For one, he or she can lift your “game” to the next level in no time. Here is the proof. This is a video of a presentation by Benjamin Zander (co-author of “The Art of Possibility”) at PopTech. The talk is fantastic and weaved into the talk is a session where Benjamin Zander will coach… Continue reading
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The New Year Resolution Dilemma
A report [courtesy: Steve Shapiro] says that only 8% of the people who make new year resolutions succeed in them. The other way to look at it is 92% of the people who make new year resolutions won’t succeed in them. So, what should you do? Simple – go ahead and make those resolutions NOW. … Continue reading
New Year is here; where is the bar?
I know what some of you are thinking. It’s the new year around the corner and you might be thinking I am referring to the bar where they serve drinks other than coffee and tea. No, not that! I am referring to the artificial hurdle that we place on ourselves for things that matter most…. Continue reading
Welcoming 2009
This is one of those years where people are welcoming a new year with so much of uncertainty about how it will shape up for them. With everything that’s happening around us, there is no other way. May be there is… Here are a few things that YOU can do to make it a different… Continue reading
How To Increase Value for Your Readers
Three simple things: 1. Genuinely care about your readers 2. Address a core concern of your audience 3. Focus on ROII (return on investment for an interaction) What is one thing that people will have less of in 2009? You may want to say MONEY but I think it will be the ATTENTION that they… Continue reading
You need a "Reality Check"
I am a big fan of Guy Kawasaki. When Guy started his blog a few years ago, I thought that his blog should really be named as GKU (Guy Kawasaki University). It is a reference site thousands of entrepreneurs. Over the last couple of years, I had printed several of Guy’s articles for my reference…. Continue reading
Pre-stealing ideas
Seth (as usual) has a gem on his blog today about pre-stealing ideas. The summary, as he outlines it is: The market rarely rewards off-the-charts creativity that comes from another solar system. It’s more likely that a successful innovation is already in the works somewhere. Just think like them but be bolder and faster. Pre-stealing… Continue reading
A simple cure for the Buzzword Bingo
More often than not people use buzzwords without fully understanding what they actually mean. A pitch (exaggerated, of course) may look like this. We are sort of playing around with the semantic web and we may be at the forefront of Web 3.0. We are currently in closed alpha and will go into a private… Continue reading
25 Tips to Selling in a Recession
I have always believed that everyone is always selling – whether they are in the profession of sales or not. So the topic of sales has always been fascinating to me. Everyone is selling but not everyone knows that they are selling – especially those that are selling their ideas or selling themselves. The times… Continue reading
The Loss You Would Never Know…
I had dinner with a close friend this evening and we talked about a number of things for hours. Over the course of our meeting my friend shared his recent unsatisfactory experience with a vendor. Being curious, I had more questions and clarifications. I wanted to understand what went wrong. After a while I got… Continue reading