In business, as in life, our success depends on having the patience to endure the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can and wisdom to know the difference.
The amazing thing is that the more we change things that we can change, the more things we will be able to change in [...]
Entries from January 2009
What we can change
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: 1. Entrepreneurial Management · 8. Eternal Mission
What is business
January 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I have often like to ask the seemingly simple question: “What is business?” in my undergraduate and MBA business classes, as well as with my business clients. One response I get consistently is silence.
Usually the silence is followed by some kind of comment about making money or serving customers. Though plenty of businesses do not make money and [...]
Tags: 1. Entrepreneurial Management · 3. Enabling Means · 4. Effective Method · 5. Expanding Market · 6. Energized Money · 8. Eternal Mission · Education
Inaugural address
January 21st, 2009 · No Comments
I did not get a chance to watch the inaugural address live, so I heard lots of opinions before I finally read it. Maybe it was because everyone said that they fealt let down, or maybe because I read it instead of watching it I actually thought it was quite good.
Here is a selection of phrases that [...]
Tags: Politics
Seven months later
January 18th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s been 7 months since I started blogging and now there are dozens on visitors most days. Thank you for reading and providing feedback.
In light on my other responsibilities, I will no longer be writing the blog daily. Rather, I will aim to wrote two good articles every week. If you would like to propose topics that [...]
Tags: Local Impact
Iterativity, the secret to getting things done
January 15th, 2009 · No Comments
The secret of getting things done can be learned from children’s joke: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
This is a great wisdom. If we followed that wisdom we would never be overwhelmed, never have too much or too little on our plate. Never get stuck. Always able to manage our [...]
Tags: 4. Effective Method · 7. Exposure Mitigation · 8. Eternal Mission