Success
The most adaptive prevail, it’s as simple as that
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A few days ago I found myself reading one of the many posts out there about X reasons why brands refuse to embrace social media. The truth is many companies are already irrelevant because they fail to see the world as continuously evolving.
First it’s important to understand that as humans [...]
MICHAEL JACKSON: That wasn’t it
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Last night I went to the premier of Michael Jackson’s This is it. In the movie you’re looking at a creative genius at work but you’re also looking at the world through his eyes. It’s a great movie to watch if you a MJ fan because he WAS going to put on show!
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Your competitive advantage: make people happy
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A key to implementing a kick-ass business strategy is doing what others are unwilling to do, this is shifts the rules to your advantage.
It seems to me that businesses are only focused on what they want but not what their customers want. Profit over brand is a ruling mindset! If you find yourself [...]
VIDEO: 8 Secrets to success
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Got this short but powerful 3 minute video in my email last night and I thought I post in the morning for readers to get a boost in their day. I hope you have a powerful day!
Nim’s Island ipod Stealing Beauty the movie
How the Innovators DNA works
What are the personal characteristics of successful innovators?
28 Days Later… psp Empires: Holy Warriors – Richard the Lionheart and Saladin film
According to some new research by Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen which included a six-year study surveying 3,000 creative executives and conducting an additional 500 individual interviews they found five ‘discovery skills’ that distinguish them.
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Why failure is important
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Why are people afraid of failure? Failure’s not just part of life, it’s essential to life — and to success. Henry Ford put it most eloquently: “Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently”. You can’t learn if you don’t fail.
The fact is all people will fail more than a few times in our [...]
Paying attention to the small details makes a HUGE difference
Flash Point the movie
Like most people I get a haircut every 3 to 4 weeks before I start looking like a monkey. I’ve been cutting my hair with the same barber for the last 18 years so it was to my surprise this morning that I got a new added benefit
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If you are truly innovative, you will fail. If you don’t fail, you are playing it safe
“I often say that I’ve learned but one thing in 40 years, since I began my management career. … And that is … “try stuff” … faster than the next guy.”
– Tom Peters
At it’s core innovation is a numbers game. You have to ensure that your innovation pipeline has a large number of ideas coming [...]
10,000 Hours to success
Talent is overrated argues Malcolm Gladwell in his new book Outliers: The Story of Success Heartbreakers release . Although I have yet to read the book I’m fascinated by the idea behind the 10,000 hours needed to master a skill. Gladwell argues that excellence at a complex task requires a critical, minimum level of practice.
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