Roy's Blog: January 2014
January 6, 2014
Why shocking success comes from being controversial and contrarian
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Why shocking success comes from being controversial and contrarian.
CoNTRARIANS get noticed.
— They offend some; they amaze others.
— They don’t propagate the same-old same-old boring stuff everyone else does.
— They oppose every aspect of the status quo.
— They make people nervous.
— They are the topic of conversation.
— Their friends are weird.
CoNTRARIANS get remarked about
— They get quoted.
— They add a different dimension to the conversation.
— They are admired for their outspokenness.
— They attract a quirky different following than everyone else.
— They are copied by other divergents.
Pick a CoNTRARIAN point of view and shout it out.
LOUDLY because there is way too much clutter to be heard if you don’t.
And celebrate whatever you get back.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 1.6.14 at 05:03 am by Roy Osing
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December 9, 2013
Why the gut is more important than the brain for success
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Why the gut is more important than the brain for success.
Succeeding in business is not that complicated really, and finding opportunities for advancement is fairly easy if you know the secret.
Here’s the reality:
— there are no more Steve Jobs out there (or at least the possibility of finding him/her is pretty remote);
— there are no silver bullets, one-shot wonders for success;
— the are very few “new ideas” out there that will make you “Wonder Woman”.
The truth is, winning is a function of your stomach not your brain.
Intellectualize all you want but it is meaningless until you act.
Give me GUT over brains any day; “Fire-in-the-Belly.”
Why don’t we teach ‘gut’ at business schools in addition to probability theory?
The truth is, graduates from BS come out believing that pristine solutions will work.
How many great (on paper) ideas have you seen die on the vine because they don’t have a passion player driving them.
Why don’t we promote people with gut as being just as important as smart? How about starting a conversation around someone’s “GQ” (gut quotient) in addition to their IQ?
It will never happen!
Why? Because we STILL covet the brain rather than what the brain needs to actually accomplish something.
Without GUT the brain is useless.
Find more GUT.
Hire GUT.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 12.9.13 at 01:40 am by Roy Osing
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November 18, 2013
Why a sneaky grin can show you a dishonest distrustful person
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Why a sneaky grin can show you a dishonest distrustful person.
Can you smile too much?
I think so.
There’s a big difference between a smile painted on a person and someone who expresses their pleasure at the moment with an exhilarating smile.
I don’t trust a person who has a smile on their face all the time.
It’s not real.
No one could be always-on.
Gushing with joy every nano-second.
I have been ’grinned’ a lot in my life.
In business it’s a common occurrence.
People that grin and agree with you but secretly despise what you say and will do anything to undermine you
Customers are often grinned by salespeople and servers who give the appearance of caring but really don’t give a shit.
Hire people who are honest smilers not phoney grinners.
Recruit ‘feeling smilers’ not obligatory grinners.
And if you notice one of your employees demonstrating a grinners’s behavior, call them on it.
Or fire their asses after coaching them that smiling with heart is the expected norm.
I will take the-not-always-on smiler any day.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 11.18.13 at 05:20 am by Roy Osing
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November 11, 2013
What happens when you WOW! someone?
If your strategy is to WOW! customers, you have to look for the right people.
Yes, it’s important to have people with intellectual competency. But it doesn’t guarantee DAZZLING customer service.
Too much emphasis is placed on how smart someone is.
Recruit people that “love” humans.
It’s not about what they know.
It’s about how they feel.
WOW! doesn’t happen when you show ‘em what you’ve got mentally.
WOW! happens when you show ‘em what you’ve got emotionally.
You can teach people the content of your business but you can’t teach them to care for others.
Either they have it or they don’t.
Find those that do.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 11.11.13 at 05:51 am by Roy Osing
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