Archive | May, 2011

Someday

“I propose we add a day to the week and call it SOMEDAY. Just imagine all he stuff that would get done on that day….” – Will Ferrell The reality is, when we say “SOMEDAY”, that day seems to never arrive. It never arrives because it lacks commitment. Give SOMEDAY a time and place, and [...]

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Smart Has the Brains, Stupid Has the Balls

The above statement was on a billboard I saw advertising Diesel (clothing brand) in downtown Sydney. It’s a clever ad. It’s a true statement too. We can do everything by the book and work within the constraints and parameters of our comfort zone, what we know, or what the world expects. But I think to [...]

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The Hustler

B.C. Forbes founded Forbes magazine & built it into a major publication during the darkest days of the Great Depression. He once wrote, “History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeat.” Don’t be duped. What is meant [...]

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Make the Main Thing the Main Thing

Henry Ford once said, referring to his Model-T, the best selling car of all time; “The customer can have any colour he wants, so long as it’s black”. Although this quote is widely used in a business sense, ie not giving the customer too many options so they can make an easy decision; it can [...]

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Permission to Fail

“Recently I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000.00. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000.00 training him…!” – Thomas J Watson, founder IBM In my company, my team are familiar with the phrase “permission to fail”. I encourage them to use their [...]

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Be Discontent

It was Thomas Edison who once said “Discontent is the first necessity of progress”. Mediocrity, contentment, status quo, comfort-zone-living, too-hard-basket…will all hold you back and keep you there. This is when life becomes mundane, ordinary, repetitive, on rinse and repeat. To really make a difference you have to be different and do different. Rise above. [...]

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Sunshiny Days

If you are in a storm today, I recommend that you keep walking through it and not stop in it, to give up. This way, you are sure to come out the other side. It’s inevitable: storms end; storms precede sunshine and blue skies. “Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet…” –Roger [...]

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Gone With the Wind

Jerry Lynch, Ph.D, said when you believe & think “I CAN”, you activate your: motivation commitment confidence concentration excitement… …..all of which relate directly to ACHIEVEMENT. Disclaimer: You cannot stretch your limits without encountering some rough moments. Failures & losses are acceptable learning experiences that can help improve your performance & lift your game. Planes [...]

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Billionaire’s Success Advice

JOHN PAUL GETTY, the great oil billionaire once said that one of his secrets of success was to always determine the worst thing that could happen in any investment – and then make sure it didn’t happen. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, so the worst doesn’t happen.

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