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Gather your tribe!

Gather your tribe“If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!”

Who do you admire?  These people could be living or not.  Gathering the list of who you admire is a very fun exercise.  The next step is to identify why you admire them – or what about them you find most intriguing.

When you have your list of the qualities and actions you admire, look for duplications and trends.  Group like qualities together – they no longer have to be associated… Continue reading

Stealing Ideas

Stealing Ideas“It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.” —Mark Twain

The writer Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.

Look around your industry and see who is doing well.  Create top 10 lists of those that excel in a particular area such as customer service, new business, product innovation, services per customer, etc.  Examine your top 10 on the list and document what they are doing well and how they are doing it.  Send out staff members to… Continue reading