often, they think they know what they want, but professional (not infallible) experience tells us we might know better. |
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Giving Constructive Criticism
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| It’s a fact of life we can’t avoid. Whether it’s working in a professional environment, learning in the educational realm, or interacting with friends or family, at some point in time we all have to face criticism. How we may perceive that criticism depends on whether we are on the giving or receiving end. When done right, constructive criticism is not meant to hurt or humiliate a person. Rather, constructive criticism is meant to build a person and push them to reach the next level of success. Learning how to give constructive criticism makes a difference in regards to how others view an individual and also how he or she demonstrates leadership. This issue of Astronology takes a deeper look into how to give constructive criticism in the workplace. |
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The Science of Selling - Rules versus Data
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| Regular readers know that I like to talk about the science of selling. I don't mean the science of the sales process, strategy and tactics, as much as the science of research, data and proof. There is a science to selling but a more appropriate name for it would be the rules of selling. In Baseball, the rules dictate what you do, when you do it and how it should be done. In Selling, the rules accomplish the same thing. |
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Points to consider for International Franchise Expansion
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| Expanding an already successful franchise overseas can be a great way to develop an already successful national franchise. However, careful consideration must be given to ensure your franchise is ready and prepared for unfamiliar markets. |
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Nature’s Pearl Review-The Business Opportunity
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| This Nature's Pearl Review is a detailed look at the business opportunity with Nature's Pearl and will cover some of the key points of how to make money with Nature’s Pearl. |
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Managing Debt…Eliminating Debt…Two Problems, One Solution
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| You need to look at debt from a new perspective in order to manage it. Debt should not be looked upon as an income stream, but as a tool only. Keep in mind that this tool is very dangerous and can turn on you at any time. Here is my solution to recovering from a debt lifestyle. |
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Leaders - Make the Tough Calls!
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| Popularity is not part of a CEO's job description. Be a leader and make your decision. Listen to all the input, take the feedback and then decide on a strategy. That's why you get the big bucks...to be a leader and make the tough calls. |
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The Desire to Increase Sales Is Reflected In Knowing Sales and Other Critical Numbers
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| Do you know your sales numbers along with the number of days remaining before the end of the quarter to the end of the year? Knowing your numbers is critical because your business operates in the global economy. As each day starts, means that you have just 86,400 seconds less to achieve your goal to increase sales. |
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Engaged Workers Impact Your Bottom-Line
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| The evidence is clear. Those employers who focus on optimizing their employee's contributions reap tremendous bottom-line benefits. Remember, unhappy employees make customers unhappy.
The good news is that creating and maintaining high employee engagement is all within an organization's control. Employees will respond to management that takes care of them. Engaged workers are focused, hard working, and productive-and customers positively respond to them. There is tremendous financial impact, so managers cannot afford to ignore their employees.
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Do People See The
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| Much like Susan Boyle, the vast majority of people are toiling, waiting and attempting to pay their dues, hoping that their big break will soon come. But is anyone really looking past your outward cosmetic exterior, in an honest attempt to see the "real" you which lies within? |
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Three is Marketing's Magic Number
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| When you overload your audience with too many messages, you risk not communicating at all. |
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Overcoming Obstacles in a Family Owned Business (Pros and Cons)
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| Problems and rewards for running a family owned business. A family owned business can be a huge success and can be a wonderful experience for all involved. It is important to consider the obstacles that could arise and determine how you will overcome these obstacles before they occur. |
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The Importance Of Finding Your Target Market When Creating Website Traffic
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| Creating website traffic is the best way to earn internet income. Instead of wasting your time advertising to anybody and everybody, start focusing on your target with your internet home business. |
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Casting a Vision: Begin with the End in Mind
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| When you look at your hopes and dreams for the future – where you want to be at some defined point in time – what do you see? Is the road pretty clear before you or is the fog too thick? Of course, no one has the power to fully predict their future, but those who cast a vision and do whatever it takes to achieve it have a better chance of predictable success and satisfaction as they look back from the vantage point of old age. |
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Stock Market:How to Enjoy the Upside without the Downside
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| Back before I knew anything about stock analysis, financial statements, ratios, etc… I was introduced to a method that helped me to follow trends. The method can help you to know when to get into a fund or ETF and when it may be best to get out.
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A “Perfect Vision” and Determined Execution: Laying the Foundations for Sustainable Success (Perfect Commerce Profile)
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| One might say that perfection is in the vision and execution is reflected in the outcome. If that is in fact the standard by which perfection is measured, then the little company from Kansas City has been appropriately named. |
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Jobs' departure, though hopefully temporary, had to happen sooner or later
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| Whether or not Steve Jobs is leaving Apple temporarily or not (and I'm betting this is the beginning of a long-term transfer of leadership), the iconic leader will leave the company sooner or later. And it's time people accepted this. |
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Before You Consider Redundancies
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| This is an article considering a few alternative options that organisations may wish to take before going down the redundancy route. |
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Some sales managers are Idiots
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| Sales Managers don't learn from the success of others. Probably laziness is the reason because we all know what they should do. |
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Increase Sales through the Creation and Implementation of 3 Year Sales Action Plan
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| Are your sales lagging? Do you want to increase sales? Have you tried everything imaginable? Then, maybe it is time to return back to the basics of creating a long range sales action plan. |
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Cost Effective Advertising Ideas For The Home Business Owner
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| If you are running your own home business, no doubt you know how important advertising is to your business. However, often the costs of advertising can get out of hand. Of course there are some ways that you can advertise today without breaking your fragile budget at this point in time. |
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The Give and Take of Rejection
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| Why is it that one tiny word, "No", can evoke so much fear into the hearts and minds of so many? Part of everyday life as a leader/manager requires you to handle rejection day in and day out. How well do you cope? What can you do to more effectively handle rejection? |
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Have You Put a Happy Face on It?
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| You know the expression, “what you resist, persists”? Well, learning to accept what we’re feeling is the first step to being able to move out of it and allow in more of what we do want… |
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Are You Willing To Do Whatever It Takes To Succeed In Business
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| There is a very simple reason some entrepreneurs do amazingly well in business while others do not. It has nothing to do with product or location or backing or education or street smarts or dumb luck. It has more to do with people willing to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to succeed in business. |
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When Are You 'Over the Hill'?
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| Are you approaching one of those 'significant' birthdays? Does it strike fear in your heart? You might want to have another think about the matter. |
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CONGRUENCE AND TENSION
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| Many years ago and much earlier in my career I was Manager of the Employee Assistance Program for the Province of Manitoba. Back in those early days I was confronted with a dilemma in assessing the nature of some presenting problems, which in the end was to change my approach and interest in the way I understood stress and the way in which I was to help support persons who were experiencing the symptoms of stress.
"What do you suppose would be the consequences of not living your life according to what it is you value or not being able to fulfill your perceived needs?"
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF STRESS
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| Many years ago and much earlier in my career I was Manager of the Employee Assistance Program for the Province of Manitoba.
Back in those early days I was confronted with a dilemma in assessing the nature of some presenting problems, which in the end was to change my approach and interest in the way I understood stress and the way in which I was to help support persons who were experiencing the symptoms of stress for the next 35 years.
When the cause of a stress symptoms jumps up and hits you in the face like a 2-by-4, (i.e. loss of a loved one) you know what you are dealing with and accordingly, can act to address it. But what if it relates to not living your life congruently with what it is you value, and/or not living your life according to your personality type and finally, perhaps not being able to meet your perceived needs? |
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Victim of his own success
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| Small- and medium-sized businesses create products or services, they delivery those products and services; but in the current economy they can't finance the growth and either have to slow down or go out of business. They become victims of their own success. |
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Competent Jerk versus Lovable Fool? (Network Member Question)
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| Member Question:
Given a choice between a competent jerk and a lovable fool, who would you prefer to work with?
Question Submitted By:
Sandeep Walia
MIS Manager, International Supply Chain
L'OREAL
France
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Has anyone applied complexity theory to business in a practical way?
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| Member Question:
Has anyone applied complexity theory to business in a practical way?
David, Instructional Designer, Performance Technologist and Project Manager |
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How does the complexity theory apply to business? (A Brief Dialogue)
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| Member Question:
Has anyone applied complexity theory to business in a practical way?
Asheville, U.S.
My Response:
The chaos theory and butterfly effect are interesting concepts in terms of the “complexity” of business.
Over a number of years and through funding from the Government of Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program I developed a theory called strand commonality.
In the area of supply chain practice for example (although the term “chain” is a misnomer in that it implies a sequential architecture instead of the synchronized architecture that represents the dynamic characteristics of different stakeholders within the real-world), one seeks to understand the unique operating attributes of individual stakeholders using an agent-based model.
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Why Most Ads, Sale Letters, and Websites Don’t Turn A Profit?
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| Most ads don’t work because they are like the enlarged version of the company’s business card. If you want to make money with your advertising, you got to structure your ad exactly how you would conduct a sale presentation face to face with a potential buyer.
Remember that those who buy a four inch drill are really buying four inch holes. People aren’t interested in what you have for sale; they are mainly interested in solving a problem.
Before starting your sale pitch in print, you got to be successful at “selling” the problem first. Think it this way…what is one reason most of your customers are buying from you?
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The FOSS(ilization) of the supply chain: The risks of a strategy centered on Free and Open Source Software
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| I recently reviewed (actually browsed as there were only10 PowerPoint slides in total) a Government of Canada presentation to attendees of the September 2006 CIO Summit in Ottawa.
Titled “IM/IT Government in Canada . . . Open to Business” the presentation emphasized the fact that “change is the only constant.” Referencing a transformation agenda which highlighted a variety of important areas including internal services such as finance, human resources and procurement, the case for open standards was offered as the best possible way to manage this ongoing evolution. More specifically, the concept of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a viable solution was introduced.
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There is No Secret
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| With respect to all, is it really that when we let go of a particular time frame that the universe answers by providing what we want in it's time? Or rather, is it our conscious determination at some point in time to rationally decide that the time is not right...now? |
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Business Plans 101: Part 2
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| A business has a substantially better chance of succeeding if the entrepreneur takes the time to write a business plan. Not only can missteps be avoided, but the process of writing a business plan also allows the entrepreneur the opportunity to think proactively instead of reactively. When dealing with the day-to-day needs of a business the entrepreneur is typically in “firefighter mode,” putting out the fires of the day. Writing a business plan lets the entrepreneur take a step back and think about the business in a “big picture” context. This article continues the discussion of what needs to be included in a business plan, specifically outlining what needs to be included in the financial (or "numbers") portion. |
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Other point in time Related Articles
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There is No Secret
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| With respect to all, is it really that when we let go of a particular time frame that the universe answers by providing what we want in it's time? Or rather, is it our conscious determination at some point in time to rationally decide that the time is not right...now? |
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Affiliate Marketing Business - How to Reach Your Goals
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| What are your goals when it comes to having a top affiliate marketing business? Are you finding it difficult to get from point A to point B? This article will help you take it one step at a time. |
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Lesson #4: A Great Businessman is Only as Great as His Vision
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| What is the difference between an average point guard and a great point guard? According to Johnson, it all lies in the vision. Great point guards see the court differently than everyone else. They envision where they need to go and how they are going to get there before they even touch the ball. Johnson, unarguably one of basketball’s greatest point guards ever, used that very same vision in crossing over to the business world. |
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Casting a Vision: Begin with the End in Mind
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| When you look at your hopes and dreams for the future – where you want to be at some defined point in time – what do you see? Is the road pretty clear before you or is the fog too thick? Of course, no one has the power to fully predict their future, but those who cast a vision and do whatever it takes to achieve it have a better chance of predictable success and satisfaction as they look back from the vantage point of old age. |
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7 Time Management Secrets that Can Make You Wealthy
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| Do you want to increase your earnings by 50% or more? Who wouldn’t? The challenge is how to do that and work less at the same time. Many of the ultra-wealthy in our country have figured out how to do just that. After all, at one point the person now earning $20 million a year probably earned $200,000 or less at an earlier point in his/her career. That same person is not working a 100 times harder today. That person has learned to maximize their own productivity and to help others in their teams do the same.
There are 7 secrets to time management that can make you wealthy:
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Negociate with Confidence
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| Have you ever been on holidays to the tourist spots in Spain? Any shops you walk into you find your self negotiating with he sales assistant straight away. Sales training facilitators will point out that we have all negotiated at some point in our time whether it is with the children to go bed or with the bar man to give you an extra shot. |
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Home-based Business: Votive Candles II
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| In the previous article, it was discussed and explained the materials needed to make votive candles for your home-based business. Now, it is time to know how to start with your candles. The procedure is easy; nevertheless, it may take few articles to finish explaining each step. Hence, this topic shall be divided into two. First, you have to know the boiling point of your wax. If you use paraffin, the boiling point is at 65 degrees Celsius. |
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Airline Attitudes
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| Like many people in business today, I spend a lot of my time on airplanes, flying from point A to point B. I generally am among the very first people to board so I get to sit and relax as I listen to all of the other people scrambling to get on the plane, find their seats, and stow their carryon luggage.
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Productivity Over Activity
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| Like most people who work for a living, I begin my day at the office by reviewing my calendar and making a list of tasks that need to be done on that particular day. Some of these activities have a time associated with them such as a meeting, conference call, or speech I will be making at a certain point in the day. Other activities such as correspondence, accounting, and returning phone calls need to be done that day in general terms but not at any specific point in time.
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Outsourcing- Key to Business Growth
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| There comes a point in the growth of our businesses where we realize we can't do everything ourselves. We're responsible for the entirety of our businesses, and both business and family obligations are important and take up valuable time during the day. Sometimes, we all reach that point where we are having to make critical choices between important tasks because we just don't have enough time to get them all done. |
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