Carthago delenda est.
If you’re not terribly familiar with Latin, that translates into “Carthage must be destroyed.”
Establishing Real Expertise
I was sitting in a meeting yesterday when someone started discussing something that I knew an awful lot about, but nobody else in the room was aware of my knowledge on the topic. I watched and listened as this person from a third party vendor kept laying out their credentials and experience to back up blatantly incorrect “facts” and statements.
Less Talkie Talk, More Workie Work
I got a strange text message today out of the blue from one of my former staff members at my last job, he wrote, “Less talkie talk, more workie work.”
Wheel Of Excuses
When you coach people or do any kind of mentoring, you get to see some of the most well-crafted excuses ever delivered in the history of humanity. I normally have between five and ten coaching clients that I’m working with at any given time and at my job, because I have a fairly senior role, part of my responsibility is to mentor one junior member of staff all the time (which I enjoy doing by the way).
Beware False Marketing Prophets
Today I was casually reading Facebook while eating some lunch as I’m wont to do some days looking for passive entertainment. In amongst the outrage about a Gorilla being shot instead of a small boy’s mother and an absolute ripper of a video Dan Norris posted of this woman stumbling around while carrying popcorn I saw a post by someone that really caught my attention.
Just Get Going And Move Forward
Man oh, man… I had one of those horror show meetings today that absolutely wants to make you pull your hair out. I was sitting in a room listening to three people banter back and forth trying to find new and inventive ways of justifying their complete and utter inactivity.
Don’t Be Myopic In Your Business
There is one thing that will hold you back more than anything else and that’s being myopic or short-sighted when it comes to how you run your business.
Targeting Specific Lead Types
One of the biggest mistakes I see people make, especially via email is not matching their lead types to the right offer. You leave so much money on the table when you get this wrong it’s crazy.
Understanding Your Business Relationships
In business one of the most important things you can do is to build and nurture relationships with people that you can help and people who can help you. The best types of relationships are symbiotic and the worst kinds are parasitic or mutually self-destructive.
The Cult Of Entrepreneurialism
One thing I genuinely dislike is being called an “entrepreneur”. Lots of people run around proudly pronouncing themselves as “entrepreneurs” and wearing it like some idiotic badge of honour, but I think it’s stupid.