Have you ever felt frustrated, unable to achieve the success you want? Almost everyone has. Today, I am going to show you why that happens… and what you can do to turn things around… using only your ordinary skills. Conceptually, achieving anything involves three steps. Deciding what you want to achieve. “If you don’t know [...]
Background In my first Post, I told you how to become more successful by making small changes in the way you consciously deal with the world. In this and my next Post, I’m going to talk about what’s required to sharply ratchet up your successfulness to a much higher level. The bottom line is that [...]
Casino skimming was a large problem for the FBI in the 1960s. Skimming was the way Las Vegas casinos avoided taxes by illegally siphoning off gambling profits and routing those funds to a number of organized crime syndicates across the nation. Robert Howard started the company Centronics Data Computer Corporation to develop casino accounting systems [...]
There is no greater joy than to be passionate about what we do. When you combine creativity with productivity, greatness can be achieved. What is the most enjoyable thing you have ever done that was labeled “work”? Share your story on my Facebook page.
Background Today, I am going to talk another important aspect of becoming very highly successful. I call it Inventing Your Own Successful Future. That future can be later today or it can be a month or year away. The process is the same. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – [...]
Silicon Valley, located in Northern California just south of San Francisco, is known as the high-tech capitol of America. It is the hub for some of the world’s most successful technology corporations as well as thousands of small startups. In an effort to figure out the motivating force behind the formation of these successful and [...]
Before he became the 16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln had to first win the Republican party nomination. His competition was stiff – and vocal. Lincoln had made his moderate politics known during what is called The Great Debates. It was fortunate then, that he basically sat silent while his competitors [...]
If at first you don’t succeed… declare bankruptcy and try again. Before he made a name in the automotive industry, Henry Ford made some business missteps and had to file for bankruptcy. Twice. The first time Ford had to file was with his Detroit Automobile Company which was backed by three prominent politicians (who Ford [...]
Jobs first failed at Apple in ways that nearly bankrupted the company. He then failed to oust his hand-picked CEO, John Sculley when he couldn’t control him and was, in turn, ousted by Sculley and Apple’s Board of Directors. Having been voted off the Apple island, Jobs’ next venture was the NeXT Computer, where he [...]
Simplification to the core of any complex something is the basis of genius. “To see things in the seed, that is genius.” ~ Lao Tzu When we were children, we could see that simplicity underlying genius. “Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.” ~ R. Buckminster Fuller For example, when [...]
