… if your Mother ran it?
In my case it’d be just great. Ok, so in your case it’d be different. That makes your smart or funny or something.
So here’s the really big question.
Not for you.
For your kids.
What would your school/office/whatever be like if your ma or pa ran it?
Grateful Heart Art Print
Pope, Katherine &…
8 in. (200 mm) x 20 in. (508 mm)
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Sometimes things don’t go as you, in all your wisdom, want them to go. The best business books – you know the ‘scratch with the turkeys or soar with the eagles’ ones will tell you to redouble your efforts even if it means bursting that vein and going to the great beyond…
My experience (learned with some pain, mind you) is that some time it’s best to just let go that particular idea, and see what alternatives present themselves. Often the solution that appears is so magical, so innovative you would never have thought of it in common hours. I believe it is best to approach things with a grateful heart and be open to the gifts that the challenges bring. And, yes, I know the pain of not getting my own way, but I generally try to avoid acting like a spoiled brat when the universe has another plan.
Have some faith in yourself, change your thinking, be grateful for the challenge – lesser people than you would’ve given up by now. Prove something to yourself.
Now I Know Art Print
18 in. (457 mm) x 24 in. (610 mm)
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Easier said than done – being yourself, that is. I believe the way forward is to remember yourself – your best self – and then be the person you always wanted to be.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~ e.e. cummings, 1955
If we work, however, on ourselves, and on our business or trade, without negative compromise, it is reasonable to expect that you will achieve mastery. Don’t expect instant results – I have yet to find anything of real substance that can be mastered in less than 10,000 hours. Perhaps I’m wrong. Come back to me after you’ve spent 10,000 hours mastering something, and then tell me how you really got it after 2,000 hours and the rest of the time was just to prove me wrong.
Encouragement: Climbers Art Print
28 in (711 mm). x 22 in. (559 mm)
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The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century. — Sidney Madwed
Sometimes being in business can be incredibly lonely. If you are in a partnership and you are having issues with your business partner who can you talk to about it? If you are a sole trader things are even worse. Your bank manager perhaps, if she or he are genuinely as friendly as the tv ads suggest. Your accountant or lawyer – sure – have your wallet handy. It’s a good idea to join a local business association and seek out like minded company – note – get people with strong minds – misery loves company and you don’t need more company misery. I’ve done plenty of bar tending in my time – don’t expect me to listen to you weeping in your beer unless you’ve got a big tip to go with it. Despite that flippant comment, the way can be long and the burden can be heavy for some people, and you can make a difference.
We live by encouragement and die without it – slowly, sadly, angrily. — Celeste Holm
I’ve worked with so many people who have died in their jobs – slowly, sadly, angrily – bitter people who were once bright-eyed kids. Get up, get out of your swamp, and take some action. At the very, very least, offer a word of encouragement to fellow pilgrim. En – courage – to put courage into others. Be the difference in someone’s life – who knows, you might save their life with your encouraging words.
According to Dan Roam
Visual thinking is the future of business problem solving. Using our innate ability to see?both with our eyes and our mind?s eye?gives us entirely new ways to discover hidden ideas, develop those ideas intuitively, and then share those ideas with other people in a way they are simply going to ‘get’.
Really? The future? Of course Leonardo would probably think presenting problems and solutions visually was pretty mainstream in a renaissance kind of way. Dan has shared The 10 1/2 Commandments of Visual Thinking: The “Lost Chapter” from The Back of the Napkin with us. For free. Thanks, Dan.
As you build your business, more ideas and better ways to communicate those ideas clearly and quickly are essential. Jim, one of my favorite visual thinkers, helps explain some of the creative processes in the following videos. Thanks, Jim. As you look through the videos, think about how some of the ideas can be applied in your presentations.
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