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Most business owners don’t practice their craft, they just perform it. It’s one of the biggest reasons their business never develops into something bigger than themselves.
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New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
But quiet resolve will.
The last New Year’s resolution I made was 20+ years ago, and it was to never make another New Year’s resolution. It’s the only one I’ve ever kept.
We do it every year. “I hereby resolve”… blah, blah, blah. A kept resolution is harder to find than a moose in Miami.
Always release your product before it is ready.
Movement, not Planning.
Want to be successful? Get your product or service out there now, not after you’ve refined it and made it good. The MBA programs are wrong. Get moving.
It’s never the process. It’s always the person.
Committment, not a cool product.
McDonald’s legendary “process-driven” business model is touted in Michael Gerber’s book, the E-Myth, as the central thing you need to succeed – a system will get you off the treadmill. Problem – 21.4% of SBA-funded McD’s fail. Huh?
What are you pretending not to know?
Live a disoriented life.
I have my stories. I believe my stories. I know exactly why my business isn’t working, or that it’s doing just fine, regardless of the facts to the contrary. What I know is usually my biggest problem.
Thought leaders, aren’t.
Thinking isn’t results.
Why would anyone want to be known as a “thought leader” – for thinking? Thinkers are rarely leaders, so why do we use that term to identify people we believe are leading? There is a better term.
The Conative Filter
Stop Thinking: Conation, not Cognition.
Conation is one of the 1,000 most obscure English words and yet the most important business word you’ve never heard. Want to know if you’re doing well and going where you want? Filter everything through the word conation:
What Do You Want to Be Known For?
An empowering vision.
What are you building with your business? Do you know? If not, it’s never too late to get this answer. Stop for a moment and get it, because every decision will fall from this one if you have it answered. People who try to make money rarely make very much of it. People who answer this question understand it is where significance begins.
Wouldn’t it be great if...
Random Hope is a lousy business strategy.
Chapter Six in my next book, Bad Plans Carried Out Violently, is about Conation, the most important business word you’ve never heard. Its antonym is just as obscure and just as critical for you to know – velleity.
More - Business Is Like Surfing
Don’t surf with sharks.
- Take lessons, learn how. – Who’s your business advisor?
- Never surf alone – Where’s your business community?
- Don’t surf with sharks – Make your own business rules, don’t play by others’.
