Trust is earned. It is not easily given. It is easily taken away once the trust is broken; once the promise is broken. It is extremely hard to rebuild trust once it has been removed. The people you seek to serve need to trust you to serve them. They need to buy into the promise…
Long-Term Vision Plan
We will live in a fast paced world and from the look of it it’s speeding up. The need for velocity is at an all time high. The internet moves lighting fast. New businesses rise at unprecedented rates, while behemoth institutions crumble because they couldn’t keep up with the times. What was once new is…
Your Tribe Needs You
As a follow up to the previous blog Followers Build Leaders, I was thinking of Seth Godin’s book about Tribes. Seth argues that the tribe already exists, but it takes an individual to step in and lead the group. In some cases these leaders are individuals for example the civil rights activist Ceasar Chavez and in other…
Followers Build Leaders
The definition of a leader is someone who others follow. This definition is the opposite of where most would start. It puts the emphasis on the followers not on the leader. It means that a group of people collectively decide to back an individual. Their choice determines the person in front. If I decide to…
Seek to Rise
Are you seeking to be great at what you do? Are you learning new skills that can improve your performance? Is there an innate desire to be better than you were yesterday?Are you pushing for the top? Are you your own worst enemy and your biggest advocate? Do people look at the caliber at which…
Go To The Ball
In sports we’re told to move towards the ball. If you see the soccer ball in the middle of the field move to it quickly before your competitor does. In business if there is a problem you need to move swiftly towards the problem to find a solution. If you see an opportunity you need…
3 Practical Applications Towards a Better You
We are the sum total of our experiences. We are also creatures of habit. For most of us we let the routine of our lives run our days. As Jim Rohn once said, “you either run the day or the day runs you”. Additionally, our brains are like a sponge, absorbing that which we allow…
Influencers – The Competition Has Arrived
This morning while grabbing a coffee I happened to glance at the business section of the Wall Street Journal and I came across across an article about Miquela Sousa. I knew nothing of her, but the title intrigued me and I caught myself reading the full article. Miquela is a computer generated influencer. At first…
Doing = Being
Doing leads to Being. The power lies in doing. Your skills, expertise, accomplishments, results will all come from the act of doing. Doing requires action. Action begets more action. Action breaks inertia. The person who can move into action provides more value than the person who never moves.
A Few Sense
The sharpest and savviest business people are the most common sense and logic driven. It’s easy to think that building an empire requires everyone to have the brain of Elon Musk but that is simply not the case. Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the world (top 3 at any given time) is…