We found a great article in Entrepreneur that talks about the things you need to unlearn in school, because they could hurt you in business. We’ll share those with you plus get some insights.
Our discussion today is inspired by an article written by Samuel Leeds in Entrepreneur. He says there are lies they tell you in school that won’t serve you in business, and they are: Don’t copy, learn everything before implementing, and don’t make mistakes.
We’re going to look at each one and share Leeds insights, as well as perspective from The Professor.
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The official start of the holiday shopping season.
Get out of bed in the middle of the night.
Get out to the stores well before sunrise.
Wait for the doors of the store to open.
Rush in with the mass of people gathered.
Fight for the bargains.
Shop ’til you drop.
Come home exhausted.
It’s the Olympics of shopping. And the competition is stiff.
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People invest time and money. Like an entrepreneurial endeavor, the returns are both financial and psychological. You may save money. And you experience a shopper’s high from finding a great deal.
But BIGG goal-getters rise above the crowd. So instead of talking about retailers getting into the black, let’s talk about how you can get into the black, to make more money.
We’ll discuss three ways to spend Black Friday to make next year a BIGG success.
And the best part is…you won’t have to lose sleep or fight the hoards to do any of them.
Spend the day learning
Let the herd spend the day spending their money. Spend your day learning how to make more money.
People in the know tend to have.
People who know not tend not to have.
So go to the library. Do some research online. Read a book.
Browse for ways to improve a specific skill. Check out a new opportunity.
The possibilities are as long as the lines at the checkout. The lines you won’t have to stand in.
Spend the day planning
Instead of chasing deals in the stores, spend your day calculating how to reach BIGG success.
What are your goals for next year? What needs to happen before year end to set yourself up for BIGG success next year?
Start this holiday season figuring out how to make spirits bright next holiday season.
Then sample the eggnog!
Spend the day organizing
Let the crowd place orders. Spend your day creating order.
Get a jump on your year-end organizing. Get your files set up for next year. Get this year’s files ready to put away.
Don’t worry about sorting out the deals from the duds, like the masses. Sort out what you need to keep and what you don’t now. Clear out the clutter instead of creating clutter.
Warning: You may miss a good deal or two.
But you will save yourself time and money. And set yourself up to make more money.
And here’s the bonus: Black Friday only offers one time deals. Spend your day learning or planning or organizing. It will help you get in the black and stay there. Now that’s BIGG success!
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What is the key to being a BIGG success in your life, your career, and your business today?
At SOBCon, we heard a presentation by Tim Sanders, author of Love is the Killer App and its wonderful prequel, Today We Are Rich. During his presentation, he revealed the first key to a much brighter future:
Key #1
He said, “The future belongs to the learning, not the learned.”
A diploma isn’t the end of your education. It’s the beginning.
Neither is certification in your industry. That’s why many professionals are required to earn continuing education credits.
Don’t rest on your laurels; keep learning.
Learn from your successes. Learn from your mistakes. Learn from others.
Learn from books. Learn from podcasts. Learn from television shows.
Learn anywhere and everywhere you can.
But learning isn’t enough. It just sets you up for BIGG success.
Key #2
So we’ll turn to another great quote for the second key. It comes from the wonderful book, Success through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone, two of the patriarchs of success literature. They said:
“Too often what we read and profess becomes a part of our libraries and vocabularies, instead of becoming a part of our lives.”
We live and learn, but do we apply it?
The value of knowledge isn’t in the knowledge itself. It’s what you gain from using that knowledge that matters.
So make time for learning. But think before you learn. Ask yourself an incredibly important question:
Are you going to apply it? If not, don’t waste your time.
Some people can’t get a job because they don’t have enough education. Other people have the education but they can’t get a job because they lack experience.
You don’t need an education or experience to be an entrepreneur. They both help but no amount of education or experience, outside of actually entrepreneuring, can prepare you for entrepreneurship.
For entrepreneurs, the best education comes from experiencing inexperience.
Sounds strange, doesn’t it? Here’s what we mean:
You learn when you push past what you know into the unknown. Granted, you may fall flat on your face, but entrepreneurs who reach BIGG success keep pushing.
The ongoing cycle that leads to innovation
It’s an ongoing cycle – you must constantly push yourself to the point of inexperience. You have to dig deep within yourself to find the answers to the questions you are asking for the first time. Innovation comes when you’re able to connect the dots that only you can see.
You may discover a need for a new product or service. You may find a way to upgrade an existing product or service. You may offer a product or service through a new distribution channel.
We launched in November. We had spent months at the point of inexperience.
We still find ourselves at that point every day. We have a lot of experience behind us but we’re still learning as we push past what we already know.
Side note: Currently, we are only offering this program to Chambers in the United States. If you’re part of a Chamber that doesn’t offer it, or you know someone who works at a Chamber, we’d be so grateful if you’d let us know. E-mail us at bigginfo@biggsuccess.com.
Exciting and scary and chaotic
Experiencing inexperience is an ongoing cycle. It’s exciting and scary at the same time. You push yourself to the point of inexperience. It’s a little chaotic for a while. Then you learn enough and gain enough experience to get things stabilized.
Experience inexperience! You must push to the point of inexperience again and again or you won’t grow. If you – the entrepreneur – don’t grow, neither will your business. Growth brings BIGG success!
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Today’s post is the second in a five part series on Dog Days. There’s an old saying, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” If that’s true, then one secret to learning new tricks is …
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