Run barefoot or make a phone call?

Posted on by Dr Bill Toth

Which could you do? Here’s a 1 min clip that might stimulate a few brain cells in a new direction.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/08/02/mxp.barefoot.runner.for.cause.hln?hpt=T2

He did it to raise awareness, to raise money to save his program, to save his job, to save the kids in his youth program. His run
ends today, his new life journey begins today. I wonder who will he become as a result of his passionate adventure?

So Today what will you do to raise money for your favorite charity, or to raise awareness of your business?

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First to Market, First Mover Advantage

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    Ballmer: Microsoft Feels Tablet “URGENCY”

By David Goldman, staff writerJuly 31, 2010: 5:19 PM ET

REDMOND, Wash. (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that the software giant is urgently working with its partners to unveil a host of tablet computers running Windows 7, to compete with Apple’s fast-selling iPad.

At a meeting with financial analysts on Thursday, Ballmer outlined the company’s strategy to catch up to Apple and Google in the consumer space. He said his company’s “job one urgency” is bringing Windows-based tablet computers to the market.
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Bill’s Note: Please note the importance of being “First to Market”. Do you think Microsoft will ever be able to “catch up” to the ipad? Will Google ever “catch up” with it’s version of the iphone? Only time will tell….and during that time how many more Billions will Apple earn while it”s two competitors spend billions to “catch up”?

What is your story…are you or is your company first to market in a category?

Wear a Smile and Wear it Out!!

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Predicting Entrepreneurial Success

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Predicting entrepreneurial success: Got what it takes?By Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.comJuly 28, 2010: 9:49 AM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Mint.com) — If you were trying to find successful entrepreneurs — people who can innovate and commercialize radically new ideas — what would you look for?

An unusually high IQ? Wrong. Cooperation and team building over antagonism? Wrong again. Conscientiousness and planning over spontaneity? Not quite.

It turns out none of these correlate strongly with entrepreneurial ability. What does, instead, are qualities like interest in novelty, being able to think on your feet and, believe it or not, age.

What do you believe it woulld take for YOU to be an entrepreneur?

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The Greatest Secret

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The first personal development LP (vinyl record) was entitled “The Strangest Secret” by Earl Nightingale (who you oldies might remember was the voice for the TV show “Sky King”)

“You become what you think about on a consistent basis”

–Earl Nightingale

“Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.”

–Marcia Wieder

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge – both poverty and riches are offspring of thought.”

–Napoleon Hill

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Neither Good Nor Bad

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“Knowledge is neither good, nor bad, nor powerful – except in how it is applied”

–Albert Einstein

“One difference between successful people and all the rest is that successful people take action.”

–Bob Proctor

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