•Before You Think That Next Thought!
Before You Think That Next Thought!
by: Harald Anderson
Every thought we think is creating our future. - Louise L. Hay
Researchers have discovered that the average person thinks anywhere between 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts per day. Since the majority of us spend anywhere from 16-18 hours awake each day, we think a thought on average about every 1.1 seconds. That’s a whole lot of thinking going on. With this much thinking taking place there is nothing more important than to focus that...
•BOTOX - The Temporary Wrinkle Solution
Botox has made a huge splash in the health and beauty market because of its ability to erase and minimize wrinkles. The stunning success of the BOTOX solution has had beauty enthusiasts lining up to receive their wrinkle treatments. Are botox treatments safe? After all BoTOX is a protein toxin produced by clostridium botulinum bacteria. This is the first cousin to the deadly botulism bacteria.
Botox has been safely used by opthamoligists for over a decade without any serious side effects...
•Customer Service Is Not A Department
The only reason your company exists is to solve problems for customers. If you do not do this well the customers go away and your company ceases to exist. I have often marveled at how huge corporations place minimum wage employees in their customer service department and then wonder why their sales have gone down. Customer service in not a department of your company. It is what your company does to keep and earn trust in the marketplace.
Last week, I visited my local supermarket to pick up...
•Data Loss… Can Your Company Survive. (Most Do Not)
Data Loss… Can Your Company Survive. (Most Do Not)
by: Harald Anderson
Data. Most people think it is a term relegated to the kingdom of geeks.
However, in todays world your data is your life. Chances are every piece of data you might ever rely upon to make an important decision has been reduced to a digital format and resides somewhere on your computer's hard drive. Improved functionality and productivity are the benefits. However, on the flipside one wrong click, one nasty virus, one...
•How Secure Are Online Data Backups?
How Secure Are Online Data Backups?
by: Harald Anderson
Processing DATA is what all businesses do. Protecting data is what SMART businesses do. Smart businesses understand that if you lose your data you have lost your business.
If you are considering taking steps to ensure the integrity and safety of your important computer data you may be concerned about the security involved when dealing with such a task. When considering a third party such as an online secure data backup solution there...
•Leadership: Effective Management Is Like Music
I have been an aspiring musician for thirty years. Recently I had an interesting musical experience which has profoundly affected my business.
One experience that I would suggest to all is to lead an orchestra. I got one such opportunity and realized the value. Quite naturally, I had my doubts about my `performance'. I wondered if I could lead correctly and would I get a response at all. And if somebody did respond, what would be the response. If I did appear foolish, how then would I expect...
•Make Your Vacation Photography Projects A Fantastic Conversation Piece
Who doesn’t take pictures while on vacation? We want pictures of family and friends and we want to capture the flavor of the landscape we are in. Some are interested in the architecture; some are interested in the flora and fauna. Whatever you’re interested in you can organize your pictures to really communicate what it was you were seeing at the time.
A good way to organize your pictures is to categorize them. If you take a look at pictures of past vacations you’ll see an album of everything...
•Making Money In Forex
The only way to keep up with the latest about Forex is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about Forex, it won't take long for you to become an influential authority.
Whether you’re a futures broker, mortgage broker, banker or stock picker, FOREX trading is an essential part of a person's portfolio. The FOREX market is risky, volatile and yes, an extremely lucrative market. Data shows that 90% to 95% of FOREX traders lose money in there...
•Reinventing Failure: Designing Success!
Reinventing Failure: Designing Success!
by: Harald Anderson
I am fascinated by problems. I like to think of myself as a solution oriented individual. However when problems creep into my life as they always do I know that I am in for a major learning experience.
I just finished reading a book this week that belongs on the bookshelf of every entrepreneur. It is called “Juice, The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors by Evan I. Schwartz.” This book allows you to take a peek inside...
•Sticktoitivity: Lessons Learned!
Sticktoitivity: Lessons Learned! by Harald AndersonWalt Disney coined a special phrase for persistence and determination, he referred to it as sticktoitivity. I reflected upon this recently, because I stumbled across 20 old business cards from previous business ventures and jobs I had been associated with over the last twenty five years. Those old business cards , certainly brought back a museum full of memories and mixed feelings. I had forgotten about some of those jobs that shaped my...
•The Day My Laptop was Stolen Almost Killed My Business…..
The Day My Laptop was Stolen Almost Killed My Business…..
by: Harald Anderson
One of the worst feelings I have ever had was the day my laptop was stolen. The laptop can be replaced. However the loss of critical DATA was the biggest risk my business has ever faced.
When I recovered from the experience I asked myself the question….”what can I learn from this disaster?” The lesson is simple, loss of data is the largest threat to business survival.
There is nothing that can prepare you...
•The Secret Behind All Great Masterpieces: Lessons Learned!
The Secret Behind All Great Masterpieces: Lessons Learned! by Harald AndersonThe Secret Behind All Masterpieces! : Lessons LearnedThe ten-year period which followed the stock market crash of October 1929 is referred to as the Great Depression. This time frame is considered to be the worst and most difficult of Modern American History by business historians. Unemployment was as high as 27% among White Americans and reached 60% in the African American community. In Mississippi, on a single day...
•Whatever It Takes!
Whatever It Takes! by Harald AndersonWhatever it Takes!I have a sign on my office door. It pretty much summarizes my philosophy of life.The sign simply says…..”Whatever it takes.”Short. Simple. To the Point.“Whatever it takes,” means exactly that. That I will do “whatever it takes” to get what I really want. It is the best description that I have ever been able to come up with to summarize the entrepreneurial experience. Decision. Commitment. Result.Something I pretty much had ingrained into...
•Why are Manhole Covers Round?
Why are Manhole Covers Round? by Harald AndersonNew Page 1Why are Manhole Covers Round? By Harald Anderson Recently I stumbled across a list of Microsoft Interview questions and was amazed by how the questions challenged me to look beyond the ordinary. I share some of the questions for you here in the hopes that you also will recognize the spark of creativity that is required to solve these fascinating puzzles.Questions 101 The experts tell us that we each have somewhere around 60,000...
•Why Great Companies Survey: Martian Logic!
Why Great Companies Survey: Martian Logic!
by: Harald Anderson
If an alien civilization from Mars was planning a friendly takeover of our planet they would seek to make sure they understood our way of life and our way of thought.
The only way they could accomplish their objective would be by asking questions which they could genuinely understand and then plan a strategy accordingly. Although this idea may seem outlandish, in my humble opinion, it is also what separates the great companies...
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