Face it. Embrace it...

Learn to love what you don't understand. Face what scares you. It's called GROWTH.

- Michelle Tripp

Build bridges...

In business, building bridges is more important than building walls.

Your target...

Know what you're aiming for - a fuzzy target is hard to hit.

Rules...

Learn the rules.
Then break some.

Do you have a career mission?

Even if you work for a large company, you are still a company of one. You are you own CEO, CMO, CFO and CIO, on occassion, you’ll be your own intern but that’s a different story. Every great company has a goal, a mission, or a vision, to be successful, you should have one too.

Do you have a career mission? What exactly is it that you want to do when you’re at the peak of your career?

Read the full story

Yet to come...

It's good to know that the best times in your life are still to come. Take action! Make them happen!

- Tony Robbins

Looking ahead...

"Life can be understood only looking behind, but can be lived only looking ahead.

- Soren Kierkegaard

old errors...

"Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?"

- Bertrand Russel

Sportsmanship...

AMAZING story: a team and a player decided there were more important things than winning:
http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=914609

Dream...

Dream a new dream.

- Joel Osteen

the traveled path...

"Never walk on the traveled path, because it only leads you where others have been."

- Alexander Graham Bell

Do something "mad"...

"If you run one business well, you can really run any business," according to Richard Branson, whose Virgin brand has expanded from music to mobile phones to airlines, and beyond.

Watch the short video interview:
http://www.openforum.com/management/video_bransonclip_dosomethingmad.html


More videos of Branson:
http://www.openforum.com/dtw/video_multi_richardbranson.html

Assumptions...

If you make assumptions about the people you expect to use your product or service — who they are, how they behave, what makes them tick — you'll probably always be wrong.

- Excerpt from a User Experience Design article

Don't let them whittle you...

People who try to whittle you
down are only trying to
reduce you to their size.

Elizabeth Gilbert on Creative Genius...

Elizabeth Gilbert on Creative Genius: Great video from TED:

Wine tips for Valentine's Day

Video courtesy of GaryVee and the Today Show (MSNBC):

Build your tribe...

In this interview, Seth Godin discusses the importance of focusing your talent.

YouTube video:

Don't Despair...Imagine...

February 1930: "Our greatest industries in this country today are the new ones. And they are all dominated by young men who are ignorant enough to suppose that anything they imagine they can do. Fundamentally they are right."

- C.F. Kettering

Source: Think For A Change, LLC Blog

3 Things Your Customers Won’t Tell You … Unless You Ask

Freelance Folder blog has a good article listing three things your customers won't tell you. This is a good refresher to ensure you're thinking on the right issues in your business. Read the story

Being an entrepreneur...

Outlaw Design Blog has an interesting post of articles from around the web that focus on running a small business and being an entrepreneur. Interesting reads - worth checking out. Read the article

Change...

Don't fight change. Nothing is forever.

- Joel Osteen

Avoid procrastination...

To avoid procrastinating on a task, focus on its details and use self-imposed deadlines.

- src: How to Avoid Procrastination

what God thinks...

Be more concerned with what
God thinks about you than what
people think about you.


"We ought to obey God rather than men." - Acts 5:29

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Facebook

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Facebook

This is a good post by Guy Kawasaki about Jesse Stay, the co-author of I'm on Facebook--Now What???: How to Get Personal, Business, and Professional Value from Facebook. A book that helps individuals and business owners better manage their lives through Facebook. Here are ten Facebook power tips:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/04/ten-things-you.html

Believe in yourself...

The best way to get people to believe in
you is to believe in yourself.

It's a new day...

Every morning brings a new day. So forget the shortcomings of yesterday and start over knowing you have another chance to succeed - 365 times every year!

Arguing...

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is
the person who argues with him.

Sky Angel Cowboy - story and follow-up interview...

If you haven't yet seen this, you need to. This is Sky Angel Cowboy interview - a radio station recorded a call-in from a 13-year-old boy. This video also includes a follow-up interview. Great story!