Monday, March 21, 2011

Win in Business...just "Do It"

Art Williams spoke at the 1987 National Religious Broadcast Convention and you can watch the video clip here.  I took notes on some of the highlights that I want to remember and think about:

How to Win in Business
You first have to find a need.  You have to be able to fulfill the consumer need.  You have to know you market, someone to sell your product or service to.  You have to have a uniqueness.  You can do 99% of the things right but if you don’t do that 1%, you will fail.  No test measures the heart of a man or woman…they are not outside artificial things.  The key is what is what is inside a person.  It is your integrity, your people abilities, your character… develop a winning edge.

1. get excited, be positive, enthusiastic and tough

2. you got to be a dreamer, again

3. don’t say I can’t

4. stand for something

5. yes, you will be controversial, if you don’t want to be controversial then you will just be 
average and ordinary

6. make a total commitment to what you are about…you will have lots of false starts, pick yourself back up, you got to go for it one more time which will determine your success or failure, you can’t just stick your toe in it

7. treat people good, get to know them, love them, care about them

8. establish the right kind of priorities, you can not separate your personal and business life, have tunnel vision:  God must come First, Family Second, Business Third…long range it will be devastating to your business if this is not the order of your priorities

9.  you can’t quit, have a desire and will to win, pay the price a little bit more

10.  be a leader, do whatever it takes, just do it, do it, do it

living simply project

Week 3 Project:Simplify




This week’s hot spot: toys and/or kids’ clothes.
It only makes sense that Project: Simplify isn’t a solo deal. Everyone lives in your home, and helping your kids declutter and organize their toys is more than just cleaning — it’s helping them hold on to things loosely, prize the things they do keep, and learn the value of giving to others.
Let’s get started.


...Come roll up your sleeves and clear the clutter from the different “hot spots” in your homes.   March 7th - April 8th.  For five weeks, we’ll work together and tackle different areas of our homes. Be encouraged and inspired, knowing that there are other families around the world rolling up their sleeves and working alongside you!

Quotes

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.  ― Theodore Roosevelt