Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Summarising the video "The call of an entrepreneur" I would say an entrepreneur is:
The creative force of world economics, the one who habitually creates and innovates.
The one who believes the majority of successful businesses are yet to be founded.
The creator of "something of value" that others have deemed impossible.
The risk ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
In an interview Zolani Mahola of Freshlyground, the Afro-fusion band, commented that they are "fully in this space – no shortcuts!"
For happiness one needs to be fully involved with the here and the now. One needs the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything [Csikszentmihalyi].
From observation it seems ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Relating to my previous posts on mad about your brand I have this picture of Geoff the Aussie. I don't know many people so enthusiastic about their brand that they will put it on their car and tattoo it on their arms.
Yet, Geoff’s observation is "to love your brand BUT ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Today is the launch of StrategyTuesday.
Entrepreneurs generally seem to achieve worthwhile accomplishments in life. They are not superhuman but from my observations they have some fruitful life views, attitudes and skills in common. I plan to post a few strategies every Tuesday that might help to establish more effective ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Creativity is looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something differently.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
24/7 convenience stores are traditionally vulnerable to robberies, especially in the early morning hours. The owners of such a convenience store at a petrol station thought of a creative way to handle their vulnerability. ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Following my previous two posts on optimism I want to talk about entrepreneurs’ ability to "ring fence" problems and adversities.
When you are farming with cattle and you have a very temperamental stud bull, you will fence the animal off so that he would not injure the rest of your herd. ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Seth Godin uses the term otaku to describe people that are enthusiastic about life. People who seek out new products, the ones who spread the word about new innovations, tell friends and colleagues about new findings. In short, the people you desperately want to spread the word about ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Cappuccino at 6:30 in CBD Johannesburg on a mid summer morning is one of our highlights these days. There is a new vibe in Johannesburg that can be sensed in the early morning buzz. While enjoying our cappuccino last week I noticed the owner of another coffee ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I consider myself to have an internal locus of control. Yet, at the end of last year I decided to pay a fitness professional (Geoff the Aussie) to take control of my fitness goals and daily fitness program. I even allowed him to reprimand me should I not stick to ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Internal locus of control is to believe that through your actions you can maximise the good and minimise the bad outcomes in your life. It is a belief that you have the power to act and to make a difference.
External locus of control is the tendency to ascribe the ...
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