“In regione caecorum rex est luscus.” “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” ~ Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus “The lamp of the body is the eye. (Lamps shed light. Light dispels darkness. Monsters lurk in the dark. So light dispels monsters.) If your eye is sound, (Do you have fully charged batteries in your flashlight? If not, you merely have a large paper weight. You cannot be productive if you cannot focus and you cannot focus in the dark.) your whole body will be filled with light; (When your workplace is full of light you are energized because you can focus. When you concentrate on the task at hand it leaves no room for doubt or fear or darkness or boogie-men.) but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. (“Quiet on the set! Lights out! Queue scary music! Release the monsters! Attack! [...]
Courage. Guts. Bravery. Celebrating the Spirited Entrepreneur. I have a confession to make. I woke up at 2:30 today. Ante Meridiem, that is. I wish I could say it was an isolated event but, suffice it to say, the roosters are moving because I’ve put them out of work. Entrepreneurs realize every day we must run, fast. Somedays as the lion, somedays as the gazelle. But sitting still is not an option. You (we), the Entrepreneur, the Business Owner, the Sales Professional who only gets paid when a sale is made, delivered and a satisfied client remits payment, cannot sit still. Why? It’s not in your DNA. You know there are great perils present today. You know there are great opportunities present today. You know securitycan only be found in two places: Federal prisons. When you bring value to your clients. You bring value to your clients by staying current [...]
The year: 1991. Iraq learns how we treat bullies. Bush 41 was winding down his presidency (he just didn’t know it yet.) The Dow tops 3,000. The New York Giants hand the Buffalo Bills the first of their four consecutive Super Bowl losses. (But they have T.O. now so that won’t happen again…but I digress.) Meanwhile, Joe, the spritely, ostentatious college senior 970 miles from home with a quick wit and a sharp tongue (that earned him nearly as many demerits as lifelong friends) was preparing to enter “the real world.” He was ready to break free of the cocoon of academia with its bells and schedules, invocations and expectations, introspections and inspections all of which were certified and verified by individuals best described as managers instead of leaders (which is why Joe earned so many demerits, but that’s the subject of another Whisper.) In the Fall (Nov 19, 1991 [...]
entrepreneur: en·tre·pre·neur: ˌäⁿn-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər, -ˈn(y)u̇r noun : one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise (According to Merriam-Webster) In my not-so-humble opinion the picture of an entrepreneur is at the top of the page, with one teeny tiny, itsy bitsy exception: THE JUGGLER HAS TRAINED RIGOROUSLY, ARDUOUSLY AND IN A FOCUSED MANNER FOR YEARS to perfect the trade before he jumps on stage. We entrepreneurs, afflicted with “restless mind syndrome“… WARNING: documented causes of “Restless Mind Syndrome” or RMS (not to be confused with PMS even though the symptoms may appear the same) include: Excessive exposure to bosses who can’t spell their own names let alone run a company. Getting laid off 3 times in 2 years (twice on your birthday). Being forced to sell a product that is not ready for prime time “or elses” (the written threat from the boss that can’t spell). Verbal [...]
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