Comments on: Why Preaching the “Art of …” is Easier than Doing It http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-337 Anonymous Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:33:35 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-337 I continued thinking about this, yesterday, and realized what I probably should have said the first time. I believe my father's "secret" to success isn't his creative product development or marketing, but his careful development and maintenance of the organization. It <i>all</i> counts, but his organization impresses me the most. I continued thinking about this, yesterday, and realized what I probably should have said the first time.

I believe my father’s “secret” to success isn’t his creative product development or marketing, but his careful development and maintenance of the organization. It all counts, but his organization impresses me the most.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-336 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:01:44 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-336 ... by "boring" I mean "mundane." <i>Embrace the Mundane</i> wasn't as catchy. ;-) … by “boring” I mean “mundane.” Embrace the Mundane wasn’t as catchy. ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-335 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:47:33 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-335 For many, like me, the creative part is fun and easy — it's the day-to-day boring stuff that's hard. I coined a mantra for myself after working at my dad's successful printing business: <i>embrace the boring</i>. For many, like me, the creative part is fun and easy — it’s the day-to-day boring stuff that’s hard. I coined a mantra for myself after working at my dad’s successful printing business: embrace the boring.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-334 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:02:46 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-334 Craig, I agree, I just picked another aspect to discuss... "<a href="http://www.xtension.us/" rel="nofollow">Just wait till you see this</a>" - how long? :-) Craig, I agree, I just picked another aspect to discuss…

“Just wait till you see this” – how long? :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-333 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:50:30 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-333 Zoli, Richard Bach once wrote: "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough - they're yours." Can a small business implement such tricks? SURE! The real point of Guy's blog, however, is to serve the customer before serving up lunch for your competition (maybe that's why its #8). The best way to unnerve anyone, though, is to simply ignore them. Perhaps the most effective treatment is to act as if our competition isn't worthy of our attention at all! We should still "know thine enemy", but imho our energies are far better spent knowing the wonderful people who pay our bills. Keeping this as our 'business reality' actually IS fascinating, as we watch what our customers do for us - just because they know we care. Craig Zoli,

Richard Bach once wrote: “Argue for your limitations, and sure enough – they’re yours.” Can a small business implement such tricks? SURE! The real point of Guy’s blog, however, is to serve the customer before serving up lunch for your competition (maybe that’s why its #8). The best way to unnerve anyone, though, is to simply ignore them. Perhaps the most effective treatment is to act as if our competition isn’t worthy of our attention at all! We should still “know thine enemy”, but imho our energies are far better spent knowing the wonderful people who pay our bills. Keeping this as our ‘business reality’ actually IS fascinating, as we watch what our customers do for us – just because they know we care.

Craig

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-332 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:46:11 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-332 You're right, I started to list the exotic examples (hm.. Apple and the CIO is not), and realized I shouldn't replicate your entire post, so I stopped. But this way the selection exluded some of the more realistic scenarios, so I just fixed the post. I did not mean to selectively quote, all I wanted to point out that "preachers" like you (and I mean it in a positive sense) have the intellectual freedom of roaming around the world / history / literature to find fascinating examples, but sometimes you feel those disconnected from reality... other than for the abstract message of "be creative, think out-of-the-box". You’re right, I started to list the exotic examples (hm.. Apple and the CIO is not), and realized I shouldn’t replicate your entire post, so I stopped. But this way the selection exluded some of the more realistic scenarios, so I just fixed the post.

I did not mean to selectively quote, all I wanted to point out that “preachers” like you (and I mean it in a positive sense) have the intellectual freedom of roaming around the world / history / literature to find fascinating examples, but sometimes you feel those disconnected from reality… other than for the abstract message of “be creative, think out-of-the-box”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-331 Anonymous Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:20:08 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2006/03/30/why-preaching-the-art-of-is-easier-than-doing-it/#comment-331 Zoli, You didn't mention examples where the entrepreneur can take action. For example, offering 2 for 1 with th yellow pages ad of the competition or putting up a sign saying "Main Entrance." What about those cases? Guy Zoli,

You didn’t mention examples where the entrepreneur can take action. For example, offering 2 for 1 with th yellow pages ad of the competition or putting up a sign saying “Main Entrance.”

What about those cases?

Guy

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