You have two options when it comes to getting payed. You either get payed for your time or for your results. Most people are getting payed for their time. They just rent their selves from 9 to 5 based on the skills they posses. If they are doing a good job and they are efficient …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Never had the courage
to face my fears. to follow my passion. to start that new project. to finish what I started. to quit something that wasn’t working. to say “no” when I should have. to say “yes” to more challenges. These are probably things you are going to regret when you are older and you realize all the …
Offer no recipes
I don’t believe in recipes. They don’t work and they create the false impression that by copying what someone else did will have the same result. The truth is that it never does and people end up disappointed. When someone tries to apply a recipe and they don’t succeed they will get depressed because there’s …
Tales of people
People love stories. But more than that, people love stories about other people. It’s the power of example, the idea that someone had that experience, that someone was present when it happened, that someone was able to accomplish such a thing that creates a powerful emotional impact. It makes it plausible and personal. This is …
Keep it simple
I guess you have heard this at least once until now, but I can’t stress it enough. People still believe that if you make things more complicated, with more features or options, they’re going to be more attractive. Actually the opposite is true. People want the simplest way that will solve their needs. The trick …
Afraid to be great
People are mostly afraid to fail, to be wrong, to make mistakes, but there are also people that are afraid to be great, to succeed, to make something memorable, to create, to innovate. People who fear being great are doing it because once you have done something really good, something memorable, the next time you …
Hard work produces wealth
Not all the time. It’s not only about hard work, it’s also about working smart, about creating value for others, and being indispensable and memorable. Many people still think that hard work is all that’s needed. Others will compensate by doing the same thing with less effort, with better technology, with creativity, and with innovation. …
More is more
More involvement. More knowledge and skills. More risks. More facing your fear. More emotional connection. Even if some might think that more is less, it turns out that the more you offer the better your costumers, clients, and partners will appreciate you and your work. People appreciate generosity, involvement and caring. Instead of searching for …
Effort and results
The Pareto principle, or the 80-20 rule, is quite simple. 20 percent of your effort is going to bring 80 percent of the results. If you judge your activity by this rule it means that almost everything you do is not going to bring enough results for you to spend time and effort on. Some …
Being everywhere
There are a lot of things going on each second. A lot of gigs, events, conferences, shows, meetings with a lot of interesting people to connect, ideas to share and embrace, and lots of projects to be part of. No matter how interesting and tempting all of them might be you will have to filter them, …