Published by Curt FowlerNew Year’s Eve. The end of the holiday season and the beginning of our diets!
We all make a little fun of friends and family members that go overboard with their New Year’s resolutions. Why? Mainly because they are setting goals that everyone is pretty sure they will never reach. But, at least they are trying.
Published by Curt FowlerPredicting the changes to come will be required to future proof your career. Also read a great book called "Abundance" by P. Diamandis.
This was posted as being from a talk by the head of Daimler Benz. I could not find the source, but it does follow a lot of the principles outlined by Diamandis in his book.
This may not all come true, but we are certainly in times of unprecedented change.
Published by Curt FowlerThat is the message Seth Godin wants everyone to grasp. I just watched a 30-minute interview of Seth and it was fantastic. If you want to watch the full interview, click here. If you want the quick notes, keep reading…
How are we wasting the Chance of a Lifetime? Two ways:
Externally – It takes $100 to connect with anyone in the world. Why are we not taking advantage of that?
Internally – If not now, when? There has never been a better moment to chase whatever God has placed on your heart to chase. What voices are you listening to that are keeping you from starting?
Published by Curt FowlerBusiness is a Game
Metaphors abound in business speak. A common one is that business is war! That's garbage.
Business done right is an opportunity to solve people's problems and make a profit doing it. The better you are at solving your customer's problem or meeting their need, the more money you make.
Same goes for employees. We all love to complain about the inability to find good people. Finding good people is not difficult. Getting them to work for you might be.
Published by Curt Fowler4 Steps to Attracting Great Employees Like Chick-fil-A
It would be difficult to miss the fact that Chick-fil-A attracts the best employees in the fast food industry. Go into any CFA store and then visit a neighboring fast food competitor. Same neighbor, same wage rates, very different customer service environment. Why is that?
There are a lot of reasons that could be combined into a vague term like culture. But the rest of us need to know how we can get similar results for our business. How can we attract great employees at a reasonable cost like CFA seems to do so easily?
Here are four steps to start attracting talent like CFA does:
Published by Curt FowlerI love hearing Buffett stories. The guy is far from perfect in many areas of life, but when you listen to him you cannot help but know the guy has a lot of wisdom. Just getting to his age certainly helps, but he also surrounds himself with incredibly bright people.
So, when I heard this story about a list that Buffett says keeps most people average I had to listen.
Published by Curt FowlerThe Most Known Billy Graham Rule
If you speak with anyone that thinks they know what the Billy Graham rule is, they are most likely referring to the rule about avoiding even the appearance of sexual immorality. We discussed in a previous post how Vice President Mike Pence follows the rule by never eating alone with a woman other than his wife.
Published by Curt FowlerThe Other 3 Billy Graham Rules
As we discussed in our last post, the "Billy Graham Rule" is most known for its rule on avoiding even the appearance of sexual immorality. But, there are three other very important parts of the Billy Graham Rule, also known as the Modesto Manifesto. Let's look at each of these lesser known rules.
Published by Curt FowlerThe Billy Graham Rule
Call me sheltered, but I have never had to think much about adultery. Growing up, almost all of my friends' parents were still together. It wasn't until much later in life that I began to notice more divorces with infidelity often suspected if not obviously the cause.
We see far too many Christian leaders falling into this trap. How I have no idea! You'd think these guys are so deep in their walk with God that they would never fall into adultery. I have never interviewed any of these fallen leaders but it appears that pride and arrogance are contributing factors.
Published by Curt FowlerI was just reviewing a report on the banking industry by Boston Consulting Group that benchmarked 12 of the top 30 retail banks across North America. These "top" institutions, BCG refers to them as the "premier league" of banks, account for 430 million customers, 51,000 branches and more than $13.5 trillion in assets. These are some huge banks and the top performers in their field.
What left me completely awestruck about this report is the massive variation in performance among these huge, top performers in their industry. You'd think that the top performers would have copied each other enough to perform at similar levels. These banks have the best consultants in their offices daily and access to loads of data on their competitors. Why wouldn't they perform similarly?