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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Your business as your baby
Starting up, emerging entrepreneurs need mentors, coaches and critical friends. We can think of these as the uncles and aunts to the growing baby. (Edgies so often claim they feel that their *business is their baby*, with all the ….»
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Family, Feelings, Leadership, Life, Management, Perception, Personality, Vocation
Happiness comes from experiences, not things
From the blog Neuronarrative Not only are people happier experiencing than possessing, but they are also happier having the experience of thinking about possessing something than actually getting it. Understanding that bit of knowledge about ourselves goes a long ….»
Posted in Change, Customers, Entrepreneurship, Feelings, Life, Marketing, Perception, Personality, Purpose, Skills, Success
Decisions on intangibles
Intangible values (e.g. brands, data bases, expert knowledge, leadership, productivity) are increasingly important in markets – at least if we use the instrument of stock market valuations rather than the those of accountants. How might we consider them in ….»
Posted in Business, Customers, Knowledge, Management, Marketing, Perception
Thinking/doing good
“Doing good makes us feel good. Altruism enhances our self-esteem. It gets our eyes off ourselves, makes us less self-preoccupied, gets us closer to the unself-consciousness that characterizes the flow state” (1). In other words, caring for others creates a ….»
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Feelings, Leadership, Life, Perception, Personality, Purpose, Skills, Social enterprise, Weirdness, Wisdom
How trees grow
It sounds counter-intuitive that, while a tree is rooted in the ground, it actually feeds on what it extracts from the air. I think this is a compelling metaphor for business (and life, if it comes to it): we ….»
Posted in Business, Life, Perception, Personality, Small business, Social enterprise, Success, Teams, Transformation, Vocation, Wisdom