By vanko on August 16, 2011
Any home business owner, entrepreneur or sales professional can multiply their income by at least 10x almost overnight and own more autonomy, independence and security than ever before by understanding the following “Big 5″ breakthroughs in business.
“Big 5″ Breakthrough # 1:
Who Is Your Business For?
Do you know? Believe it or not, most don’t.
Being real [...]
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By vanko on November 5, 2010
Athletes know they must repeat their conditioning and training to achieve top performance. Musicians know that without practice their sound won’t appeal to very many people.
Business people often do just the opposite: Running off in all directions to deal with short-term problems of little long-term consequence.
But discipline yourself to create and improve upon breakthrough solutions [...]
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By vanko on June 3, 2010
Making breakthroughs requires you to stop doing things that waste time and resources. Tradition often binds us into keeping harmful habits. Check to see if you or your organization are following any of these practices.
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
A newly wed couple are making their first roast beef dinner. The wife quickly [...]
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By vanko on June 3, 2010
Two people are out on a windy day. One person stops to pick up a quarter. While he is stopped over, his companion chases a crumpled hundred dollar bill and captures it.
Many times the same effort can provide vastly different rewards as in this example.
Let me remind you of what the [...]
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By vanko on April 5, 2010
It’s easy to assume that what you see is what you get. But what you see may be just the tip of the iceberg (less than five percent of the ice present). It takes an energetic person to dive into that frozen water to verify the unseen potential. Do you have enough [...]
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By vanko on April 4, 2010
A businessman pondered how to grow his profits. He traveled the world looking for new products and lower cost suppliers. He ran every kind of sales promotion he could. But profits just got lower and lower every year. In fact, the harder he tried to improve the worse matters got.
A friend [...]
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By vanko on February 16, 2010
Want to zoom ahead faster than anyone? Breakthrough management practices can provide the answer. Develop that skill and repeatedly apply it to the same performance area, and you’ll be flying ahead with improvements at breakneck speed.
Here’s an example. An insurance company wanted to speed its time to process claims and cut its [...]
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By vanko on February 11, 2010
At the end of the AFC Championship Game in NFL playoffs in early 2007, the New England Patriots fell just short of beating the Indianapolis Colts at home. In thinking about what happened, the Patriots realized that they needed better players and improved teamwork.
During the off season, the Patriots added many of [...]
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By vanko on February 8, 2010
What do you get when you combine individual perfection with organizational flawlessness? It’s a partnership made in heaven for making the greatest breakthroughs in performance improvements.
Individuals are good at maximizing their perspectives. Put enough individuals together whose views complement one another, and you’ve created an unbeatable way to scan for perfect performance. You [...]
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