Do you read a lot of business books? Have you ever noticed how most of them have a few core principles, and the rest of the book is just fluff? Maybe you attend seminars or webinars, and after hours and hours of listening and watching, you’ve got one page of notes with the “nuggets of wisdom” from the speakers. Don’t you find that frustrating? Wouldn’t it be great if there were a website with “just the nuggets”? Joel Comm, the NY Times bestselling author and serial entrepreneur, and his joint venture partner Dan Nickerson, have just launched Growing Profits. It’s … Continue reading Joel Comm and Dan Nickerson have something new and amazing!
Cedric Naudon is a wealthy French entrepreneur with a penchant for fine food. Nothing notable there— French foodies are a dime a dozen. But unlike most those other foodies, Naudon owns half of a neighborhood in Paris, and his plans for the area would make anyone’s mouth water.
Naudon’s plan for the neighborhood, as featured in The New York Times, is to turn the area into an epicurean village called La Jeune Rue (Young Street).
Developed with the help of an international team of designers, the plans include a butchery, a cheesemonger, an organic bakery, an oyster bar, a fishmonger, ethnic restaurants, and a clique of neighborhood mainstays. The butchery will include a library to allow patrons to read all about the cuts on offer. Continue reading “Entrepreneur Develops Food-Based Neighborhood”
I inc is a principle learned from Americans stating that all of us should run ourselves as companies, ltd’s and thet we should invest in ourselves because we are our main asset. Continue reading I Inc, the power of our personal brand
Today I had one of those mornings: woke up at 5AM, went on the beach at 5.15, started my meditation and healthy breathing routine immediatly, then the exercises for the back muscles, jogging and swimming, everything until 7 AM. In the process, I’ve witnessed the beauty of the sun rising, saw few hundreds of crabs being nurtured by the sun and frightened by me approaching, was saluted by many small fishes which came veeery close to me and felt very alive.
While being laid down on the sand I’ve reconnected with Mother Earth and was grateful to live another day.
Sunrise
I felt guilty many times over of not even be present to the real beauty of the world around being caught in various negative patterns, worries about survival, business development, challenge overcoming and so on. Of course, this is a general problem to many people who want more for them and others but … simply I can’t take this as an excuse. Even when the road to success and fulfillment is paved with a lot of obstacles the beauty is in enjoying the process. Yes, you will say that it is easy to say than done and I agree with you. Continue reading “The beauty of the things we take from granted like … seeing the sun in the morning”
Today everything is measured by speed: the speed of internet, speed reading, speed dating, speed everything. Most of us don’t have real goals but we push the speed button towards the town of nowhere. Why we do this?
Researchers at Harvard shown that we block ourselves from having clarity and even find fast solutions to our problems. They believe that the constant traffic of thoughts prevents us from seeing clearly, listening in detail and tapping one of our most precious resources – our intuition. Continue reading “The word to today is speed. The speed to … nowhere or what?”
Venture Beat just published today The top 22 mistakes of first-time CEOs. I don’t know why are 22 but they seem to be common sense.
Just browsing them and wanted to share this precious content with my online family:
1. Does not begin to build a culture of accountability in the organization on day one
2. Fails to keep their mouth closed and their ears and eyes open
3. Does not build understanding, trust, and credibility with key stakeholders in the first three months on the job
4. Over-promises and sets unrealistic expectations early in the game
5. Makes decisions for change before having the understanding and credibility of the market, business, and people
6. Drives changes too quickly and fails to understand how much change the business and culture can withstand
7. Fails to establish a true vision and strategy working with the key stakeholders and employees of the company
8. Complains and vents to the board and others about problems of the past versus talking about solutions
9. Fails to drive a strategy and operating plan that creates a successful business model
10. Over-hires talent without having the right understanding of the needed people, processes, and technology Continue reading “The top 22 mistakes of first-time CEOs”