…is about less not more.
…is about narrowed focus.
…smaller than you think.
How small are you willing to go?
The smaller your world is – the bigger your life will be.
Big music starts in small moments.
The biz/customer relationship is a constant dating cycle with sporadic and one-and-done ‘I do’s’.
The is a hard truth, though, for the business owner that feels his product or service is superior to his customer’s needs. Reality check – they will go elsewhere if the dating goes bad.
If you’re looking to start something, go into a market where the incumbent is convinced he’s married to his clientele. Remember, business is like dating and rarely a marriage. Find an incumbent who has become lazy in his dating.
I’m convinced the one who cares – really cares – and shows it by word and deed is the one most likely to get the girl, the vote, or the business. Empathy begets loyalty.
It’s crazy what happens when someone is told they’re pretty, smart, and worth it from a stranger. And even crazier when the stranger shows up tomorrow, again, with flowers and something nice to say.
Business is a romantic way to say ‘this is not about me.’
I’m realizing how little I know.
More and more this is what gets me excited and out of bed.
When you can call every day Day 1, all of the world begins to reveal what it wants you to know.
Stay at innocent and never leave.
Imagine having had the chance of being behind the scene’s with the likes of Tiger Woods, Picasso, or Edison. Imagine being in Tiger’s gym. Think of Pablo’s studio. Picture Thomas’ lab.
There’s no doubt we would be convicted and probably shocked with the surplus of do-overs, thrown away drafts, ruined canvases, and sheer commitment.
If we were there we would see discipline. Nothing more – nothing less.
Discipline is the code to the artist’s padlock of imagination.
There’s art in all of us and it’s discipline that digs it out.
We often underestimate what we have to do to get what we want to have done.
If we can multiply our number of experimentations, we can multiply our chances of being on to something new, something to move us, and something that is ahead of us.
Galileo Galilei once said, “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.”
Question: Can we measure without concocting something or conducting an experiment first? I think not. Case in point: You cannot say today was a good day without first having lived the day.
The mixologist must mix before he can measure whether or not he’s on to something. He’s a chemist. He experiments. Then he tastes, measures, and pours his experiment down the drain or puts it on the menu.
It’s Monday. Mix day.
Ashton.Gustafson 