Posted in leadership on September 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Michalko’s creative thinking techniques give you the extraordinary ability to focus on information in a different way and different ways to interpret what you are focusing on.
To the right is a picture of irregular black and white shapes.
Concentrate on the four small dots in the vertical row in the middle of the picture for [...]
Posted in ideas, innovation on September 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Is Your Idea Crazy Enough?
When people use their imagination to develop new ideas, those ideas are heavily structured in predictable ways by the properties of those existing categories and concepts. This is true for scientists, artists, inventors, politicians and business people. Consider the following accident which was reported in The American Railroad Journal [...]
Posted in leadership on September 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Clare W. Graves’s Emergent, Cyclical Levels of Existence Theory Applied:COLORS of Thinking in Spiral Dynamics®
The Spiral Dynamics model is derived from the original thinking of Dr. Clare W. Graves. Here is a brief introduction to the Gravesian point of view as it has evolved thus far:
Human nature emerges along a developmental path from one [...]
Posted in book review on September 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Use this instructional guide from the 1940’s to learn proper etiquette when operating a telephone.
Posted in book review, leadership on September 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Automatic Millionaire (by David Bach) is a little book telling a simple and automatic formula to become a millionaire. It talks about saving money (by sacrificing costly lattes, cigarrettes etc. if needed), effects of compounding (really dumbs down the argument).
Here is a brief sumary of the book:* Save at least a few dollars a [...]
Posted in book review, leadership on September 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Education inspires social, economic and political participation, which stabilizes democracies creating civil liberties, freedom and justice. With this political stability, economic development accelerates and capital investment filters to worthy endeavors, promoting competition hence, quality, service and new value propositions improve life by the forces of supply and demand. Globalization and technology spawns global [...]
Posted in leadership on September 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
You remember approximately 10 percent of what you read.You remember approximately 20 percent of what you hear.You remember approximately 30 percent of what you see.You remember approximately 50 percent of what you hear and see together.You remember approximately 70 percent of what you say (if you think as you are saying it).You remember approximately 90 [...]
Posted in leadership, sales on September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
21 Core Competencies Of Successful Salespeople Measured by Tracking According to Dave Kurlan
1. Has Written GoalsClear.Specific.Realistic/attainable.Measurable.Tangible.Compelling.Is committed to them.Has internalized them.
Life plan? Business Plan? Daily action plan?
2. Follows Written Goals PlanKnows what must be done and why.Has developed action plans.Follows action plan.Has determined possible obstacles.Has a plan to deal with the obstacles.Has [...]
Posted in leadership, quotes on September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
AmbitionAppreciationBelief in OthersCaringCivilityClass and GraceCommitmentCommon GroundCompassionCooperationCourageCourtesyDependabilityDeterminationDiversityDo the Right ThingEffortEmpathyEthicsFaithForgivenessFriendshipGratitudeHard WorkHelping Others HonestyHopeHumilityIncluding OthersInitiativeIntegrityLearningListeningLoveLoyaltyOpportunityOptimismPatiencePerseverancePersistencePersonal BestRespectResponsibilityRight ChoicesSelf-EsteemSelf-SufficiencyServiceSharingTeach by ExampleToleranceTrust Unity
Posted in leadership, quotes on September 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“What you put into anything is what you get out of anything.” – Anonymous
“Don’t go through life, GROW through life.” – Eric Butterworth
“People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their [...]
