Posts in Success

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are prepared to see.” Unfortunately, this is the problem for far too many of us and most of the time we don’t even know it. We can easily become blinded by a lack of vision,... [+]

Several years ago I worked in direct sales job and our lives revolved around our commissions. We were determined to make every sales lead count, so we worked diligently to close every deal. Sometimes we were lucky and things were easy. We’d show the product,... [+]

All our lives we’ve been told that in order to succeed in business we need to be the first to market. We need to innovate faster than anyone else, so that we can deliver our product or service to a potential customer before our competition... [+]

You’ve probably had some pretty good ideas over the years. Maybe you’ve thought of an interesting business concept. Maybe you’ve invented a new gizmo of some sort. Maybe even you’ve figured out a way to address the energy crisis. You might have had a great... [+]

According to legend, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés issued a rather interesting order to his men as they began their conquest of the Aztec empire in 1519. The order was simple: Burn the boats. He wanted his men to realize that they had no opportunity to... [+]

Dante Alighieri once said, “From a little spark may burst a flame.” If anyone should know about the power of ideas and how to transform an idea into something timeless, it should be this Italian poet and author of The Divine Comedy. Dante was called... [+]