Author Archive for Calvin Wilson
Lessons for a Life Without Limits Pt 3
We’ve been in housecleaning mode: internal housecleaning, so Upstart: Business and Management for 20-40 Year Old Professionals can start fresh – unencumbered from last year’s pit falls and totally open to the promise of going forward.
Lessons for a Life Without Limits Pt 2
We continue with T.D. Jakes – from his best-selling book, 64 Lessons For A Life Without Limits. Part 2. Jakes the chief pastor of The Potter’s House, a non-denominational American megachurch, with 30,000 members, located in Dallas, Texas.
Presentation Lessons for Entrepreneurs Pt. 3
Design is a trick area in presentations, because it’s a thin line between sparse and overkill. Schultink has offered some tips on how to find the right balance.
How To Start Your Start
Are you up for this – the rejection and the failures; are you willing to do this for your dream?
The Effective Executive Part 4
There is one final question the effective decision-maker asks; “Is a decision really necessary?” Doing nothing is always one alternative. One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done.
Presentation Lessons for Entrepreneurs Pt. 2
We learn that content is king. Many presenters get consumed in aesthetics, as opposed to value creation. Think, Steve Jobs; simplicity – taking out the unnecessary is where the magic is.
The Effective Executive Part 3
Effective executives lead from strength in their own work. If there is any one “secret” of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.
Presentation Lessons for Entrepreneurs Pt. 1
The views are both prosaic and esoteric, yet effective. They help you determine what’s necessary to deliver a great message and influence whatever stakeholders you are trying to convince.
The Effective Executive Part 2
An executive’s focus on contribution by itself is a powerful force in developing people. People adjust to the level of the demands made on them. This executive raises the sights and standards of everyone working for him.
Lessons for a Life Without Limits Pt 1
Some introspection and to forecast the possibilities of a new beginnings or end’s to unwanted ends, but it is time to change – to get better – to go forward with the full complement of our talents and abilities.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Pt 2
How can we make people care about our ideas? We show how our ideas are associated with things that people already care about. We appeal to their self-interest, but we also appeal to their identities.
The Effective Executive Part 1
Effective executives focus on outward contributions. They gear their efforts to results rather than to work. They start by asking, “What results are expected of me?” rather than the work to be done, let alone its technique and tools.
Fail Up Pt. 3
Failure is temporary and can even be turned into an asset. We will experience failure, and the eventual identification of the causes and the pathway to reconciliation is the difference between incredible success and abject failure.
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur Pt. 3
Yes, you can get your financing, but your can also get “hosed” by someone looking for short-term gains – so see what Berkery says, yet still, do your own due-diligence.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Pt 1
The most basic way to get someone’s attention, break a pattern. Consistent sensory stimulation makes us tune out. Humans adapt incredibly quickly to consistent patterns.
I Can Fix Tiger Woods Golf Game: But You’re Not Going To Like It
Tiger’s real problem is not golf: it’s that he’s in the middle — between the Old Tiger and the New Tiger.
Upstart CEO: Win The Future Or Settle For Second
America now seems like a tiger that is no longer a tiger, and everyone knows it – except for the tiger.
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur Pt. 2
Part two of the series shows budding or established business owners, how to take the next steps toward raising the types of financing to build a profitable – long-term enterprise.
