Entries for 'Daniel Comp'

Don't let the scotoma of CHARISMA before leadership stop your enterprise from growing. Watch this TED video to learn that YOU CAN and MUST lead your tribe.

Micheal Lotito ate an entire Cessna 150. I say that's proof enough we're headed toward a singularity - a point of no return in an mash-up of high tech and high touch - with our favorite scotomas in tow.

Two points: 1) DON'T GO IT ALONE - get a peer group established. 2) DON'T DO IT ALONE - build a system that profits from the success of others - and invest in that system until you've taught a bunch of others to do the same.

Some blatant self-promotion is in order. You’ll deeply appreciate the benefits of surrounding yourself with a group of understanding peers. The first MENtrepreneurs small groups in Texas are forming in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin and Houston, facilitated by the Founder, Daniel Comp.

WDWDWWD? Why Do We Do What We Do? It’s easy to answer that question once we understand the inverse of our ‘Strengths’. Garth Hardin and I are good examples. Well… I’m an interesting case, but Garth demonstrates how his ‘Strength’ works for him. In this post I point out some clues to understand WWDWWD.

My top strengths chart out as Achiever, Input and Learner, so you’d expect me to be gleaning and digesting, right? Right! The 2011 Ernst & Young report is linked at the bottom, as is the original posting on their site. I’ve simply whacked out all the reading for you to see the bullet points. Assuming you simply want a litmus test to compare ‘you’ versus ‘them’ – or ‘me’ versus ‘we’?

We can battle strategy of sales or market analysis in long strings of windy words, or we can learn from the emotional intelligence of a man that found the support of $20 million dollars in a 6 minute presentation. I found this to be a most interesting lesson in humility and emotional intelligence, so I re-post it here for your consideration. “It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood…

I thought you’d like to set the ‘failure’ I’ve been writing about lately within a frame of the industry standard for failure. When I write to entrepreneurs, it’s assumed (I assume) that we fail regularly – and that we’re NOT ashamed of failing. Here’s Denis Waitley on the subject…

Aristotle wrote;

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self."

When you have a dream and a plan, and you execute the plan well, in sufficient time, but it still doesn’t ‘launch’ as you expected, do you panic or get more creative? This is our answer…

I learned something about Mark Anthony online that I didn’t face-to-face in a weekly class we have together. He served in Vietnam in 1966-67, in the 4th Infantry, recon in the Iron Triangle for 9 months and 6 months as a helicopter door gunner. He received 3 purple hearts. What?

Denny Ross, Mayor of the City of Maupin listened with enthusiasm as we shared the ‘reality’ of the MENtrepreneurs entrepreneurship system and the Enterprising Cycle. He and I had a couple hours ‘dreaming’ about such a tool a few years ago, and he’s very pleased at the implications, reality and applications for rural communities.

Hwy 20 – the North Cascades highway which we ride on days 2-3 leaving the rainy western slope of the Cascades, and enter the dryer higher plateau of eastern Washington looks like it’ll be open in time.

This is my second attempt to post from a new mobile Droid and with a touchscreen. Goes to show that we all have to start from the beginning.You too can learn new tricks!

Today’s training marks the longest ride of Angelina’s life, over Rowena Crest, which for a Texan is higher than any mountain in that state. She didn’t even…

More blood on the route! Angelina crashes in downtown Hood River while on a training and marketing ride.

There’s nothing as nice as discovering the weak parts of your vehicle before you head out of town!

"Be sure to snap-out of your clips before coming to a complete stop!"