In the last post we talked about why Zappos was so successful and why Amazon would be willing to pay over $900 million dollars for them. I also asked you about what values you use to govern your life both in business and personal life. In return here are My Eleven,The Core Values that Guide [...]
For those of you who don’t know Tony Hsieh, (pronounced Shay) he is the CEO of Zappos.com that recently just got bought out by Amazon for a whopping $900 million. So why would Amazon pay that much for what seems like just another online retail company – especially in what seems an economy on the [...]
Enjoy the post below courtesy of Author: Donna Williams. It has great insights to leadership and 7 powerful tips to inspiring excellence. Of all the millions of decisions we make in our lifetimes, one of the most important ones has to be the decision to commit to excellence. When you commit yourself to striving for [...]
I was intrigued by Andrew Waitman’s Money Talks column. In it he talks about a disease that inhibits growth of people in our society. A disease that does not kill the host but rather “actively works to infect all who come in contact with the host.” He says the disease works by “corroding the fabric [...]
When Bernie Pitzel was brought back in as Gatorade’s creative chief to introduce Michael Jordan and Gatorade to the world, he instantly found out that the first commercials had already been approved. One played off the true story of a kid in Yugoslavia who wrote a letter addressed to “Michael Jordan. USA.” and it actually [...]
A couple of days ago I was sitting in the Millionaire Speaker Secrets event in Las Vegas when the host James Malinchak was recalling a story about playing in a college basketball game for the visiting team, the Cincinnati Bearcats, against the Louisville Cardinals. He got called into the game and immediately had an impact, [...]
If seeing is believing, and the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and any other cliche that you can think of, then perception is the key to opportunity. “If the doors of your perception were cleansed”, to quote William Blake the famous English poet, everything would appear differently.
How do you read this opportunityisnowhere? When I seen these life changing letters cluttered together (See the previous posts Opportunityisnowhere: How Do You See It? and Opportunity is Nowhere for back-story) it was at a time in my life of great uncertainty. Not knowing what road to travel down, what my future held, the dreaded [...]
In the last post I asked readers and listeners to separate these letters: Opportunityisnowhere. How did you separate them? Did you separate the letters to read: Opportunity is nowhere? It is a despairing thought, indeed. It can be a saying for when you have thrown in the towel, and given up on optimism. Realizing that [...]
Openness, Passion, Persistence, Optimism, Responsibility, Thoughtfulness, Understanding, Nurturing, Intuition, Transparency, Youthful. Opportunity. Pieces of the puzzle and parts of the equation, these words are but samples of life and character. They are all a part of the equation; these words, and thousands of other expletives, expressions, and enablers. They equal opportunity, and that lies within [...]
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3 September 2010, 12:56 pm: craiggauthier: Thanks for b-day wishes everyone esp. on FB - humorous insightful video from John Maeda @TED_TALKS on simplicity http://alturl.com/gexco
