Chuck Blakeman

Author, speaker, and founder of the Crankset Group.



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Microsoft is rotting from the inside out.

Conquest destroys the conqueror.


The first of Microsoft’s “12 Secrets of Microsoft Management” is possibly the worst management principle in history. It reveals an Industrial Age scarcity view of the world that none of us should emulate.

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Business Diseases of the Industrial Age

Great Toys. Bad Karma.


The Industrial Age lasted a very short 150-200-ish years in the ten thousand years of recorded human history. It brought us a lot of cool toys and a cushy life, but we’ve been afflicted with a lot of Business Diseases that came from the Industrial Age. Here’s just a few of them:

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Your Competition, Isn’t.

Scarcity thinking will keep you poor.


I’ve sold millions in big contracts and small and never once thought about “competition.” It’s NEVER a factor. I don’t think I have any. I don’t believe you do, either. If you think you do, you’re probably not thinking straight.



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