My monthly CIOUpdate column was published on Monday June 26, 2006. In this article, I talk about asking a few additinoal questions to your new or existing SI vendor to get to the bottom of their claims. When everyone says they are the best, you need to ask them different questions get the “real” picture…. Continue reading
Date Archives → June 2006
Ways to distinguish yourself #145 – Create an environment to be (more) present
Note: The “more” in the heading was added after the fact. When I was discussing this article with someone whose opinions I respect, I got a quick and candid feedback that it is really not the presence that is the problem as only “dead” people who are not present. It is the “level” of presence… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #144 – Know your escape velocity
In simple terms, escape velocity is defined as: Escape velocity is defined to be the minimum velocity an object must have in order to escape the gravitational field of the earth, that is, escape the earth without ever falling back. Wikipedia Link: Escape Velocity Can you remember those days when you worked hard, gave it… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #12 – Mobile phone
This month I was traveling a bit (an excuse, lack of discipline is the right excuse, though) and used up a bunch of cell phone minutes. I was over by a few hundred minutes (at $.40 per minute, it adds up quickly) above my 1400 minutes per month. I called the fine folks at Verizon… Continue reading
Designing and communicating incentives – Reader participation invited!
Three months ago, I wrote about the need to understand the power of incentives. What I forgot to mention that all bets are off if you don’t know how to communicate those incentives to the right people. Here is a recent request to participate in a survey. The target audience is people who are maintaining… Continue reading
When the going gets too easy..
There is an old saying related on the topic of adversity called “When the going gets tough, the tough get going..” What is also true is that “When the going gets too easy, the easy get going..” Today, think about how easy it is to setup a lot of things. Here are a few… Continue reading
What is NOT your networking score?
I have said time and again that the best way to network is to stop networking…and start building (long-term) relationships. There are no cookie-cutter approaches to networking but there are many bad ones. In this article, I want to focus on what is NOT your networking score. #1 Number of business cards you have Everyone… Continue reading
Lack of Authenticity: one strike and you're out!
There was this joke about a fitness video advertisement on TV. Here is a revolutionary fitness idea. Spend only seven minutes everyday and make a huge difference in your lives. Call in the next 30 minutes and we will send you two more minutes of video for FREE! There is no extra points for being… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #143 – Surround yourself with thought amplifiers
Let us take a hypothetical scenario: You have $10,000 and when you visit a neighbourhood bank, they promise that they will double the money in six months. You smell a scam. But they say that they have done it before to others and they can do it again. You still can’t believe it but in… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Wayne Gretzky
They say that the biggest risk is to not take any risks. Typically (not always) rewards are directly proportional to the risks you take. Here is a gem that hits the nail on the head. “You miss a 100% of the shots that you never take” – Wayne Gretzky Please sign up for my newsletter… Continue reading