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Ten Steps to Great Beginning!

Starting something new and succeeding with it requires a predictable approach for the first timers, checklist for repeaters and guideline for masters… One such compilation shared by another wise friend:

Ten STEPS TO GREAT BEGINNING

STEP 1: Intelligently pick your opportunities. There are only so many hours in the day, so start by making a list of everything that you hate, and make sure that what you choose to invest your time in allows you to avoid as many of those as possible.

STEP 2: Learn to say No. What you say no to is even more important than what you say yes to. Again, you’re better off selecting one or two opportunities and really digging in and getting good at them rather than trying to tackle everything at once.

STEP 3: Fish where the fish are. Make sure there is an audience for what you are doing before you invest time or money.

STEP 4: Fish where the fish are starving. Look for things where people are passionate and driven by their emotions of greed, pride, fear, guilt and love. Link your business to people’s passions and you’ll have them lining up to get to you.

STEP 5: Do something to get new business every day. A good habit is to do at least one thing every day to fill the pipeline of new business. There is a link between this behavior and experiencing positive results continuously.

STEP 6: Be a true student of your business. Study everything you can get your hands on, both in terms of books, articles and other people that are successful in your field.

STEP 7: Study marketing. You must become a master student of marketing to be able to attract more clients than you could possibly work with. This allows you to command premium prices, have a halo effect around your business, and being able to personally pick and choose who you want to work with.

STEP 8: Set rules regarding access to you that both your staff and clients have to follow. Avoid the trap of being a slave to your e-mail and cell phone. Make yourself more valuable by being somewhat inaccessible. This will allow you time to plan and think.

STEP 9: Work really, really hard …especially in the beginning when you’re getting started.

STEP 10: Build “down time” in to your schedule. Be sure to build in time in your weekly schedule to exercise, goof off with your family, engage in a hobby or whatever else revitalizes and recharges you. Work until you’re exhausted; then play until you’re bored.

~ Have a great beginning for a great journey!

 

Economic Impact – major criterion for accepting to change or embrace new technology!

Why should anyone change or adopt a new technology or an unsolicited solution?

When there is a defined problem, looking around for a possible solution is a little easier task. But when someone has thought a solution before you realize a problem and need to solve the same, it is difficult to first accept the issue and then agree to the solution.

One major approach is to describe the economic impact – in a simple way :  easy to understand, relate and interpret. Visualization helps articulating this in a non-intrusive manner.

It is hard to believe how powerful is the technology landscape changing and impacting our lives, without we being aware….

Here is an example for – power of visualization of economic impact + how geo services are really creating a sustainable impact:

Visual Thinking : Essential Tool for Strategy & Execution!

It is very useful to communicate visually so that the audience appreciate, accept and act accordingly. But the difficulty many of us face is in thinking visually!

In every strategy related discussions, it becomes important to paint the picture of tomorrow in a compelling fashion and then find a way to complete it with specific actions.

To help achieve the objective of putting together a cohesive, executable strategy, all stakeholders should be engaged thoroughly in the act of drawing the picture, first.

Design thinking and visual thinking tools & methods help a lot in achieving this purpose. One of the very useful formats is to just use plain paper or a white board and draw a story.

Business on the back of a Napkin provides an insight into the art and science of visual thinking.

Explore, Experiment and Engage your audience (including yourself) in visual thinking for best utilization of everyone’s expertise in a structured, counter-intuitive manner!

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