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The Cure For A Lack Of Self-Motivation Is A Business Partner

March 17, 2011 Leave a comment

Without self-motivation, you’re doomed as an entrepreneur, since there’s no one to egg you on or watch over your shoulder.

If you’re not, the way to mitigate this risk is pretty simple: Get a business partner.

Challenge Employees And They’ll Rise To The Occasion

March 17, 2011 Leave a comment

People love to be challenged. If the challenge is reasonable, or even slightly unreasonable, they love it and they rise to the occasion.

People love to be challenged and they love to show off their skills and talents.

Marketing Is For Companies With Sucky Products

March 15, 2011 Leave a comment

If you build something that is amazing people will adopt it because it is amazing.

And you won’t have to do much marketing, at least at the start.

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Don’t Skimp, You Should Always Over-Deliver

March 15, 2011 Leave a comment

If you always over-deliver, it is going to draw attention and you will likely be successful.

Categories: Success

Attitude Trumps Skill

March 15, 2011 Leave a comment

The word we like to use is ‘attitude.’ We say this almost in an exaggerated fashion, but just to make the point, we almost want to take attitude before skill — the right attitude, the right desire to get it done and never give in.

Smart people in the neighborhood of the skill set we need will do better every time than the expert that may have done it four times before but is showing up with sort of a laissez-faire attitude.

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