Quotable

Gotcha… wait for the full business picture

by Donald McMichael
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Out­side of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. — attrib­uted to Grou­cho Marx Per­spec­tive makes a dif­fer­ence. As you ven­ture through busi­ness endeav­ors always try to get more than one.

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Come on in

by Donald McMichael
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You can­not dis­cover new oceans unless you have the courage to step away from the shore.”   Nobel Prize-winning author André Gide

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Amaze Yourself… and Others

by Donald McMichael
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If we did all the things we are capa­ble of doing, we would lit­er­ally astound our­selves.” — Thomas Edison

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Structure your business efforts according to…

by Donald McMichael
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Assess the advan­tages in tak­ing advice, then struc­ture your forces accord­ingly, to sup­ple­ment extra­or­di­nary tac­tics. Forces are to be struc­tured strate­gi­cally, based on what is advan­ta­geous.” – Sun Tzu

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Baking in an exit button isn’t a winning play

by Donald McMichael
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This quote comes from a post that Jason Fried founder of 37signals. “If you want to suc­ceed in your busi­ness — you need a Com­mit­ment Strat­egy not an Exit Strategy.”

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by Donald McMichael
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  When you set­tle for medi­oc­rity, the sta­tus quo wins. Don’t. Breathe deep, dream big. Take an improb­a­ble jour­ney. Umar Haque, Direc­tor of the Havas Media Lab

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Cape does not enable user to fly

by Donald McMichael
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  This quote comes from a post that Bob DeSena penned for the Medi­a­Post blog TVBoard. No ele­ment of media is unaf­fected by enabling tech­nol­ogy, cer­tainly not TV,  and because tech is sexy and smart and not the core com­pe­tence of most prac­ti­tion­ers, it seems to be emerg­ing some­times on its own.  It might need […]

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