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  1. May
    31

    5 Low Cost Ways to Identify and Find More “Best Customers” – George Kanuck

    It’s a lot of work trying to please all of your customers, isn’t it?  The fact that it is such hard work might tell you that something is inherently wrong with that strategy.  Effective companies focus primarily on pleasing their best customers, not all of them.  They also spend their marketing and sales dollars on prospects that look just like their best.  I was recently reminded of this and the 80/20 rule, or Pareto principle, when reading an excellent business and lifestyle book, The 4- Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris.

  2. May
    19

    Finding and Following Your Passion – Jerry Phillips

    I’ve been blessed.  I have the perfect job for me.  The funny thing is, it happened by accident.  Well, maybe not an accident, but it was not a choice I made initially.  Let me explain.
     My wife and I had just finished building a home and three months later, the President of the company I was working for came to me with an offer I couldn’t refuse.  He wouldn’t let me.  I had worked at the company for a year and turned around an underperforming division by changing pretty much everything.  I had changed the people, the processes, and most of the customers, by changing the basic business model.  We had accomplished our goal of getting to profitability and they really didn’t need me anymore.  My alternatives were to sell my house and move with another company, or try to establish myself in the consulting world.  I chose the latter based on several personal and business factors.