I love big ideas. I love big goals. Some folks love to use the word “audacious.” Pile on a few more cool words and you get phrases like “big, hairy, audacious goals.”
I love that, too.
Nobody wants to follow a leader shouting, “Let’s pull together and get that 2% increase this month!” We want Braveheart to lead us. And Braveheart won’t settle for anything small or insignificant.
Braveheart leadership makes for a better movie, but in real life small things can lead to big changes. Watch today’s show and let me know what you think.
Today’s show is a personal appeal. I’m not singing in The Yellow Studio, but I have before. Not nearly as well as John Lennon.
Here are the questions in today’s show:
1. If you create and consume content, how often do you do that? You may create content only weekly, but consume it hourly. I suspect we all tend to consume far more than we create.
2. What’s your schedule? Do you create content on a regular basis? Do you visit various content regularly?
3. Do you subscribe (either by email or RSS or any subscribe button) or do you just visit sites to consume their content?
4. How do you feel about the content created here? We’ll go ahead with a few more numbers under this heading (but don’t worry I’ve only got a few more questions). Rate my content on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being “I could care less” and 5 being “I can’t take my eyes or ears off of it.” (In the podcast I call this the final question, but the following questions are under the headline of this question so my numbering system may confuse you. Sorry.)
5. I should ditch this content: ______________ (fill in the blank). This is subject matter I should stop producing. (Yes, I call this number two.)
6. I should do more shows on this: _____________________ (fill in the blank). This is subject matter I should more heavily produce. (I call this one number three.)
7. Yes or No. I should stop producing video. (I call this one number four.)
8. Do you wish I would blog more? That is, I should just write posts without video or audio. (And this one is number five, confused yet? Me, too.)
9. I’m currently podcasting once a week. That is, a single audio only show comes out once a week. Is that enough, too much, not enough? (Here’s number 6.)
10. Is it just time for me to stop all this? Actually, this final question is just whatever feedback or suggestions you want to give me. (This is the final question. I called it number 7 and it’s the most important one.)
Email me or leave me voicemail feedback. Please, please, please!
Thank you for listening, watching and reading. Thank you for being part of my life. I hope I’m just a small resource to help you along the path. We’re all just a work-in-process.
It’s not likely the subject of any weekly meetings inside your company…but maybe it should be.
It can affect us, our employees, our suppliers and partners and our prospects and customers. One of the few times I’ve heard it used in a positive sense is regarding muscle building. Tony Horton’s P90X(not an aff link) is built on it. But for the rest of it, it’s a liability.
We often discuss a variety of topics that have far less importance. Today, I’m suggesting you break away from traditional business conversations and address an issue that could be hurting you internally and externally.
But I’ve also learned – through years of experience, hard knocks and great mentors – that you can’t short-circuit the process.
Anybody in sales knows the feeling of needing to get that sale, today! We have our own time table. If only the prospects would cooperate with us. Why can’t they see we’re only trying to help them save time?
It could be that we’re making a big mistake by stepping on the gas pedal when we should tap the brakes.
