“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.”— Theodore Roosevelt small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure
“Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” This quote is variously attributed to Confucius, Ralph Waldo Emerson, or Oliver Goldsmith. If anyone has some concrete info on the original source, I would be glad to have it. small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure
Jeanne (OkieJ) and I were keeping up with technology at a forum put on by the Business and Professional Women. We took a look at the new Windows Vista, and heard that the release is being pushed back again. Kevin Fream, President Matrixforce Corp., also gave us a look at Microsoft’s vision of the future….
Your business can be more than it is now. You can expand out from your current level to provide a more exciting experience. Chris Brogan (who is going to get tired of us linking to him) has some thoughts on this, Create Experience Packages not Products. It seems to me like this is the age…
Rob Spiegel shares his personal story of businesses he has started. Some failures, some successes. Here are his conclusions: There are a couple things I’ve learned over the years. Get your nut [overhead] small. Find something you really, really like doing – you’re going to have to do it a lot, and you’re going to…
“Teach a highly educated person that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure in order to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.”— Charles F. Kettering small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure
Motivating real and lasting change is a huge challenge, whether you are trying to change yourself or bring others to change. Change is simply hard. Is there any effective tool? Logic doesn’t work. Threats don’t work. Fear doesn’t even really work. What does that leave? Joy. Really. Joy. “Joy is a more powerful motivator than…
Why talk about failure? Long ago, I wrote a presentation on failure, and gave it for several local business groups. Everyone loved it. The blogging started when two posts collided at Stupid Mistakes and Lessons Learned. Then there were More Lessons Learned. I was excited to share what people have learned through their own experience….
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