Shorter Kids Are Playing a Better Basketball?!
Yes! Simply watch the kids playing.
Some of the shorter kids have decided to stay aside of the game. They have adopted a shorter personality leave them out of this race. But those of the shorter kids that adopted "taller" personality are doing better then the average kids, especially when you calculate their natural limitations. While the big-tall boys are spending more time in social gestures the small kids are thinking. THEY ARE PLAYING FOR THEIR LIFE. The big-tall guys are sure they are winners by nature, but actually sometimes they simply do not see the whole picture. It is true that the tall guys that would seriously play using their natural gift would be probably the best in class. But they are only a few.
Of course this is not a basketball game. It is life. You always should play like you were the smallest boy in class so you could take them on with your strategies and tactics. Talking business, think how lucky you are of being only a regular human been. This is your real gifts since it forces you to fight for any achievement. For you achievement is a victory.
Adopt a "Taller Personality", but play like you were a shorter guy among giants.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Do Favors Without Expecting for Return. Yes. It's Giving Without Taking.
Simple, isn't it? You are about to do plenty of favors to other people as a WAY OF LIFE. Gathering good deeds with no intention getting anything back. But the interesting thing is that you are not doing it for feeling good, but because you believe you would enjoy SOMEHOW it in you lifetime. It is too early to estimate how you would enjoy thses good deeds, but you probably would.
But like always there are some regulations for this approach. You shall act like that ONLY with people –
(a) you trust
(b) like
(c) you would probably stay connected to
Another important comment is regarding the frequency of the good deeds. Do when and in case it is happening. Do not ask for it. I am not asking you to volunteer, but to respond.
Start with your connections. Sometimes it's all about connections. So if someone you like, trust and well connected to is needing for a good contacts in some field or territory and you believe and even certain you have got the perfect solution for him, than –
(1) don't dare using his opportunity for your yourself
(2) share with him your perfect solution
(3) Don't ask for founder fee or for future commission
I guess that now some of you are saying: "That's it! This guy is crazy!" (and you also probably think of leaving this blog forever).
Keeping them discreet would not bring you anywhere. Try to act such as your contribution for the transparency of the global economy and international markets is essential not only for the world sake but for YOUR SAKE as well. In fact IT IS!
Freeing some of your personal assets doesn't mean losing them but strengthening them.
Well, do not get to that conclusion too fast. I think you better give it another thought.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Millions of People are By Far Better than You. But You Could Work Below The Radar.
You should accept the fact that there is always somebody around that is much more successful than you, more intelligent, richer, stronger, and smarter, look better, wiser, nicer, younger or older and even more ambitious than you.
First of all you should accept the fact that this is not only a theory. The better-then-you guys are not somewhere else. They are here. Inside your working place. Within your building. Actually you might share your room with them. They fight against you. And many times they win. Now Deal With It!
The sooner you will accept this fact the better. It would allow you to concentrate less in comparisons and more in actions. It will let you work for putting the ball inside the basket instead of getting impressed of and watching how tall the other player are. You should act most of the day and think during the rest of it. You should NOT look too much at others advantages but only for the purpose of learning how to better deal with them, join them, take them on or fight them. This purpose is the only good reason for you to look at the successful lucky guys and estimate their few, if at all, weaknesses. You should research their advantages in order to find the best way for accessing their systems, in order to work with or against them. Both (with / against) are fine.
In fact, knowing that you are not one of those successful guys means you might get there and achieve your goals below the radar. And the later you are recognized as a winner the better. Working below the radar is something the rich, successful, tall guys cannot do. They are too rich, too handsome, too nice, too winners. Of course you cannot stay below the radar for long. It is impossible to achieve your challenges and still staying invisible. Please remember one important thing: Staying below the radar is an advantage but not a target or destiny.
I know many trainers as well as priests ask you to wake up early in the morning, saying "I'm a winner, I'm successful"! Well, you may say that but please try not to forget that many of your competitors are even more winners, beautiful and successful than you.
Good reputation helps. Too good image sometimes harms.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Knowledge is a needy entity. Or: "What are we Doing Now Brothers?"
It is fine to expect for knowledge-based deliverables but it is will not necessary work. Knowledge-based solutions are too much a matter of timing, will and even mood. It is conditioned on the very impulsive human component. So it is weak. Period. Now deal with it.
Sometimes you simply don't know what to do. You probably remember the sentence from one of these family's crises: "So, what are we doing now brothers...?", and of course, everybody is looking at the older brother, waiting for him to say something, guide, or at least give a direction. None of these happens because he simply doesn't know the right answer.
Your older brother doesn't necessary know better than you "what are we doing now". And by the way, your younger brother not necessarily that inefficient and ineffective guy you always thought he is. He might have some interesting ideas, such as rechecking if the fuel tank is not empty by accident. That is something that older guys have forgotten long ago. The youngsters are keeping in their hands some important insights. It is BECAUSE they are basing their ideas on a rare and short experience.
But let's go back to the old brother. People we expect to deliver, sometime simply cannot get for us the necessary answers. It doesn't mean they are useless. Oh NO! They are exactly as useful as they had been before we found out they cannot get for us the answer at the very moment we have needed it.
That's about your brothers. Believe it or not, in a way, the wise person that so far we have trusted his knowledge, who failed to deliver the answer when we needed for it, is even more efficient and helpful after he has admitted he has no clue what to do. Unknowing the solution means looking for it. Looking for it means a process of searching for new solutions. Searching for solutions is in fact an R&D process. R&D process is what you are looking for if you like to use talent, experience and ambitious for getting longer, higher, farer and stronger.
Knowledge is a needy entity. You shall look at knowledge as an amorphous shape, unstable dimension and wonky platform. All of us already know and learned that managing knowledge is very demanding as well as sensitive mission. I have seen great trustable Companies crashed due to a disaster treatment of the organization's intellectual property. Those Companies had a risk management program very well written, defined and maintained by MBA's. That's great! But they have must missed something, isn't it?
The knowledge is based firstly, but far away from only, on experience. It is also a matter of geography, timing, teaming, culture and even mood. When you respect these elements, and the fact that the people hold the IP are depending on these elements, and the fact that they can deliver sometimes and cannot deliver many times, then you have made an important step for keeping your IP relatively safe. and no matter what, always remember that knowledge is kept by PEOPLE.
Sometimes you simply don't know what to do. You probably remember the sentence from one of these family's crises: "So, what are we doing now brothers...?", and of course, everybody is looking at the older brother, waiting for him to say something, guide, or at least give a direction. None of these happens because he simply doesn't know the right answer.
Your older brother doesn't necessary know better than you "what are we doing now". And by the way, your younger brother not necessarily that inefficient and ineffective guy you always thought he is. He might have some interesting ideas, such as rechecking if the fuel tank is not empty by accident. That is something that older guys have forgotten long ago. The youngsters are keeping in their hands some important insights. It is BECAUSE they are basing their ideas on a rare and short experience.
But let's go back to the old brother. People we expect to deliver, sometime simply cannot get for us the necessary answers. It doesn't mean they are useless. Oh NO! They are exactly as useful as they had been before we found out they cannot get for us the answer at the very moment we have needed it.
That's about your brothers. Believe it or not, in a way, the wise person that so far we have trusted his knowledge, who failed to deliver the answer when we needed for it, is even more efficient and helpful after he has admitted he has no clue what to do. Unknowing the solution means looking for it. Looking for it means a process of searching for new solutions. Searching for solutions is in fact an R&D process. R&D process is what you are looking for if you like to use talent, experience and ambitious for getting longer, higher, farer and stronger.
Knowledge is a needy entity. You shall look at knowledge as an amorphous shape, unstable dimension and wonky platform. All of us already know and learned that managing knowledge is very demanding as well as sensitive mission. I have seen great trustable Companies crashed due to a disaster treatment of the organization's intellectual property. Those Companies had a risk management program very well written, defined and maintained by MBA's. That's great! But they have must missed something, isn't it?
The knowledge is based firstly, but far away from only, on experience. It is also a matter of geography, timing, teaming, culture and even mood. When you respect these elements, and the fact that the people hold the IP are depending on these elements, and the fact that they can deliver sometimes and cannot deliver many times, then you have made an important step for keeping your IP relatively safe. and no matter what, always remember that knowledge is kept by PEOPLE.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Work for Yourself While Working for Others
Is it moral, fair or ethical to work for yourself while getting paid by others?
The unpopular answer is positive. Well, it is not a non-conditional 'YES!' but still a 'yes'. As long as you make such a choice (to work for yourself), and you deal with the meanings of that choice, and you still deliver the necessary production you are expected to deliver, there is no harm in contributing for your career while helping others to become Millioners.
Moreover, from the beginning, you shall build your working-for-others system in a way it would make the most value added for your career at any time.
There is no better time to -
(a) talk to people you are working with on the day by day activities about a joint operation you might make together one day in the near future
(b) draw with colleagues you share long and serious working hours your future dreaming working place
(c) watch the news and get more knowledge about the environment your current organization is active in as well as neighbor environments
(d) access the Internet watching for terms and articles related directly and indirectly to your field of activity
(e) exchange ideas with other people from the your organization
(f) get to know better the customers of your organization, talk to them about their career and future plans
(g) plan
(h) think
(i) Socialize
There is a very good reason for you to start building your future immediately without waiting a single additional moment. And the reason is that simply THERE WOULD NEVER BE A BETTER TIME FOR THAT!
Actually the mutual sake of employees AND employers is to create and develop a constructive environment. Such an environment that would allow the worker to make, besides his formal activities he gets paid for, also the a to i above mentioned activities.
And this insight brings me to the most important lesson here: I am asking you to stop thinking like a worker but immediately start thinking like a Boss. Like always my mission is to raise important issues with effect to your future business activities. So the lesson in this article is not what you shall do as employee today, but what you should NOT do as employer tomorrow.
Remember, you should never -
(a) limit your workers in their fields of interest
(b) obsessively following their activities during breaks
(c) block their access for the Internet or news sites or public information resources
(d) ask them to avoid thinking and hoping
(e) to expect them not to plan their future
(f) avoid them from getting a promotion
(g) harm their professional development
(h) stop them from thinking
(i) stop them from socialize
Doing such things means a direct loss of revenues, profit and reputation.
At this stage I would like to go back to the first sentence in this article: I am not asking you to avoid doing the above actions because it is not moral, fair or ethical to treat your workers that way, but because it is STUPID.
The unpopular answer is positive. Well, it is not a non-conditional 'YES!' but still a 'yes'. As long as you make such a choice (to work for yourself), and you deal with the meanings of that choice, and you still deliver the necessary production you are expected to deliver, there is no harm in contributing for your career while helping others to become Millioners.
Moreover, from the beginning, you shall build your working-for-others system in a way it would make the most value added for your career at any time.
There is no better time to -
(a) talk to people you are working with on the day by day activities about a joint operation you might make together one day in the near future
(b) draw with colleagues you share long and serious working hours your future dreaming working place
(c) watch the news and get more knowledge about the environment your current organization is active in as well as neighbor environments
(d) access the Internet watching for terms and articles related directly and indirectly to your field of activity
(e) exchange ideas with other people from the your organization
(f) get to know better the customers of your organization, talk to them about their career and future plans
(g) plan
(h) think
(i) Socialize
There is a very good reason for you to start building your future immediately without waiting a single additional moment. And the reason is that simply THERE WOULD NEVER BE A BETTER TIME FOR THAT!
Actually the mutual sake of employees AND employers is to create and develop a constructive environment. Such an environment that would allow the worker to make, besides his formal activities he gets paid for, also the a to i above mentioned activities.
And this insight brings me to the most important lesson here: I am asking you to stop thinking like a worker but immediately start thinking like a Boss. Like always my mission is to raise important issues with effect to your future business activities. So the lesson in this article is not what you shall do as employee today, but what you should NOT do as employer tomorrow.
Remember, you should never -
(a) limit your workers in their fields of interest
(b) obsessively following their activities during breaks
(c) block their access for the Internet or news sites or public information resources
(d) ask them to avoid thinking and hoping
(e) to expect them not to plan their future
(f) avoid them from getting a promotion
(g) harm their professional development
(h) stop them from thinking
(i) stop them from socialize
Doing such things means a direct loss of revenues, profit and reputation.
At this stage I would like to go back to the first sentence in this article: I am not asking you to avoid doing the above actions because it is not moral, fair or ethical to treat your workers that way, but because it is STUPID.
Monday, April 7, 2008
What are you talking about?!
Direct? Simple? Available? Or in other wards: what is this blog anyhow?
Well, to make the short even shorter, I have a habit to speak to people, most of them my friends, advise and support (and sometimes even guide) them in some significant moments, mainly in their professional lives, based on my view and understanding of the markets, life and goals achieving.
One of those friends actually urged me since a long time to start gathering my distributed and unorganized insights into a formed and logical Torah / Theory that makes sense and share it with other people. So I firstly started to write the articles and now I am uploading the drafts to the net after editing.
The blog would be divided to Tree parts:(a) research (yourself and your environment);(b) prepare to act;(c) act
Because of the nature of blogging, the above three phases are using currently only for my internal work, and affect mainly the order of the Publishment of the articles. So they would not necessarily affect your reading.As you probably understand, the main purpose of the blog is to gather some important outputs I have collected from my personal and professional life and put them together. I believe that after I'll finish publishing the complete list of a few dozens of articles, some of the readers might find it valuable for decisions related to their careers and professional lives.
It is important for me to mention that this blog is the results of my personal thoughts, combined together with my personal state of mind. It is nothing but that. GOD did NOT whisper into my ear during this process, or anybody else.
Now, please remember:
(1) the blog presents my personal insights from some 20 intensive years in the "game" (of career and business).
(2) I am not sharing my insights because I am more right, educated, skilled, successful, handsome, professional, reach, talented or experienced than other people, but simply because I'd like to share them with YOU.
(3) My insight are not better than any other person's insights and I am not expecting no one to accept or like them. Moreover, I expect many to dislike and dis-accept them.
(4) I am not necessarily the first one who present some or all of my insights. It is very likely that most of you have heard about similar or identical ideas in the past. Redefine them, give them my wording and put them together is my work.
(5) My mother tongue is NOT English. Forgive me for the language mistakes; some of them might be painful. I promise you to do my best but cannot avoid from any mistake.
(6) Bristone is my Blog name only.
Well, to make the short even shorter, I have a habit to speak to people, most of them my friends, advise and support (and sometimes even guide) them in some significant moments, mainly in their professional lives, based on my view and understanding of the markets, life and goals achieving.
One of those friends actually urged me since a long time to start gathering my distributed and unorganized insights into a formed and logical Torah / Theory that makes sense and share it with other people. So I firstly started to write the articles and now I am uploading the drafts to the net after editing.
The blog would be divided to Tree parts:(a) research (yourself and your environment);(b) prepare to act;(c) act
Because of the nature of blogging, the above three phases are using currently only for my internal work, and affect mainly the order of the Publishment of the articles. So they would not necessarily affect your reading.As you probably understand, the main purpose of the blog is to gather some important outputs I have collected from my personal and professional life and put them together. I believe that after I'll finish publishing the complete list of a few dozens of articles, some of the readers might find it valuable for decisions related to their careers and professional lives.
It is important for me to mention that this blog is the results of my personal thoughts, combined together with my personal state of mind. It is nothing but that. GOD did NOT whisper into my ear during this process, or anybody else.
Now, please remember:
(1) the blog presents my personal insights from some 20 intensive years in the "game" (of career and business).
(2) I am not sharing my insights because I am more right, educated, skilled, successful, handsome, professional, reach, talented or experienced than other people, but simply because I'd like to share them with YOU.
(3) My insight are not better than any other person's insights and I am not expecting no one to accept or like them. Moreover, I expect many to dislike and dis-accept them.
(4) I am not necessarily the first one who present some or all of my insights. It is very likely that most of you have heard about similar or identical ideas in the past. Redefine them, give them my wording and put them together is my work.
(5) My mother tongue is NOT English. Forgive me for the language mistakes; some of them might be painful. I promise you to do my best but cannot avoid from any mistake.
(6) Bristone is my Blog name only.
Hate Systems - Don't Fight Them
Try hard not to declare a war against a system. Any sytems.
(BTW, for us a Bureaucracy = System).
It is obviouse. Most sytems deserve a fight. They are smiling too much. Full of themselves too much. Erogant too much. All true. So you may, of course, argue, tease, challenge and sometimes even annoy a system, but fighting it is a kind of waisting your very limited resources for unneedful idea.
Do not take it foregrounded. Some important persons have changed the world by insisting fighting against systems. Especially legally. We owe them a lot. What I am saying is not that these important people are to be dis appreciated but that these people are not likely to succeed in business or career. Vice versa, it is true to say that systems are asking for being challanged. But always remember that when you are challenging a systems you are actually accepting its ruling.
From the other hand it is important to deal with systems without a fear. With a respect but with no sycophancy. With appreciating its roles but not its hegemony. While you deal with a bureaucracy try to adopt an independent point of view. When the system see that you expect it to give you rights it will deal with your issue under the assumption that YOU ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHTS.
It is not true to look at a system as a complicated body. It is not a such. A system is actually a simple organism that wish to live in a peace with its environment, and of course, to survive. Helping this organism to survive would make you its friend. Being its friend would help you to pass obstacles. To reach your goals.
Trying to define the best model of relationship between a person to a system, the best one would be a symbiosis.
(BTW, for us a Bureaucracy = System).
It is obviouse. Most sytems deserve a fight. They are smiling too much. Full of themselves too much. Erogant too much. All true. So you may, of course, argue, tease, challenge and sometimes even annoy a system, but fighting it is a kind of waisting your very limited resources for unneedful idea.
Do not take it foregrounded. Some important persons have changed the world by insisting fighting against systems. Especially legally. We owe them a lot. What I am saying is not that these important people are to be dis appreciated but that these people are not likely to succeed in business or career. Vice versa, it is true to say that systems are asking for being challanged. But always remember that when you are challenging a systems you are actually accepting its ruling.
From the other hand it is important to deal with systems without a fear. With a respect but with no sycophancy. With appreciating its roles but not its hegemony. While you deal with a bureaucracy try to adopt an independent point of view. When the system see that you expect it to give you rights it will deal with your issue under the assumption that YOU ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHTS.
It is not true to look at a system as a complicated body. It is not a such. A system is actually a simple organism that wish to live in a peace with its environment, and of course, to survive. Helping this organism to survive would make you its friend. Being its friend would help you to pass obstacles. To reach your goals.
Trying to define the best model of relationship between a person to a system, the best one would be a symbiosis.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Why Paying Tuition Fees Already Paid
Use other's experience is not just a regular recommendation fifty y.o. father gives to his 20 y.o. son for free as a routine. Talking about routines, routine habits is not our subject but we should say a few words about them. Actually it is something to dislike, and the only routine I would suggest you is asking yourself by the end of every single day: "What have I missed here today"? You shall keep asking this question every single night (starting right away), and most importantly when our day was a great productive and constrictive day.
But I would like to take this too-much-popular issue of "use other's experience" one step ahead. I would carefully say that it is essential for you to get much closer to people that made mistakes. At the same time of getting closer to normal people that simply made mistakes, you should be aware to a small portion among them that a mistake for them is a routine. Obstinateness is an output of selfishness. Sooner or later, too selfish people tend to tern into repeating pattern of unwanted situations. They tend to find themselves dealing with these situation pretty much alone. You cannot and should not fight by your own. Means keep the selfish, obstinate people aside.
But more important and critical for your future than the few persons you better leave aside, is the many people you shall get closer to. It is right to say that learning from another person's bad experience is totally different than experience this bad situation by yourself. True. But from the other hand, if you are sharp enough to discover the people with bad-experienced, put aside those of them who are consistently and repeat mistaking, and get closer to those of them that are developed, open, positive and frank enough to share with you their insights, worn you from incidences touched their lives - it is like you almost experienced their situation by yourself. Of course, without paying its fees...
We should got back to your Father for a minute. Only persons that love you, or at least really likes you or committed to your future would share with you in a frank and respectful way their bad experiences. Persons like that could be your parents. Or a good loyal friend. Or your supportive Boss. Or very friendly colleagues. Sometimes even your employees or workers could do the job. It is NOT necessarily matter of age (though, to be honest, there is a positive correlation between age and bad-experience).
Now STOP and Listen to these people. These people are honorable because they have blessed in a vision. Vision of sharing. Vision of openness to others. Somehow they have chosen to do that despite the fact that they are risking in getting their sensitive information back to them in disrespect. From their side, doing that means that though they have paid there tuition fees in complete they are sharing their degree with YOU.
But I would like to take this too-much-popular issue of "use other's experience" one step ahead. I would carefully say that it is essential for you to get much closer to people that made mistakes. At the same time of getting closer to normal people that simply made mistakes, you should be aware to a small portion among them that a mistake for them is a routine. Obstinateness is an output of selfishness. Sooner or later, too selfish people tend to tern into repeating pattern of unwanted situations. They tend to find themselves dealing with these situation pretty much alone. You cannot and should not fight by your own. Means keep the selfish, obstinate people aside.
But more important and critical for your future than the few persons you better leave aside, is the many people you shall get closer to. It is right to say that learning from another person's bad experience is totally different than experience this bad situation by yourself. True. But from the other hand, if you are sharp enough to discover the people with bad-experienced, put aside those of them who are consistently and repeat mistaking, and get closer to those of them that are developed, open, positive and frank enough to share with you their insights, worn you from incidences touched their lives - it is like you almost experienced their situation by yourself. Of course, without paying its fees...
We should got back to your Father for a minute. Only persons that love you, or at least really likes you or committed to your future would share with you in a frank and respectful way their bad experiences. Persons like that could be your parents. Or a good loyal friend. Or your supportive Boss. Or very friendly colleagues. Sometimes even your employees or workers could do the job. It is NOT necessarily matter of age (though, to be honest, there is a positive correlation between age and bad-experience).
Now STOP and Listen to these people. These people are honorable because they have blessed in a vision. Vision of sharing. Vision of openness to others. Somehow they have chosen to do that despite the fact that they are risking in getting their sensitive information back to them in disrespect. From their side, doing that means that though they have paid there tuition fees in complete they are sharing their degree with YOU.
Friday, April 4, 2008
What Did We Have So Far (1)
Hmmm...We had the following articles in Direct.Simple.Available:
1 - In fact, Life Is Not Fair - First. Life.
2 - Stop being a "Son"! - Eat Drink Talk
3 - You are NOT that Important! - GOD. Dad. Mom. Teacher. Life. The World. You are a history
4 - Do Things! Fight Circumstances! - Coincidence is rolling. So Run!
5 - Concentrate! Concentration. Period.
6 - Respect! - Respect them all. Especially when you don't see a reason why to
Yours, Bristone
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Respect them all. Especially when you don't see a reason why to
Some of the probably not very rare times, that you feel you are absolutely sick of meeting, seeing, talking, listening and noding to persons that you are not apreciate so much, understatement, are the most important for your career.
A few years ahead, you would probably find out a negative corelation between what you have considered as important persons for your future, and their contribution de facto. On the other hand, from time to time you would find your self enjoying some of the contacts you had somehow kept alive, with people you had defined in a good day as old-useless-dirty-out-of-focus guys.
Moreover, your job is to give an extra respect especially for people you believe would not contribute to your promotion AT ALL. These poeple could be your Boss, ex-Boss, coleagues, clients, workers, parents of you workers, Dad and Mom...
Do not underestimate this advise and make a complete seperation between your "grade" to other people and the way you treat them. You shall respect other humanbeings like you would like them to respect you. You will ALWAYS find our thet this advice is one of the best anybody could give you. And the more chalanging it is - the better.
A few years ahead, you would probably find out a negative corelation between what you have considered as important persons for your future, and their contribution de facto. On the other hand, from time to time you would find your self enjoying some of the contacts you had somehow kept alive, with people you had defined in a good day as old-useless-dirty-out-of-focus guys.
Moreover, your job is to give an extra respect especially for people you believe would not contribute to your promotion AT ALL. These poeple could be your Boss, ex-Boss, coleagues, clients, workers, parents of you workers, Dad and Mom...
Do not underestimate this advise and make a complete seperation between your "grade" to other people and the way you treat them. You shall respect other humanbeings like you would like them to respect you. You will ALWAYS find our thet this advice is one of the best anybody could give you. And the more chalanging it is - the better.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Concentration. Period.
Concentrating. Generally speaking. Concentrate. As simple as that.
Concentrating (1) in the things you want to do; (2) in things you know how to do; (3) in missions you can execute; (4) in deliverables you can deliver; (5) in things that will bring profits in the future; (6) in collecting assets; (7) in saying 'NO' loudly and clearly in cases the above do not apply.
Do NOT waist your time and energy (1) in things you dislike; (2) in things you are not very good at (very good ≠ excellency; it's simply very good. Most successful people were never been excellent in anything); (3) in missions you have a poor to no chance to complete; (4) in undeliverable missions; (5) in cases were you cannot see a clear light (means $) in your life time; (6) in collecting disappointments of your own and the people around you; (7) in saying 'YES' just to please somebody (including your self).
However you can waist some of your money on these. For example money that use for buying of shares, education or hobbies. Anyhow this is not a recommendation but an option.
Concentrating (1) in the things you want to do; (2) in things you know how to do; (3) in missions you can execute; (4) in deliverables you can deliver; (5) in things that will bring profits in the future; (6) in collecting assets; (7) in saying 'NO' loudly and clearly in cases the above do not apply.
Do NOT waist your time and energy (1) in things you dislike; (2) in things you are not very good at (very good ≠ excellency; it's simply very good. Most successful people were never been excellent in anything); (3) in missions you have a poor to no chance to complete; (4) in undeliverable missions; (5) in cases were you cannot see a clear light (means $) in your life time; (6) in collecting disappointments of your own and the people around you; (7) in saying 'YES' just to please somebody (including your self).
However you can waist some of your money on these. For example money that use for buying of shares, education or hobbies. Anyhow this is not a recommendation but an option.
Coincidence is rolling. So Run!
Successful business would be never a coincidence. However, many of the "terms and conditions" affected the business are.
People are trying to say to themselves and to others that "This is NOT a coincidence. It cannot be"!
Well, the main purpose that you would tell all of these stories of inconsistency in life is to gain confidence that there is a meaning behind bad (or sometimes good) things that are happening to you or to your lovers. "This is NOT a coincidence" belong to the family of "this is not my fault" or "it isn't fair".
Saying that everything is coincidence put much more pressure on the single business player than saying that some third party is involved in every body's life. But saying that "Coincidence is rolling" doesn't mean anybody has equal conditions and that every body's race starts at the same point. It hasn't.
For example: say that if two persons arrive in the train station some randomly time during the day, both of them schedules an important meeting starts in 20 minuets; and we know for sure that the train arrives every 15 minuets, and that the period of their rout is 10 minutes, so it would be true to say that it takes any of them between 10-25 minuets to get to the meeting, and that both of them has the same EQUAL chances of 33.3% to get late. The timing of the train is totally randomal. And this is were the Coincidence is rolling. And it doesn't help to the guy that wear the CK suit + ROLEX to get a better timing of the train (even if his father is one of the owners - train's schedule tend to be fixed ahead), than the guy that plan to come to the meeting with a T-Shirt.
However, the way each of the two guys acts in case of late is different and open. They can run and apologize, they can call and apologize, they have the possibility to stop and buy a small Kandy to the boss's little girl, they can simply avoid the late and get inside starting a small talk like non of it happened.
We could learn from this case that coincidence is rolling in external terms but the way the player treat the terms is totally depend on him. It would be easier to say: "sure I'm going to late". "It should have happened". "I shouldn't go there anymore". "A Force Major wants me to stay out of this business".
COME ON! Man, you got to run!
Run. Play the game in the appropriate way. Stop for another 30 seconds and buy a Kandy to the Boss's little girl, before stepping in brash your hair, enter in and say something like: "what a wonderful day, could be an ideal if the trains would be like they should be: get on time", and smile. Now you have to close a deal BECAUSE you have been late, and not despite.
THIS part is NOT Coincidence, but your job.
People are trying to say to themselves and to others that "This is NOT a coincidence. It cannot be"!
Well, the main purpose that you would tell all of these stories of inconsistency in life is to gain confidence that there is a meaning behind bad (or sometimes good) things that are happening to you or to your lovers. "This is NOT a coincidence" belong to the family of "this is not my fault" or "it isn't fair".
Saying that everything is coincidence put much more pressure on the single business player than saying that some third party is involved in every body's life. But saying that "Coincidence is rolling" doesn't mean anybody has equal conditions and that every body's race starts at the same point. It hasn't.
For example: say that if two persons arrive in the train station some randomly time during the day, both of them schedules an important meeting starts in 20 minuets; and we know for sure that the train arrives every 15 minuets, and that the period of their rout is 10 minutes, so it would be true to say that it takes any of them between 10-25 minuets to get to the meeting, and that both of them has the same EQUAL chances of 33.3% to get late. The timing of the train is totally randomal. And this is were the Coincidence is rolling. And it doesn't help to the guy that wear the CK suit + ROLEX to get a better timing of the train (even if his father is one of the owners - train's schedule tend to be fixed ahead), than the guy that plan to come to the meeting with a T-Shirt.
However, the way each of the two guys acts in case of late is different and open. They can run and apologize, they can call and apologize, they have the possibility to stop and buy a small Kandy to the boss's little girl, they can simply avoid the late and get inside starting a small talk like non of it happened.
We could learn from this case that coincidence is rolling in external terms but the way the player treat the terms is totally depend on him. It would be easier to say: "sure I'm going to late". "It should have happened". "I shouldn't go there anymore". "A Force Major wants me to stay out of this business".
COME ON! Man, you got to run!
Run. Play the game in the appropriate way. Stop for another 30 seconds and buy a Kandy to the Boss's little girl, before stepping in brash your hair, enter in and say something like: "what a wonderful day, could be an ideal if the trains would be like they should be: get on time", and smile. Now you have to close a deal BECAUSE you have been late, and not despite.
THIS part is NOT Coincidence, but your job.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
GOD. Dad. Mom. Teacher. Life. The World. You are a history
You are history even before you born. No one is waiting on the other side. Or at least you shall live like this point is not acute to your way of living, decisions, habits and targets.
Thinking about your self NOT as the most important and significant creation in the planet would help you to look at challenges, obstacles and trials from the distance and be more, yes, cool while examine and analyzing them.
It should not be anymore a fight against whatever is standing there. me vs. GOD, me vs. Dad, me vs. Teacher, me vs. the World, me vs. God, me vs. Life.
Stop it! You better leave these elements aside. Exist or not, they are not supporting your way along the very limited time you got to get where you choose to be. We are here. And we better define the appropriate targets. Concentrating in the real missions. Fighting the necessary wars. Executing the right policy. These guys have nothing to do with it.
Thinking about your self NOT as the most important and significant creation in the planet would help you to look at challenges, obstacles and trials from the distance and be more, yes, cool while examine and analyzing them.
It should not be anymore a fight against whatever is standing there. me vs. GOD, me vs. Dad, me vs. Teacher, me vs. the World, me vs. God, me vs. Life.
Stop it! You better leave these elements aside. Exist or not, they are not supporting your way along the very limited time you got to get where you choose to be. We are here. And we better define the appropriate targets. Concentrating in the real missions. Fighting the necessary wars. Executing the right policy. These guys have nothing to do with it.
Eat Drink Talk
"Son. Eat the "right" things. Drink the "right" things. Talk to the "right" people. Son..."
Have you ever heard this sentence as is or in a pretty similar variation in your life?
I'm sure you have. This is not a smart one. It is a one that intend to put you in a self made prison for the rest of your shorter life.
You are not a "Son". Only GOD and your Parents allowed to call you "My son". You have just became a 'Person'! You should remember that at the very first moment you communicate to yourself and to other people, especially Businessmen.
Being a 'Person' means something. It means independently. It means loyalty to your self and to other people. It means commitment responsibility. It means partnership. It means confidence.
"Son" is not loyal to no one but to its immediate needs. And he is treated as such. Son is not independent but dependent. Son cannot be a potential partner and is not deserve a trust, at least as long as he is defined as a "Son".
So actually before approaching other persons, decide if you are a needy "Son" or a respected "Person". It is essential to the relationships with yourself and with others. Sooner or later it would influence your business life and the structire and depth of your business connections.
Have you ever heard this sentence as is or in a pretty similar variation in your life?
I'm sure you have. This is not a smart one. It is a one that intend to put you in a self made prison for the rest of your shorter life.
You are not a "Son". Only GOD and your Parents allowed to call you "My son". You have just became a 'Person'! You should remember that at the very first moment you communicate to yourself and to other people, especially Businessmen.
Being a 'Person' means something. It means independently. It means loyalty to your self and to other people. It means commitment responsibility. It means partnership. It means confidence.
"Son" is not loyal to no one but to its immediate needs. And he is treated as such. Son is not independent but dependent. Son cannot be a potential partner and is not deserve a trust, at least as long as he is defined as a "Son".
So actually before approaching other persons, decide if you are a needy "Son" or a respected "Person". It is essential to the relationships with yourself and with others. Sooner or later it would influence your business life and the structire and depth of your business connections.
First. Life.
Make it Direct. Simple. Available. Reliable.
I think any of us finds himself tells the word: life is not fair.
Life is not fair? Sure it's not. But there are some aspects in life that are still depending on us. These aspects are to be discussed in this blog.
I don't want to talk about life. I'm not here for that, but to talk about businesses. Or better, about how business and life are connected to each other. Or even better, about how we can simply influence our businesses using the limitations and obstacles which our lives ore blessed of.
It is important to see the reason behind what is happening to us most of the time. Coincidence is ruling. And even if not, it is much healthier, or if you like more efficient to think about everything that happening to us in business life as a coincidental incident. It is not so relevant to ask 'why me'. It is much more helpful to ask simply 'what', 'when' and 'where'.
I think any of us finds himself tells the word: life is not fair.
Life is not fair? Sure it's not. But there are some aspects in life that are still depending on us. These aspects are to be discussed in this blog.
I don't want to talk about life. I'm not here for that, but to talk about businesses. Or better, about how business and life are connected to each other. Or even better, about how we can simply influence our businesses using the limitations and obstacles which our lives ore blessed of.
It is important to see the reason behind what is happening to us most of the time. Coincidence is ruling. And even if not, it is much healthier, or if you like more efficient to think about everything that happening to us in business life as a coincidental incident. It is not so relevant to ask 'why me'. It is much more helpful to ask simply 'what', 'when' and 'where'.
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