On July 4, birthday of the USA, we're supposed to blow off fireworks, eat hot dogs and buy a Chevrolet. On Columbus Day, birthday of an early imperialist, we're supposed to shop and march in a parade. On Martin Luther... Full story...
Old time factories had a linear layout, because there was just one steam engine driving one drive shaft.
This is deceptive. You don't rock all the time. No one does. No one is a rock star, superstar, world-changing artist all the time.
Carnegie apparently said, "Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors.
Readers have told me that they enjoy my off-the-wall book lists. Here's another. Science fiction, Tom Peters, Krista Tippett and even a book for touring musicians.
People are drawn to existing competitions like moths to a flame. It's precisely the wrong way to succeed.
I posted this eight years ago (!) but a reader asked for an encore. ...are we stuck in High School? I had two brushes with higher education this week.
If I can sell you something without a sales call or expensive ad campaign, I can sell it cheaper. If you want to buy a business development relationship but you're not willing to negotiate, do contracts and invest a lot.
The usual mantra is to 'try harder'. Trying harder is impossible when you're already trying as hard as you can.
Think about that for a minute or two... Sort of turns the whole idea of 'cool' upside down. From an interview with David Horvath.
This is an Italian word for being able to do your craft without a lot of visible effort. It's a combination of elan and grace and class, sort of the opposite of loud grunts while you play tennis or a.