What do all successful consumer companies have in common? One thing for sure: a lot of easily accessible buy buttons. Those buy buttons could be on your devices or even offered by physical vendors near you. A humble bánh cuốn vendor in Ho Chi Minh City could have their buy buttons in their store, on […]
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You shouldn’t ask anyone whether your business is a good idea – especially your Mom.
Limits focus, so set yours!
So why not make it fun, expected and social with “challenge masterminds?”
Guilt-free time off should be planned – and required.
22 different models of profitability
The Lean Startup Summary The Lean Startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. The Lean Startup takes lean manufacturing concepts and applies them to the process of innovation in uncertain environments. The big idea is to figure out the right thing to build – […]
8 frameworks to evaluate, structure and refine your business ideas.
My observation is that most entrepreneurs fall into 2 camps: those that solve their own problems (i.e. “scratch your own itch”) or those who seek exploitable or underserved markets (i.e. “markets matter most”). Here are 7 techniques to help you get ideas no matter what your disposition.
The goal of any organization system should be to have a clear head and feeling of relaxed control.
4 frameworks to stay focused on your most important tasks.
Recognizing your strengths & interests and going where they are rewarded is the most effective way to get results.
How can we achieve that blissful feeling of focused attention when concentration deepens and we lose track of time and ourselves? When we’re less concerned with the result and simply enjoying the task at hand?
In order to maintain peak performance, we must take our time off seriously.
If any of these dimensions is under-stressed or over-stressed our performance suffers.
When is your biological prime time?
“Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.” – Jim Loehr This week we attack a topic that is critically important yet rarely – if ever – taught in business schools: managing your energy and attention for peak performance. Most of my source material comes from Dr. Jim Loehr’s pioneering book, The Power […]
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Work on your Habits
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” –
Benjamin Franklin