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Managers, and many business people hate uncertainty, and in order to overcome it they plan… and plan, and plan. But planning rarely helps, because beyond a certain level of actions you run into a high level of uncertainty where any extra time is futile. This is never truer than in strategy. An article in Sloan [...]
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Today I read an interesting post by the very good Cal Newport, about the concept of not starting and instead focusing on the idea. Actually he advocates focusing on the quality of the idea and not starting to work on it until it has built up such a head of steam that it takes on [...]
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I have been doing a great deal of consulting in a hard charging investment bank lately, and it has really brought home the concept of focusing on the goal to be achieved. The goal of investment banks (all banks really), is to make money. As much as possible; now and in the future. If I [...]
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Lately I’ve become increasingly interested in Napoleon Bonaparte, particularly his character and philosophies that he developed and how they apply to life today, specifically in the business arena. In the book, Napoleon At Work by Colonel Vachee, his ideas on success are elucidated: “Napoleon few and simple directing principles as quoted in a letter to Lauriston, [...]
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T33yDB4Mu_k&hl=en&fs=1] This 10 part video series “How to Develop a Winning Strategy” was filmed at National Speakers Association Australia event in Adelaide. I will post the 10 video’ here each Friday. You’ve got a burning passion and you want to share it with the world. The current economic conditions pose opportunities and threat. You need [...]
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