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Be Different and Make a Difference! How To Survive and Win in the Era of Over-Communication and Killer Competition |
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By Vadim Kotelnikov, Founder, Ten3 BUSINESS e-COACH – Innovation Unlimited, 1000ventures.com
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"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream." – Malcolm Muggeridge "What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you." – Seneca "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Steve Jobs' 12 Rules of Success
Brief History: "Some men look at things the way they are and ask why? I dream of things that are not and ask why not?" – Robert Kennedy...Innovation Management Team: "Mangers succeed by following the rules. Innovators succeed by breaking the rules."... MoreThe Need To Be Different Ask yourself, "What is possible?" and not, "what is somebody else doing?"
No one gets ahead by copying the status quo or imitating
competitors.
The Secret of Winning in Life The secret of winning in life lies in seeing life differently – in its different shades and outcomes. "Life becomes a path that leads to achievements. Winners do not value life as much as what they can do with it. For them life is not a tedious journey from the womb to the tomb. It is a journey about crossing milestones and looking forward to new ones."10
Case in Point
Fosbury Flop In the 1968 Summer Olympics a young man named Dick Fosbury revolutionized high-jumping technique. Using an approach that became known as the Fosbury Flop, he won the gold medal, by going over the bar back-first instead of head-first. He didn't rely on the commonly used technique,' as did all of his fellow competitors. By challenging assumptions, he raised the performance bar for everyone. Creativity – Your Key To the Future Creativity is your key to the future. All progress comes about as the result of finding better, faster, cheaper, easier or different ways to do things and this requires the continual honing of your creative thinking skills6... More Lateral Thinking Lateral thinking is concerned with generation of new ideas. It is also concerned with "breaking out of the concept prisons of old ideas."2... More Coach Yourself Consider these points:
Kaizen Mindset
New Business Environment and New Survival Strategies
In today's tidal wave of
global economic,
10 Roles of an Inspirational Leader
Top 7 Principles For Transforming Your Business From Mediocre To Great Dare To Be Different. Contrarians are the change agents in the business world. These wealth-building businesses are not simply "executing better" – they're radically changing the rules of the success game in their field or industry. Where in your business can you break the rules? How can you set yourself apart from the crowd in your industry?... MoreStrategies for Leading Breakthroughs So what separates extraordinary leaders from proponents of the status quo? They break the rules. Except, not in an arbitrary or capricious way. When you look at examples of extraordinary leadership, like the Founding Fathers of the United States or Jack Welch of GE, certain practices or principles become apparent. To start, there is a declaration of what the future will be. There is also a purpose, something to stand for. And finally, there is a clearly articulated commitment... More
The Art of Innovation: 9 Truths By: Guy Kawasaki
Case in Point Steve Jobs Steve Jobs is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our generation. His success story is legendary. Put up for adoption at an early age, dropped out of college after 6 months, slept on friends’ floors, returned coke bottles for 5 cent deposits to buy food, then went on to start Apple Computers and Pixar Animation Studios. On June 12th 2005, Steve Jobs gave the commencement address at Stanford University. Below are a few clips from his powerful speech. "When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."... More Case in Point Wall-Mart
In his
10 Rules for Building a Business Success, Sam Walton, the Founder of
Wall-Mart writes: Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you're headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long... More Case in Point Coco Chanel “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different,” said Coco Chanel, a pioneering French couturier and the Founder of Chanel Inc. “People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success: I didn’t look like anyone.” Case in Point Ten3 Design for Ten3 Licensed Trainers We at Ten3 Business e-Coach and Ten3 Design help our Licensed Trainers to be different. Ten3 Design uses inspirational ideas from Ten3 Business e-Coach to create a choice of Wisdom, Happiness, and Leadership products. Our Licensed Trainers can buy these branded inspirational products in our online shop for their clients as memorable handouts. The products are cheap, the impact is deep. See sample products below:
By the way, "The products are cheap. The impact is deep" and "Wisdom and Fun come together!" are the two differentiating slogans of Ten3 Design.
Two Barriers You Must Overcome... Avoid the Logical Trap... Take a Different View... Think Differently... Thinking Outside-the-Box... Lateral Thinking... Six Inventive Thinking Techniques... Ask Effective Questions... Find the Difference that Makes the Difference... Tips for Adopting a Different Point of View... Creative Problem Solving (CPS)... The Easy Way to Put Your Business Plan into Action... Case in Point Wall-Mart Case in Point Lessons from Jack Welch Case in Point Dell Computer Corporation...
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