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andreahill

  1. Default - eepurl.com/mef6v
  2. We do our best thinking when challenged by others. Are you taking every opportunity to be challenged - whether invited or uninvited?
  3. Can you name your primary goals and objectives? Have you attached measurements to them? Is this week's work based on them? That's focus.
  4. The internet is rife with Boone's Farm in goblets. Put social media - and its potential & pitfalls - into perspective.
  5. Everything you've accomplished so far is a result of your hopes+your plans+your fears. Spend more time hoping & planning!
  6. Be in coontrol of the numbers of your business. The numbers tell an important story. Those who can read the story write powerful endings.
  7. Nothing is more expensive than inadequate free advice nor as valuable as experienced insight. Carefully qualify your sources of information.
  8. Conflicting conditions are a path to opportunity. Examine all conflicts with an open mind to see what new ideas emerge.
  9. Most stressors are largely within our control. Make a list of your worries. Note what % of each situation you control. Plan accordingly.
  10. In a world of instant gratification, the concepts of "greater good" and "long term benefits" are often forgotten. Let's emember them.
  11. Core capabilities + competitive opportunity + emerging market conditions + what I really want to do = insights for a compelling strategy.
  12. Negotiation is not about competing proposals. It's about knowing what you want, learning what the other wants, & finding a way to do both.
  13. Most mistakes could be avoided with a little more thought. Ask questions, examine biases, read, listen, think. We are all capable of this.
  14. You would work less with greater results if you did the most important things first. Do you know what the most important things are?
  15. Have you identified how each strategic goal is achieved through customer-specific activity, and if your operations are up to the challenges?
  16. Business knowledge (any knowledge really) follows the laws of physics. What is in motion stays in motion. What is stopped is passed by.
  17. Do you know the essential message of your business? Everything you do- marketing, sales, employee training- should be based on it.
  18. Build your business as if you are building a highway or railroad. Reserve the right of way today for things you want to build in the future.
  19. Cancer is out-of-control cell growth. Healthy growth follows rules & is orderly. Make sure your business growth is healthy, not cancerous.
  20. The greatest disservice to an employee or service provider is to offer poor direction. Bolster success by providing clear expectations.