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How To Become A Maven In Any Market
2008-04-09 12:47:00 The term “competitive advantage” has traditionally been associated with the world of business, but this is no longer the case. Competitive Advantage 2.0 is all about the individual human being in the new economy. Information technology, the internet, and globalization have increased the level of competitiveness dramatically in all areas of life. ... More About: Market , Maven
How To Become A Maven In Any Market
2008-04-09 12:47:00 The term “competitive advantage” has traditionally been associated with the world of business, but this is no longer the case. Competitive Advantage 2.0 is all about the individual human being in the new economy. Information technology, the internet, and globalization have increased the level of competitiveness dramatically in all areas of life. ... More About: Market , Maven
The Difference Between Competitive Advantage 1.0 And Competitive Advantage
2008-02-08 01:11:00 Business on the internet is extremely competitive, much more competitive than the offline business world, in my view. In fact, it is about as close to perfect competition as a market can come. This makes it very difficult to create any kind of a sustainable competitive advantage in the Web2.0 world. In the world of Web2.0 ... More About: Difference , Competitive
The Difference Between Competitive Advantage 1.0 And Competitive Advantage
2008-02-08 01:11:00 Business on the internet is extremely competitive, much more competitive than the offline business world, in my view. In fact, it is about as close to perfect competition as a market can come. This makes it very difficult to create any kind of a sustainable competitive advantage in the Web2.0 world. In the world of Web2.0 ... More About: Difference , Competitive
The difference between Competitive Advantage 1.0 & 2.0
2008-02-05 12:01:00 The internet business is highly competitive, much more competitive than the offline business world, in my view. In fact, it is about as close to perfect competition as a market can come. This makes it very difficult to create any kind of a sustainable competitive advantage in the Web2.0 world. In the world of ... More About: Difference , Competitive
Competitive Advantage 2.0
2008-02-04 22:18:00 The term ?competitive advantage? has traditionally been associated with the world of business, but this is no longer the case. Competitive Advantage 2.0 is all about the individual human being in the new economy. Information technology, the internet, and globalization have increased the level of competitiveness dramatically in all areas of life. ...
Competitive Advantage 2.0: The key to success as an Internet Entrepreneur
2008-02-04 22:18:00 The term ?competitive advantage? has traditionally been associated with the world of business, but this is no longer the case. Competitive Advantage 2.0 is all about the individual human being in the new economy. Information technology, the internet, and globalization have increased the level of competitiveness dramatically in all areas of ... More About: Internet , Entrepreneur , Success
How To Be Better Than Everyone Else
2008-01-10 10:11:00 For a long time I felt there was something wrong with me. I could not figure out why I was not achieving my goals. It was not for lack of determination or knowledge, I had a lot of both, but so does everyone else. I started to feel as if success just ...
How To Be Better Than Everyone Else
2008-01-10 10:11:00 For a long time I felt there was something wrong with me. I could not figure out why I was not achieving my goals. It was not for lack of determination or knowledge, I had a lot of both, but so does everyone else. I started to feel as if success just ...
Discovering your ?Individual Culture?
2008-01-08 07:04:00 Positive thinking and determination are no longer any guarantee of success. They are now merely entry fees to play the game of life. For you, the individual human being, success now requires that you find a way to leverage what I call your “individual culture.” For an individual person, the integration of their personality, unique individual ... More About: Culture , Individual
Discovering your ?Individual Culture?
2008-01-08 07:04:00 Positive thinking and determination are no longer any guarantee of success. They are now merely entry fees to play the game of life. For you, the individual human being, success now requires that you find a way to leverage what I call your “individual culture.” For an individual person, the integration of their personality, unique individual ... More About: Culture , Individual
Breaking out of a mental prison
2008-01-07 07:58:00 There was a time in my life when I felt trapped in a “mental prison” of my own making. Do you feel, as I once did, that your mental processes are “narrow minded” and dogmatic? If so, you may be trapped in an inefficent mental prison. If you are trapped in a mental prison, ... More About: Mental , Prison , Breaking , Breakin
Breaking out of a mental prison
2008-01-07 07:58:00 There was a time in my life when I felt trapped in a “mental prison” of my own making. Do you feel, as I once did, that your mental processes are “narrow minded” and dogmatic? If so, you may be trapped in an inefficent mental prison. If you are trapped in a mental prison, ... More About: Mental , Prison , Breaking
Bruce Lee had it, Tiger Woods has it, and so do the best Pick Up Artists?
2008-01-05 01:52:00 Bruce Lee had it, Tiger Woods has it, and so do the best Pick Up Artists . So do successful entrepreneurs as well as the greatest leaders throughout the history of civilization. Any business that has been successful over time has it as well, just in a different way. I am talking about sustainable competitive advantage. Just as ... More About: Bruce , Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee had it, Tiger Woods has it, and so do the best Pick Up Artists?
2008-01-05 01:52:00 Bruce Lee had it, Tiger Woods has it, and so do the best Pick Up Artists . So do successful entrepreneurs as well as the greatest leaders throughout the history of civilization. Any business that has been successful over time has it as well, just in a different way. I am talking about sustainable competitive ... More About: Bruce , Bruce Lee
Becoming a New Barbarian
2008-01-03 10:42:00 One of the books that had a big impact on me was The New Barbarian Manifesto (2000), written by Professor Ian Angell. In this book he discusses how we have entered a “new elite cosmopolitan age where knowledge workers have become the real generators of wealth… It is now abundantly clear that knowledge workers are ...
Becoming a New Barbarian
2008-01-03 10:42:00 One of the books that had a big impact on me was The New Barbarian Manifesto (2000), written by Professor Ian Angell. In this book he discusses how we have entered a “new elite cosmopolitan age where knowledge workers have become the real generators of wealth… It is now abundantly clear that knowledge workers are ...
Do you ever feel ?out of alignment??
2008-01-02 06:17:00 Do you feel like you are out of alignment? When an individual or organization is not in tune with their competitive advantage, life becomes a struggle. We feel awkward, out of alignment, and out of tune with our life’s purpose. This leads to unhappiness and misery for the individual. At the business ... More About: Feel , Alignment
Do you ever feel ?out of alignment??
2008-01-02 06:17:00 Do you feel like you are out of alignment? When an individual or organization is not in tune with their competitive advantage, life becomes a struggle. We feel awkward, out of alignment, and out of tune with our life’s purpose. This leads to unhappiness and misery for the individual. At the business ... More About: Feel , Alignment
How to stop living a mediocre life
2007-12-31 15:53:00 Are you determined to succeed? So what, everyone else is too?. So what separates the winners from the losers in life? Of course, determination and persistence play a role, but everyone else also has those qualities. They are a given, like showing up to the Olympics in great physical shape. In other words ... More About: Life , Living , Stop , Mediocre
How to stop living a mediocre life
2007-12-31 15:53:00 Are you determined to succeed? Good for you, so is everyone else?. So what separates the winners from the losers in life? Of course, determination and persistence play a role, but everyone else also has those qualities. They are a given, like showing up to the Olympics in great physical shape. In other ... More About: Life , Living , Stop , Mediocre
How the Hard Rock Hotel raised the bar back in 1995
2007-12-29 05:32:00 In 1995, the Hard Rock Hotel opened its doors in Las Vegas, and I was fortunate enough to be a part of its opening staff. Hard Rock Hotel owner & developer, Peter Morton, saw an opportunity to create a competitive advantage over other Las Vegas casinos. He would do this by creating as ... More About: Back
How to develop a competitive advantage in the Web 2.0 world
2007-12-27 02:10:00 In a previous post I wrote ?The internet is the greatest forum for critical discussion in the history of civilization. It has unleashed the marketplace of ideas?.? To be successful we need to understand how, as individuals, we can bring value to people and communities on the web. If you (or your ... More About: World , Competitive , Develop , Advanta
Why Goldman Sachs Outperforms the Competition
2007-12-23 16:49:00 Most of its competitors are struggling and reporting large losses, but Goldman Sachs is having a record year and reported a 33% return on equity. Was it luck? No, luck is a short term phenomenon?. Goldman consistently outperforms its competition, regardless of market conditions. In general, a business is said to have a competitive advantage ... More About: Competition
A competitive advantage in fundraising
2007-12-20 16:40:00 The internet is the greatest forum for critical discussion in the history of civilization– it has unleashed the marketplace of ideas…. This is important to understand, because, as Hans-Hermann Hoppe wrote: “ultimately, the course of history is determined by ideas.” One of the effects of the internet is that ideas or theories that ... More About: Fundraising , Competitive , Advanta
We all have the potential
2007-12-19 11:59:00 Everyone has the potential to develop a competitive advantage at something. We are all different and have unique talents, passions, skills, character traits, and abilities. It is the mix of these individual idiosyncrasies (unique individual characteristics & qualities) combined with a passion for success that provide the ingredients for creating a sustained competitive ...
The need for establishing a sustainable competitive advantage
2007-12-17 21:32:00 The need for establishing a competitive advantage does not arise only out of a desire for some high level goal, or high degree of success. When an individual or organization is not in tune with their competitive advantage, life becomes a struggle. We feel awkward, out of alignment, and out of tune with our life?s ... More About: Competitive , Sustainable , Advanta
Goals and Competitive Advantage
2007-12-16 13:40:00 The usual way people try to achieve their goals is similar to banging their head against a wall. It is narrow minded in nature. Trial and error combined with determination is certainly a way to achieve success. But there is generally a lack of focus or a lack of confidence in what ... More About: Goals , Competitive , Advanta
If you want to excel you need to find your competitive advantage
2007-12-14 13:57:00 Whether you are a startup internet entrepreneur who is the sole employee of your own business, an athlete looking for an edge in your next competition, or a pick up artist trying to seduce a woman (or man), in order to achieve success you have to know how to apply your unique talents and passions ... More About: Find , Excel , Competitive , Advanta
The bar is being raised everywhere
2007-12-13 13:02:00 The bar is being raised everywhere, in every way. The effects of information technology, the internet and globalization have left no field untouched. Understanding how to develop and sustain competitive advantage is as important as ever, and will only increase in importance in the future. In business, competitive advantage can be boiled down to the reason ... |



