Here’s number 4 in the “Friday Kin” series of blog posts (the last one was back in October.)
Today’s theme is “Rebirth” – very appropriate for the Vernal Equinox that signifies Spring’s arrival in the N.Hemisphere (and the Tokyo cherry blossoms that are now blooming.)
MEMO TO MYSELF: “Are you doing things which make money?” By definition, successful business owners get this. (I’m defining ‘successful’ to mean those who have a business from which they make an honest living.) Anything less is ‘failure’. Don’t take this personally – you can be ‘failing forward’ in the sense of taking action on [...]
With Christmas now receding into the distance, the rush is on in Japan to (literally) clean things up before 2008 ends and 2009 (the year of the Ox) begins. I too have been busy – starting with a review of my own vision-roles-goals and then drilling down into what worked and what didn’t in 2008. [...]
But you’re reading it anyway, aren’t you?! Now what if word came down on high from layer 8 land (“the senior management”) that you were to stop reading this post immediately and get on with your allocated work. Ah Ha! Now there’s a risk – reward decision to make and most likely your choice will [...]
I found Bruce Judson’s book, “Go It Alone!” very useful when planning my own career change. The entire book is online for ‘free‘ at Bruce’s site and worth spending the time to go through relevant chapters and take a few notes. Two chapters stick out in my mind: 8 – Managing Extreme Outsourcing. 11- When [...]
