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Will You Add? - Small Business Opportunities And The Ten's
The heart of the market is trading and there’re many principles and dogmas on the basis of which trading is performed. This article will consider the question about the essential ideas of the market participants and their theory of the trading. Market ideologies are essentially beliefs about how we should measure the value of capital. They help traders to determine the relative worthiness of different stocks. They define certain factors as more important than others to consider when figuring out which stocks to buy and which to sell, in what amounts, and at what price. And they provide a theory to explain why and when stock prices vary as they do. The theory, of course, may not be objectively accurate. Stock market participants are not empowered with any special ability to predict the future course of stock prices. Like any other act of fortune-telling, such prediction is (presently) beyond the capacities of the human mind. Except under special circumstances, as we have in the case, say, of insider trading, the act of stock trading is filled with uncertainty. That is why these beliefs are indispensable to the market. Absent any interpretive framework, the fluctuation of stock prices appears to be entirely capricious, an unordered event.Human beings generally are loath to act in the face of uncertainty, and they avoid doing so unless they possess some collectively defined response that lends a deterministic character to their proceeding, even if the response is mythic. For those in the stock market, the "unreliable" and "mercurial" nature of stock prices "stimulates hard-headed search for firmer ground" which beliefs about why stock prices change evidently provide. The importance of these beliefs for our purposes lies less with the psychological security they bestow than with their effect on market structure. Participants in the market focus their attention on the factors these beliefs identify as important, and they guide their choice of relationships and their activities according to what these beliefs prescribe. These beliefs, in other words, are like an operating code for the market, a code that critically determines the organization of trading, or structure, which we observe in the market. The organization of stock trading, in short, is constituted by market ideologies, by beliefs about stock prices and why they change. The converse of this argument is also true. Market structure must accomodate the prescriptions of a particular operating code before that code can be institutionalized. Here we indicate alternative possibilities by which market structures change.So far as beliefs can be acted out and are adhered to by market participants, they affect market organization. Should the content of these beliefs change, so too
Your Focus is Not Forever - Everything changes. There is a shelf life, even to your goals.
==>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOAL SETTING
Thou Shall Be Decisive - Success is a choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you
Thou Shall Stay Focused - A close relative to being decisive, but your ability to sustain your focus from beginning to end determines the timing and condition of your outcomes.
Thou Shall Welcome Failure - The fundamental question is not whether you should accept failure. You have no choice but to expect it as a temporary condition on the pathway of progress. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redirect resources to grow from the experience.
Thou Shall Write Down Thou Goals - Your mind while blessed with permanent memory is cursed with lousy recall. People forget things. Avoid the temptation of being cute; Write down your goals.
Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly - Planning saves 10 to 1 in execution. Proper planning prevents poor performance.
Thou Shall Involve Others - Nobody goes through life alone. Establish your own "Personal Board of Directors", people whose wisdom, knowledge and character you respect to help you achieve your goals.
Thou Shall Take Massive Action - Success is not a spectator sport - achievement demands action. You cannot expect to arrive at success without having made the trip.
Thou Shall Reward Thyself - Rewards work! Think of what you will give yourself as a result of your hard work, focus and persistence – you deserve it!
Thou Shall Inspect What Thou Expect - The Shelf life of all plans is limited. No plan holds up against opposition. Everything changes. Therefore inspect frequently and closely, it's an insurance policy on your success.
Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity - Maintain your commitment to your commitm
Much has been said about the demise of the printed press kit. Online and electronic versions - pundits say - are the way to go. No editors or reporters want to receive printed press kits when they could have electronic versions. Right?Au contraire, mon fr?re! Let me posit an alternate view. I've often found that when conventional wisdom says to do one thing, you should do the other. Zig instead of zag.Reporters and editors get too much email, just like the rest of us.Besides you should never send a large attachment to anyone, especially an editor, unless it has been requested. And, if they don't know the sender, they may worry about unwanted viruses and other digital things that go bump in the hard drive.Many editors and reporters are still "old school." They would rather review analog material instead of digital. Quite frankly, it's quicker. I've been to trade shows as a reporter and a PR person and have seen how things work in the press room. An electronic press kit is not as useful as a printed one in such a venue.You can sort through a printed press kit in mere moments, pulling the info, graphs and photos you need and discarding the rest.I always develop and display both printed and electronic press kits for trade shows and let the journalists decide which format they want.It's also a good idea to load everything into your online press room. You don't have an online press room!Well, that is a subject for another time.
One of my favorite quotes is by Alfred d'Souza. It goes like this:
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin, real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." - Alfred d'Souza
What I love about the above quote is that it has a very strong yet well hidden message in it.
Let me attempt to have you get it!
Any business that belongs to you is better than any job where all you end up doing is making someone else's dreams come true at your expense.
However, where most people fail in business, as in Life, is when they find themselves waiting for their issues to get handled before ever even starting on their own road toward their very own dreams and aspirations.
You see; most people fail in business because they never get started in the first place. "there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first"
Hence they shut down their project prematurely, somehow justifying the act because of some circumstance that was in the way (not enough money, experience etc.) Yet, they fail to realize that this wasn't something new in their lives.
They get sucked in to the drift of being human. They give up! They abandon ship!
Most small business opportunities start-up as solutions driven projects, backed by much enthusiasm. Yet they end up as "just another string" of events and small bursts of activities (brilliantly executed with much success I might add) ending by making yet another "almost successful entrepreneur" right about his or her failure.
I have been working closely with YOU for many years now and this, I have discovered to be true.
The real challenge with small business opportunities as opposed to big business opportunities is that; with a small business, less is at stake making it easy to give up.
Big business means higher stakes. You can't walk away for big business the way you can from small businesses. There simply is no option to walk away...
Herein lies one of the best kept secrets in business (there are many others but this is one of my favorites. I call it the "NO BACK DOOR" approach. It requires a unique commitment to keeping your word. It also requires a further commitment to keeping that commitment of keeping your word.
Once your commitment is in place, all you need to succeed is to commit to it "NO MATTER WHAT". Success is inevitable inside this kind of commitment. Failure (the back door in this case) is just not an option. You are doomed to honor your WORD as YOUR SELF and you give your word to yourself.
"Yeah right", you say!
Yup! That's right!
At least, I believe it to be one of the most profound truths about business... and success in Life for that matter.
So how does one apply a truth such as this in real Life?
First, there must exist "thinking" (and I mean original thought), not all this nonsense that you and I call thinking.
I refered, in an earlier Newsletter, to that "little voice" we listen to while we shower in the morning. The joke is that we believe these (automatic) thoughts to be thinking.
Sorry guys and girls! These are just thoughts. Quite different from thinking! Yours and my automaticity is our worst enemy as entrepreneurs. We must find a way to break the drift (of these thoughts) and replace it with a new kind of thinking. The kind of thinking that wasn't going to happen anyway. Therein lies, I believe, many more ideas and secret keys to lead you to whatever level of success you desire.
At this point, I'd like to share some guidance, some fundamental laws of business that if you put a little heart and lots of thinking into them, you will find yourself supercharged for success.
Small Business Opportunities are everywhere to be found. Whatever business opportunities attract you, remember to apply some golden rules. I must thank Quincy Scarborough for his great insights into the following passages.
Here are a few:
==>TEN RULES FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Expect Volatility - We are witnessing an exponential increase in the velocity, complexity, and unpredictability of change. This increase creates a hyper-competitive international environment that bears little resemblance to the one that existed even five years ago.
Invent New Rules - Invent your own and make others follow you! Competitive advantages and profits will belong to innovators who transcend the existing parameters of competition.
Innovate or Die - Develop conscious strategies and mechanisms to promote consistent innovation. Resting on your laurels is simply not an option: winners are innovating and surpassing themselves constantly.
Break Barriers - 21st Century companies must dismantle the internal barriers that so often separate people, departments and disciplines. The boundaries between firms and their outside suppliers, customers and sometimes even competitors are also under severe pressure.
Be Fast - Implementation is everything and it better be fast. These days it's far better to be 80 percent right and quick than 100 percent and three months late.
Think Like an Entrepreneur - The days of depending on corporate size and reputation to drop opportunities in your lap are over. Entrepreneurs go out and make things happen and allow themselves to fail and improve because of it.
Think Global - The fastest growing markets in the world today are outside North America. Companies can and do now shop in a single global supermarket for just about everything.
Keep Learning - At the end of the day, the only truly sustainable competitive advantage will be your ability to learn faster and better than your competitors, and to turn that learning into new products, services and technologies before your competitors can imitate your last innovation.
Measure Performance Differently - Concentrate on key strategic and profitability drivers, ones that reveal the underlying dynamics of your business, focus your energy on what really drives the future success of your business.
Be Nice - The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and hands and then work outward from there. If we improve ourselves by doing good for others, we build a solid bridge for success in the 21st century.
==>TEN LAWS OF FOCUS
Your Focus Needs to be Simple and Clear - Think transparent. What you are aiming for should be obvious. Ambiguity has no place in your success
Your Focus Needs to be Memorable - Your mind should be stimulated by the smallest of coincidences, even if you are not thinking about your goals at the time.
Your Focus Needs to be Powerful - Power comes from clarity. The clearer you are about what you want, the more personal power you develop and the more energized you are to achieve it.
Your Focus Needs an Enemy -At each moment you are moving either toward or away from your goals. In addition to your desires, the things that move you away such as bad habits, competition, or the threat of mediocrity are the enemies you need in order to keep you motivated to do right or better.
Your Focus Needs Short and Long Term Objectives - Long-term focus and planning is more about understanding the consequences and impact of short-term focus and decisions than about long term decisions themselves. You need a healthy respect and understanding of the two.
Your Focus Will Not Appeal to Everybody - Successful is different to each individual. Don't be surprised if you receive resistance to your goals. Better yet, expect it!
Your Focus Will Not Be Instantly Successful - Life is a process, not an event. Maintain reasonable expectations. Rome wasn't built in a day, and they were using local talent.
Your Focus is Not a Product - The hand can not touch your focus, only your heart. Concentrate on the benefits received, the feeling enjoyed. That's what matters most!
Your Focus Does Not Come Without a Price - Success requires many things. Sacrifice is one of them. Be prepared do what you have to do to achieve your goals.
Your Focus is Not Forever - Everything changes. There is a shelf life, even to your goals.
==>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOAL SETTING
Thou Shall Be Decisive - Success is a choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you
Thou Shall Stay Focused - A close relative to being decisive, but your ability to sustain your focus from beginning to end determines the timing and condition of your outcomes.
Thou Shall Welcome Failure - The fundamental question is not whether you should accept failure. You have no choice but to expect it as a temporary condition on the pathway of progress. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redirect resources to grow from the experience.
Thou Shall Write Down Thou Goals - Your mind while blessed with permanent memory is cursed with lousy recall. People forget things. Avoid the temptation of being cute; Write down your goals.
Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly - Planning saves 10 to 1 in execution. Proper planning prevents poor performance.
Thou Shall Involve Others - Nobody goes through life alone. Establish your own "Personal Board of Directors", people whose wisdom, knowledge and character you respect to help you achieve your goals.
Thou Shall Take Massive Action - Success is not a spectator sport - achievement demands action. You cannot expect to arrive at success without having made the trip.
Thou Shall Reward Thyself - Rewards work! Think of what you will give yourself as a result of your hard work, focus and persistence – you deserve it!
Thou Shall Inspect What Thou Expect - The Shelf life of all plans is limited. No plan holds up against opposition. Everything changes. Therefore inspect frequently and closely, it's an insurance policy on your success.
Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity - Maintain your commitment to your commitme
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PRICINGIn case you hadn’t noticed, people can react very differently when faced with the same price for a product or service. In fact in most cases, we’ll never actually know what is in their minds when they consider a price and then decide to respond to it in certain way. So what does that mean for those of us pricing and selling our services out there in the market?Typically, people who sell services go for an hourly rate. They use a process called “reverse competition” to determine what their rate should be. This is where you take a look at what your geographical competitors are charging, and you decide where in the range you want to fit on the spectrum of hourly rates. Inevitably, we choose a rate somewhere in the middle, so we can say that we’re not the most expensive, but neither are we the cheapest!What kind of message are we sending out to our clients with this approach?We’re showing absolutely no differentiation from any other company – just sticking ourselves straight down the line. In other words, we compete with everyone! Not a very prudent marketing decision.So pricing simply using an hourly rate that sits in the middle of the spectrum is, in my view, a wasted opportunity to create a point of difference with your offering. Let’s think more broadly for a minute about what we are actually offering to your clients: Regardless of what our specific offering is, we all offer some combination of:Quality, Price and ServiceQUALITYQuality has become an expectation - the minimum you need to be in the game. It is similar to a high school degree - no one cares if you have one, but watch out if you do not. Quality is no longer an effective differentiator. So if you are going on about the exceptional quality of your service in your promotional material and sales pitch, just realize that in your customers eyes, you are not differentiating yourself in any way.After all, no sane company is going to advertise the fact that the work they do is of average or low quality. It’s all high, isn’t it?PRICEThere is absolutely nothing positive about competing on price, unless you specifically position yourself as a low-cost provider. Certainly, there is a market for the discount provider, but I believe this only works if you have a very high volume of transactions. As a service provider, the only sensible route is to obtain premium prices for your services.No matter what you charge, there is always someone, somewhere, willing to perform the work you do for less money. Customers are value conscious, not price conscious. They look to do business with people they feel give them more than they are paying for. So the goal for th
Big business means higher stakes. You can't walk away for big business the way you can from small businesses. There simply is no option to walk away...
Herein lies one of the best kept secrets in business (there are many others but this is one of my favorites. I call it the "NO BACK DOOR" approach. It requires a unique commitment to keeping your word. It also requires a further commitment to keeping that commitment of keeping your word.
Once your commitment is in place, all you need to succeed is to commit to it "NO MATTER WHAT". Success is inevitable inside this kind of commitment. Failure (the back door in this case) is just not an option. You are doomed to honor your WORD as YOUR SELF and you give your word to yourself.
"Yeah right", you say!
Yup! That's right!
At least, I believe it to be one of the most profound truths about business... and success in Life for that matter.
So how does one apply a truth such as this in real Life?
First, there must exist "thinking" (and I mean original thought), not all this nonsense that you and I call thinking.
I refered, in an earlier Newsletter, to that "little voice" we listen to while we shower in the morning. The joke is that we believe these (automatic) thoughts to be thinking.
Sorry guys and girls! These are just thoughts. Quite different from thinking! Yours and my automaticity is our worst enemy as entrepreneurs. We must find a way to break the drift (of these thoughts) and replace it with a new kind of thinking. The kind of thinking that wasn't going to happen anyway. Therein lies, I believe, many more ideas and secret keys to lead you to whatever level of success you desire.
At this point, I'd like to share some guidance, some fundamental laws of business that if you put a little heart and lots of thinking into them, you will find yourself supercharged for success.
Small Business Opportunities are everywhere to be found. Whatever business opportunities attract you, remember to apply some golden rules. I must thank Quincy Scarborough for his great insights into the following passages.
Here are a few:
==>TEN RULES FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Expect Volatility - We are witnessing an exponential increase in the velocity, complexity, and unpredictability of change. This increase creates a hyper-competitive international environment that bears little resemblance to the one that existed even five years ago.
Invent New Rules - Invent your own and make others follow you! Competitive advantages and profits will belong to innovators who transcend the existing parameters of competition.
Innovate or Die - Develop conscious strategies and mechanisms to promote consistent innovation. Resting on your laurels is simply not an option: winners are innovating and surpassing themselves constantly.
Break Barriers - 21st Century companies must dismantle the internal barriers that so often separate people, departments and disciplines. The boundaries between firms and their outside suppliers, customers and sometimes even competitors are also under severe pressure.
Be Fast - Implementation is everything and it better be fast. These days it's far better to be 80 percent right and quick than 100 percent and three months late.
Think Like an Entrepreneur - The days of depending on corporate size and reputation to drop opportunities in your lap are over. Entrepreneurs go out and make things happen and allow themselves to fail and improve because of it.
Think Global - The fastest growing markets in the world today are outside North America. Companies can and do now shop in a single global supermarket for just about everything.
Keep Learning - At the end of the day, the only truly sustainable competitive advantage will be your ability to learn faster and better than your competitors, and to turn that learning into new products, services and technologies before your competitors can imitate your last innovation.
Measure Performance Differently - Concentrate on key strategic and profitability drivers, ones that reveal the underlying dynamics of your business, focus your energy on what really drives the future success of your business.
Be Nice - The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and hands and then work outward from there. If we improve ourselves by doing good for others, we build a solid bridge for success in the 21st century.
==>TEN LAWS OF FOCUS
Your Focus Needs to be Simple and Clear - Think transparent. What you are aiming for should be obvious. Ambiguity has no place in your success
Your Focus Needs to be Memorable - Your mind should be stimulated by the smallest of coincidences, even if you are not thinking about your goals at the time.
Your Focus Needs to be Powerful - Power comes from clarity. The clearer you are about what you want, the more personal power you develop and the more energized you are to achieve it.
Your Focus Needs an Enemy -At each moment you are moving either toward or away from your goals. In addition to your desires, the things that move you away such as bad habits, competition, or the threat of mediocrity are the enemies you need in order to keep you motivated to do right or better.
Your Focus Needs Short and Long Term Objectives - Long-term focus and planning is more about understanding the consequences and impact of short-term focus and decisions than about long term decisions themselves. You need a healthy respect and understanding of the two.
Your Focus Will Not Appeal to Everybody - Successful is different to each individual. Don't be surprised if you receive resistance to your goals. Better yet, expect it!
Your Focus Will Not Be Instantly Successful - Life is a process, not an event. Maintain reasonable expectations. Rome wasn't built in a day, and they were using local talent.
Your Focus is Not a Product - The hand can not touch your focus, only your heart. Concentrate on the benefits received, the feeling enjoyed. That's what matters most!
Your Focus Does Not Come Without a Price - Success requires many things. Sacrifice is one of them. Be prepared do what you have to do to achieve your goals.
Your Focus is Not Forever - Everything changes. There is a shelf life, even to your goals.
==>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOAL SETTING
Thou Shall Be Decisive - Success is a choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you
Thou Shall Stay Focused - A close relative to being decisive, but your ability to sustain your focus from beginning to end determines the timing and condition of your outcomes.
Thou Shall Welcome Failure - The fundamental question is not whether you should accept failure. You have no choice but to expect it as a temporary condition on the pathway of progress. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redirect resources to grow from the experience.
Thou Shall Write Down Thou Goals - Your mind while blessed with permanent memory is cursed with lousy recall. People forget things. Avoid the temptation of being cute; Write down your goals.
Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly - Planning saves 10 to 1 in execution. Proper planning prevents poor performance.
Thou Shall Involve Others - Nobody goes through life alone. Establish your own "Personal Board of Directors", people whose wisdom, knowledge and character you respect to help you achieve your goals.
Thou Shall Take Massive Action - Success is not a spectator sport - achievement demands action. You cannot expect to arrive at success without having made the trip.
Thou Shall Reward Thyself - Rewards work! Think of what you will give yourself as a result of your hard work, focus and persistence – you deserve it!
Thou Shall Inspect What Thou Expect - The Shelf life of all plans is limited. No plan holds up against opposition. Everything changes. Therefore inspect frequently and closely, it's an insurance policy on your success.
Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity - Maintain your commitment to your commitm
There is a huge value in accepting help in your business, to build your own capacity as well as growing your team too.And often, when we are given a compliment, or someone says 'Thank you', we feel it is polite to gently decline. We say things like 'It's nothing' or 'No, no - it was all you'.As part of a business transaction I've been involved in, which has not gone that well and one which I have been chasing hard to make anything out of for a bunch of other people as well as myself, we had a minor success.To one of the partners, it represented something far bigger than it did to some of the others, despite being less than anticipated.Financially, it was very important to him. So he sent me a gift for the effort I'd made. It was a small gift and one which he could ill-afford.Now he told me he was sending this small gift and it would have been easy to say 'You shouldn't have'. Instead, I said 'Thank You'. I appreciated, following the reminder that a boss gave me a few years ago, that the choice of making the gift was theirs and thus important to them.In fact it was a big financial decision, given the state of their finances. Dismissing it with the 'You shouldn't', would undo a lot of their decision making and choice to make a gift. So, I said 'Thank you, I appreciate that you have made this gesture, and I'm very grateful'.My business experience of this was when I was once given praise for a piece of work where I dismissed the praise with, 'It's just my job'.Quickly and supportively, my boss said this to me, 'It's always best to accept thanks and praise with good grace, that is how it's given'. And so I always have since then.Why is this important? Well, when individuals offer thanks or praise, it is their gift to give, not yours to decline or dismiss. Gifts like this are hard to give, especially when courage and strength is needed to even speak up, as in some organizations.Respecting this, is where you come in.Accepting the gift with honesty and appreciation is a wonderful gift back, though mainly unspoken and intangible. It's like saying, 'Well, well, how wonderful that someone appreciates what I do sometimes, you are so kind for giving me the feedback that what I do is valued'.This builds relationships hugely, builds teams and overall means that all pulling together, appreciating each other and valuing the closeness, are important even though sometimes unspoken.It's worth reflecting on the form of words you can use to someone who shows you appreciation for something you did and thank them for taking the time to thank you, without deflecting that in any way.You, they and your organisational morale will find great value in this.
Here are a few:
==>TEN RULES FOR SUCCESS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Expect Volatility - We are witnessing an exponential increase in the velocity, complexity, and unpredictability of change. This increase creates a hyper-competitive international environment that bears little resemblance to the one that existed even five years ago.
Invent New Rules - Invent your own and make others follow you! Competitive advantages and profits will belong to innovators who transcend the existing parameters of competition.
Innovate or Die - Develop conscious strategies and mechanisms to promote consistent innovation. Resting on your laurels is simply not an option: winners are innovating and surpassing themselves constantly.
Break Barriers - 21st Century companies must dismantle the internal barriers that so often separate people, departments and disciplines. The boundaries between firms and their outside suppliers, customers and sometimes even competitors are also under severe pressure.
Be Fast - Implementation is everything and it better be fast. These days it's far better to be 80 percent right and quick than 100 percent and three months late.
Think Like an Entrepreneur - The days of depending on corporate size and reputation to drop opportunities in your lap are over. Entrepreneurs go out and make things happen and allow themselves to fail and improve because of it.
Think Global - The fastest growing markets in the world today are outside North America. Companies can and do now shop in a single global supermarket for just about everything.
Keep Learning - At the end of the day, the only truly sustainable competitive advantage will be your ability to learn faster and better than your competitors, and to turn that learning into new products, services and technologies before your competitors can imitate your last innovation.
Measure Performance Differently - Concentrate on key strategic and profitability drivers, ones that reveal the underlying dynamics of your business, focus your energy on what really drives the future success of your business.
Be Nice - The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and hands and then work outward from there. If we improve ourselves by doing good for others, we build a solid bridge for success in the 21st century.
==>TEN LAWS OF FOCUS
Your Focus Needs to be Simple and Clear - Think transparent. What you are aiming for should be obvious. Ambiguity has no place in your success
Your Focus Needs to be Memorable - Your mind should be stimulated by the smallest of coincidences, even if you are not thinking about your goals at the time.
Your Focus Needs to be Powerful - Power comes from clarity. The clearer you are about what you want, the more personal power you develop and the more energized you are to achieve it.
Your Focus Needs an Enemy -At each moment you are moving either toward or away from your goals. In addition to your desires, the things that move you away such as bad habits, competition, or the threat of mediocrity are the enemies you need in order to keep you motivated to do right or better.
Your Focus Needs Short and Long Term Objectives - Long-term focus and planning is more about understanding the consequences and impact of short-term focus and decisions than about long term decisions themselves. You need a healthy respect and understanding of the two.
Your Focus Will Not Appeal to Everybody - Successful is different to each individual. Don't be surprised if you receive resistance to your goals. Better yet, expect it!
Your Focus Will Not Be Instantly Successful - Life is a process, not an event. Maintain reasonable expectations. Rome wasn't built in a day, and they were using local talent.
Your Focus is Not a Product - The hand can not touch your focus, only your heart. Concentrate on the benefits received, the feeling enjoyed. That's what matters most!
Your Focus Does Not Come Without a Price - Success requires many things. Sacrifice is one of them. Be prepared do what you have to do to achieve your goals.
Your Focus is Not Forever - Everything changes. There is a shelf life, even to your goals.
==>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOAL SETTING
Thou Shall Be Decisive - Success is a choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you
Thou Shall Stay Focused - A close relative to being decisive, but your ability to sustain your focus from beginning to end determines the timing and condition of your outcomes.
Thou Shall Welcome Failure - The fundamental question is not whether you should accept failure. You have no choice but to expect it as a temporary condition on the pathway of progress. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redirect resources to grow from the experience.
Thou Shall Write Down Thou Goals - Your mind while blessed with permanent memory is cursed with lousy recall. People forget things. Avoid the temptation of being cute; Write down your goals.
Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly - Planning saves 10 to 1 in execution. Proper planning prevents poor performance.
Thou Shall Involve Others - Nobody goes through life alone. Establish your own "Personal Board of Directors", people whose wisdom, knowledge and character you respect to help you achieve your goals.
Thou Shall Take Massive Action - Success is not a spectator sport - achievement demands action. You cannot expect to arrive at success without having made the trip.
Thou Shall Reward Thyself - Rewards work! Think of what you will give yourself as a result of your hard work, focus and persistence – you deserve it!
Thou Shall Inspect What Thou Expect - The Shelf life of all plans is limited. No plan holds up against opposition. Everything changes. Therefore inspect frequently and closely, it's an insurance policy on your success.
Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity - Maintain your commitment to your commitm
They are two elements of negligent entrustment that defines it from negligent hiring. The first, and most obvious, is that negligent hiring requires the actual employment of the person causing the injury while negligent entrustment can apply to anyone, employed or not.The second is that in the case of negligent hiring, the provision of a dangerous instrument need not be provided to the employee carrying out the injury. If that instrument is provided by an employer, then the employer could be guilty of both negligent hiring and negligent entrustment.Negligent entrustment applies in tort law where the entrustor negligently supplies the entrustee with an instrument, and the entrustee then causes injury to a third party with that instrument. It commonly occurs where motor vehicles are provided to unqualified drivers or to drivers who have been guilty of a previous motoring offence that the provider of the vehicle could reasonable be expected to be aware of.For example, if an employer hires a cab driver who had been previously convicted of dangerous driving, then provides him with a cab, the employers will be guilty of both negligent hiring and negligent entrustment if the driver collides with a pedestrian, causing injury. It could have been reasonable expected that the conviction would have been uncovered if a criminal or driving record search had been made, and the employer is therefore guilty of negligent hiring. Since it was the employer who provided the cab, negligent entrustment is also relevant. Had the driver provided his own cab then negligent entrustment would not have been involved.Cases of negligent entrustment normally involve employer negligence. While employment need not be a factor, it is difficult to prove that the first party had a duty to carry out background checks on the second party prior to providing them with the instrumentality. If Andy lends his chain saw to Thomas to cut down a tree in his back yard, and Thomas uses it to injure someone else in an argument, it would have be proved that Andy knew that Thomas was violent, or had a reason to carry out a criminal check on Thomas. It is unreasonable for people to carry out criminal reacord screening on neighbors before lending them tools.Employers must carry out pre-employment screening to ensure that their is nothing in a prospective employee’s past to indicate that they could cause injury to other employees, or in any way put othesr at risk while carrying out the duties of their employment. If Robert has applied for a job as a cashier and records have indicated that he has twice been found guilty of careless driving, this would not normally prevent him from carrying out the cashier’s job, and there would be no reason to assume
Be Nice - The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and hands and then work outward from there. If we improve ourselves by doing good for others, we build a solid bridge for success in the 21st century.
==>TEN LAWS OF FOCUS
Your Focus Needs to be Simple and Clear - Think transparent. What you are aiming for should be obvious. Ambiguity has no place in your success
Your Focus Needs to be Memorable - Your mind should be stimulated by the smallest of coincidences, even if you are not thinking about your goals at the time.
Your Focus Needs to be Powerful - Power comes from clarity. The clearer you are about what you want, the more personal power you develop and the more energized you are to achieve it.
Your Focus Needs an Enemy -At each moment you are moving either toward or away from your goals. In addition to your desires, the things that move you away such as bad habits, competition, or the threat of mediocrity are the enemies you need in order to keep you motivated to do right or better.
Your Focus Needs Short and Long Term Objectives - Long-term focus and planning is more about understanding the consequences and impact of short-term focus and decisions than about long term decisions themselves. You need a healthy respect and understanding of the two.
Your Focus Will Not Appeal to Everybody - Successful is different to each individual. Don't be surprised if you receive resistance to your goals. Better yet, expect it!
Your Focus Will Not Be Instantly Successful - Life is a process, not an event. Maintain reasonable expectations. Rome wasn't built in a day, and they were using local talent.
Your Focus is Not a Product - The hand can not touch your focus, only your heart. Concentrate on the benefits received, the feeling enjoyed. That's what matters most!
Your Focus Does Not Come Without a Price - Success requires many things. Sacrifice is one of them. Be prepared do what you have to do to achieve your goals.
Your Focus is Not Forever - Everything changes. There is a shelf life, even to your goals.
==>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOAL SETTING
Thou Shall Be Decisive - Success is a choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you
Thou Shall Stay Focused - A close relative to being decisive, but your ability to sustain your focus from beginning to end determines the timing and condition of your outcomes.
Thou Shall Welcome Failure - The fundamental question is not whether you should accept failure. You have no choice but to expect it as a temporary condition on the pathway of progress. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redirect resources to grow from the experience.
Thou Shall Write Down Thou Goals - Your mind while blessed with permanent memory is cursed with lousy recall. People forget things. Avoid the temptation of being cute; Write down your goals.
Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly - Planning saves 10 to 1 in execution. Proper planning prevents poor performance.
Thou Shall Involve Others - Nobody goes through life alone. Establish your own "Personal Board of Directors", people whose wisdom, knowledge and character you respect to help you achieve your goals.
Thou Shall Take Massive Action - Success is not a spectator sport - achievement demands action. You cannot expect to arrive at success without having made the trip.
Thou Shall Reward Thyself - Rewards work! Think of what you will give yourself as a result of your hard work, focus and persistence – you deserve it!
Thou Shall Inspect What Thou Expect - The Shelf life of all plans is limited. No plan holds up against opposition. Everything changes. Therefore inspect frequently and closely, it's an insurance policy on your success.
Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity - Maintain your commitment to your commitm
European store fixtures are sought by most store owners. It is found to be more advanced technologically than American fixtures. This is because Europeans combine innovative designs with the latest manufacturing techniques to create new products. Customers are therefore able to get store displays and fixtures in attractive and stylish designs.European store fixtures are available in varying qualities, capacities, and prices. It comes in attractive designs, pleasing colors, and striking shapes. The chances of damage or breakage are minimized in European fixtures. These fixtures are modular. This means that the fixtures can be installed or mounted on walls or other locations without any difficult procedures. Engineers and architects are not required for installation.One of the popular styles of European fixtures is the ladder model. The ladder system can be a single unit or a combinational unit with different types of fixtures together. The combinational unit can hold a variety of items.European store fixtures are made of different materials such as plastic, steel, metal, wood, glass, and co-polymer resins. The co-polymer resins used in store fixtures can be either certified or non-certified. Certified ones are tested in European laboratories to meet basic approved standards. Each European country has its own testing methods and the materials are classified accordingly. This classification is done on the basis of different fire safety components. Thus by fixing these fixtures safety and protection of the entire store is ensured, as certified resins release fumes and smokes within certain limits only.Some common European store fixtures are wall and gondola shelving, grid wall panels, jewelry showcases, sign holders, garment racks, display mannequins, and display trays for jewelry. Back panels come in three configurations such as plain, perforated, and slat wall.
Your Focus is Not Forever - Everything changes. There is a shelf life, even to your goals.
==>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOAL SETTING
Thou Shall Be Decisive - Success is a choice. You must decide what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it. No one else can, will, or should do that for you
Thou Shall Stay Focused - A close relative to being decisive, but your ability to sustain your focus from beginning to end determines the timing and condition of your outcomes.
Thou Shall Welcome Failure - The fundamental question is not whether you should accept failure. You have no choice but to expect it as a temporary condition on the pathway of progress. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redirect resources to grow from the experience.
Thou Shall Write Down Thou Goals - Your mind while blessed with permanent memory is cursed with lousy recall. People forget things. Avoid the temptation of being cute; Write down your goals.
Thou Shall Plan Thoroughly - Planning saves 10 to 1 in execution. Proper planning prevents poor performance.
Thou Shall Involve Others - Nobody goes through life alone. Establish your own "Personal Board of Directors", people whose wisdom, knowledge and character you respect to help you achieve your goals.
Thou Shall Take Massive Action - Success is not a spectator sport - achievement demands action. You cannot expect to arrive at success without having made the trip.
Thou Shall Reward Thyself - Rewards work! Think of what you will give yourself as a result of your hard work, focus and persistence – you deserve it!
Thou Shall Inspect What Thou Expect - The Shelf life of all plans is limited. No plan holds up against opposition. Everything changes. Therefore inspect frequently and closely, it's an insurance policy on your success.
Thou Shall Maintain Personal Integrity - Maintain your commitment to your commitment. Set your goals, promise yourself that you will achieve them. Eliminate wiggle room and excuses. That's personal integrity!
==>TEN STEPS TO ACHIEVING ANY GOAL
Write It Down - Goals are specific, measurable, and time-bounded. Write your goals so that they reflect all three components.
List Your Personal Benefits - Identify exactly "Why" you want to achieve this goal. List all the ways you will you benefit personally.
Analyze Your Current Position - Success is information dependent. You need integrity in your information. Identify exactly your specific strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities as it relates to achieving this goal.
Identify Obstacles and Risks - List everything that could possibly prevent you from achieving this goal.
Identify Investments and Sacrifices - List everything, including time, money, and sacrifices that you can anticipate.
Knowledge Requirements - Identify what additional knowledge you need to acquire or have access to.
Support Team - List the people, groups, and organizations you may need help from as well as the specific role each one plays.
Develop Your Plan - List in chronological order each activity and their corresponding target dates for completion. Use all the information gathered in previous steps to develop your plan.
Set a Deadline - Determine on what date you will achieve this goal
Reward and Celebrate - Identify your reward for the achievement of this goal. You deserve it!
==>TEN MYTHS & REALITIES OF GOAL-SETTING
Goal Setting is Not That Important. Reality: Success Requires Goals - End of Story! A life of meaning needs goals and specific plans to achieve them. Success does not happen by accident.
Goal Setting is Difficult and Takes Too Much Time. Reality: Performance is accelerated by time invested in strategy. The game of life is won behind the scenes, in time spent on preparation.
New Years is the Best Time To Set Goals. Reality: There's no better time than now to take control of your life. Goal Setting is not about timing it's about decision. This life is not a dress rehearsal; it's the only one you've got.
Goals Don't Need To Be Written. You Can Keep Them In Your Head. Reality: Written goals clarify thinking, objectify their potential, and reinforce commitment. The palest ink is better than the strongest memory. Your mind can only take in new information at the expense of losing old.
Long-Term Planning Is A Waste of Time. Reality: Your Future deserves consideration. It will someday be your present reality. It's worth considering seriously.
A Good Plan Is All You Need To Be Successful. Reality: Success is active, not passive. All plans require action. Preparation is no Substitute for action. Commit to the philosophy of implement now - perfect later.
The Best Way To Achieve a Goal Is To Just Begin. Reality: Action without planning is the root cause of most failure Success is a choice. With a plan to lead you, you can figure out how to get where you are going.
All It Takes is Hard Work To Achieve Your Goals. Reality: Hard work is important, but working smart is mandatory. Quit trying harder, look for new solutions, and you will accomplish far more in far less time with only a fraction of the effort you have been giving.
I Can Do It On My Own. I Don't Need Help. Reality: Success requires cooperation. Nobody does it alone. In order to achieve more you must learn to help yourself. Success requires the cooperation of others.
Goals Only Need to Be Reviewed Once a Year. Reality: Inspect what you expect. Everything changes. Your goals must keep shaping, shifting and flexing to fit these fast-changing times. Adopt a regular and consistent Review process.
==>TEN GOALS WORTH PURSUING
Personal Development - The single best investment any of us can ever make is in our own personal growth and development. The accumulation of knowledge means everything to your future.
Excellent Physical Health - Your body impacts everything you do. Take good care of it through proper nourishment, exercise and rest.
Rest, Relaxation and Renewal - We must take good care of ourselves without feeling guilty.
Building a Loving Family - Family is the emotional core of our lives. We should make constant deposits into everyone's emotional bank account.
Intimate Relationships With Your Friends - Surround yourself with nourishing friends. Share yourself with them and let them share themselves with you.
Involvement In Your Community - The definition of a life well lived must include a commitment to serving others.
Excellence in Your Work - Develop a reputation for excellence. A sincere commitment to excellence is a noble goal.
Financial Freedom - Money is important. Exercise wisdom in all your financial dealings.
A Comfortable, Loving Home - The single biggest investment most of us will ever make should be comfortable and lined with love.
Peace of Mind - There is no substitute for peace of mind. Everything you do either supports it or takes away from it.
==>TEN REASONS WHY PEOPLE FAIL
Taking Action Without Planning - When it comes to your goals and future, impulsiveness is the mother of regret. Considerable thought must be given to the ends as well as the means of your strategy.
Planning Without Taking Action - Endless preparation is worse than action without planning. Accept that things will never be perfect. Questions will forever exist. Plan well and launch!
Unrealistic Timeframes and Expectations - Life is a process not an event. Nothing great was ever built easily. Exercise wisdom and learn to be patient. Unfortunately most things in life take longer and cost more than the best-laid plans anticipate.
Reasons "Why" Are Unclear - Why you want to achieve a goal is more important than the goal itself. Before taking action on anything it is imperative that you ask yourself this key question: "Why do I want to achieve this goal?"
Denial of Reality - It's far easier to deny reality than it is too accept it. And far too many people take the easy way Success is information dependent, when we deny reality for whatever reason, we devalue the integrity of our information, thus ensuring failure.
Conflicting Values - When we have not clarified our reasons why or defined what success someone else's definition. When that occurs values are sure to be in conflict and progress is short- circuited.
Diffusion of Energy - Attempting to do too much is a recipe for mediocrity. Rather than doing an excellent job at a few chosen goals we spread our energies over a vast terrain and diffuse what matters most; time and energy.
Lack of Focus - Success demands focus. It is the hallmark of all truly great people. Your ability to get and remain focused or lack there of is perhaps the key determinant of your success.
Trying To Do It All Alone - Nobody goes through life alone, we all need the cooperation and assistance of others. Put your pride aside and learn to ask for help when you need it. Learn to leverage and share knowledge for your own well being as well as for others who are dependent upon your cooperation.
Fear Of Failures - Fear of failure is The "Grand Daddy" of them all. Far too many dreams have suffocated and died because of it. Fear resides where knowledge does not exist; the more you know about anything the less intimidated that you feel. Replace your fears with knowledge and watch your performance leap.
==>TEN INSIGHTS ON FAILURE Failure & Perception - Put failure in the right perspective, it's an opportunity for regrouping and evaluation while accepting the experience as part of the journey of success. Rich lessons are the fruit of failure and your can extract them at will.
Failure & Change - Change depreciates the value of past information, thus making predictions difficult, ambiguous, and correspondingly risky. In the presence of change, you must adjust your course-of-action to align with desirable new realities.
Failure & Limitation - In a world of limitation, the fundamental question is not whether people should accept failure. Rather, the question is how to anticipate failure and redi
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