2020 October 10 I believe we can all agree that 2020 has been a year of learning and change to put my positive viewpoint on it. I’ve been fortunate to have long-ago ended my lease on office space. The many benefits, including gaining back two hours of my day by…
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2020 June 16 Many of us love to travel and we’ve embraced the motto Getting there is half the fun! This seemed to be true for most forms of travel, particularly airline travel. That is until 4 key events happened. 1978 Airline Deregulation Act End of long-term airline profitability September…
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2020 May 29 What we do know, however, is that occasional outbreaks of those two super-contagious diseases, fear and greed, will forever occur in the investment community. The timing of these epidemics will be unpredictable. And the market aberrations produced by them will be equally unpredictable, both as to duration…
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2020 April 17 “…and so we decided to develop our new product based on who we didn’t want as a client.” I’ve used this unconventional long-term strategy to launch successful businesses, help not-for-profit organizations (NGO) to grow, and to teach strategic planning during interactive training retreats. Competitive Intelligence According to…
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2020 May 7 Big opportunities come infrequently. When it is raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble. –Warren Buffett, 2009 letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway This idea from Warren Buffett during the Great Recession is worth serious consideration for artists. Major economic downturns do not happen often,…
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2020 March 3 Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of France, was a self-taught master of client service. Without her diplomatic work there wouldn’t have been an Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte or French Empire. In the 2020 April issue of Elusive Story, I tell the nearly unbelievable story of Joséphine’s rise to Empress. But…
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