Seek Simple Solutions
A few days ago I had a chat with Bill Hoke, a wonderful business consultant with a long history in my county. We talked briefly about simplifying business relationships from the customer's point of view. When I got home I Googled for Mr. Hoke's writings and found that he and I share a very important philosophy - avoiding complicated solutions for simple problems.
Most of us will map out a big dream and then expect all parts of it to march forward at once. Life just isn't like that. Success just isn't like that.
The most efficient way to put on socks is one foot at a time. The same is true for business development.
What is the simplest, most manageable way to take a step forward? Analyze, simplify, check priorities, simplify, then act. Stressed or stuck? Did you forget to simplify?
On that theme, I'll be changing the way I run this blog. Posts will be small and frequent - more of a thought for the day or a resource review than a mini-dissertation requiring heavy-duty digestion. I will not post major articles to the blog, though if a blog post inspires a major article I will edit the post to add a link to the article.
This means that those of you who have subscribed to this blog via Bloglet may get multiple announcements of new posts. I promise to keep it simple. No more than one or two revisions per post. ;-)
I also promise to keep it regular and responsive. Any requests will go into the idea mill. Google and I have an ongoing relationship, and I have a thing for researching and networking.
Most of us will map out a big dream and then expect all parts of it to march forward at once. Life just isn't like that. Success just isn't like that.
The most efficient way to put on socks is one foot at a time. The same is true for business development.
What is the simplest, most manageable way to take a step forward? Analyze, simplify, check priorities, simplify, then act. Stressed or stuck? Did you forget to simplify?
On that theme, I'll be changing the way I run this blog. Posts will be small and frequent - more of a thought for the day or a resource review than a mini-dissertation requiring heavy-duty digestion. I will not post major articles to the blog, though if a blog post inspires a major article I will edit the post to add a link to the article.
This means that those of you who have subscribed to this blog via Bloglet may get multiple announcements of new posts. I promise to keep it simple. No more than one or two revisions per post. ;-)
I also promise to keep it regular and responsive. Any requests will go into the idea mill. Google and I have an ongoing relationship, and I have a thing for researching and networking.
posted by E. Able at 9:05 AM
