Ken's Blog
Back in 2004, I wrote "Why People Fail," a free in-house resource for some SBI! owners who get in their own way on the road to building successful businesses.
One of the "personality" types that I missed adding to the book is the person who "underperforms" to his potential, essentially "failing" by his own measurements.
He wants more. He knows that he is capable of earning more, much more. He wants to capitalize upon his expertise. But at every turn, he is held back by one major trait...
He's a nice guy.
And as legendary baseball manager Leo Durocher (1905-1991) said...
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Was Leo Durocher Right?" »
Ken's Blog
People are so impatient nowadays. Fast, faster, fastest... instant gratification is the name of the game. They want overnight success ("before breakfast" preferably!). But that is simply not part of building a business from scratch. A real business takes time and effort.
Yes, even online ones. So many Netrepreneurs somehow think that the Internet suspends fundamental laws of the business world. While building a business online does involve less risk (you don't have to mortgage your house!), it still takes real "sweat equity" to build a business that generates long-term, evergrowing profits.
Elad Shippony, a successful SBIer, says it so well in this 1-minute video.
Even seasoned business people succumb to "the lure of the speed of the Web"...
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Ken's Blog
Seth Godin, one of my favorite observers of the e-business scene, passed along an interesting video, Charlie The Unicorn, the other day. It's about Charlie and a very special mountain, a Candy Mountain.
Seth's interpretation of the video in his blog was interesting, but differs somewhat from mine...
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