Comments on: The Path To Success http://www.businesspundit.com/the-path-to-success/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shig http://www.businesspundit.com/the-path-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Shig Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:57:11 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2636#comment-799 Nice post. I really enjoyed reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I've read it a couple of times over and still occasionally open it and read a passage. Nice post. I really enjoyed reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I’ve read it a couple of times over and still occasionally open it and read a passage.

]]> By: David Foster http://www.businesspundit.com/the-path-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-798 David Foster Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:27:42 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2636#comment-798 A similar phenomenon exists at the corporate level. In many companies, you will find a "Project X." It may be a new technology, or an acquisition, or a vast new IT system. It will "take the business to a new level." Meanwhile, the people and products who are actually keeping the business alive, and growing it, are kept on short rations. Until Project X fails. Then they enjoy a brief spurt of attention and resources. Until Project Y starts. A similar phenomenon exists at the corporate level. In many companies, you will find a “Project X.” It may be a new technology, or an acquisition, or a vast new IT system. It will “take the business to a new level.”

Meanwhile, the people and products who are actually keeping the business alive, and growing it, are kept on short rations. Until Project X fails. Then they enjoy a brief spurt of attention and resources.

Until Project Y starts.

]]> By: Rob http://www.businesspundit.com/the-path-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Rob Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:45:29 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2636#comment-797 Laurence, Interesting comments, because I really didn't see it from that perspective. I'm not sure exactly what Adrian meant, but I thought he was just exaggerating to make the point that those things alone weren't enough. A lot of books will say all you need is high self esteem and you will be fine. It's never really one thing though. Life is a lattice in the way ideas, goals, tasks, relationships, etc. all fit together. I don't think there is any one single path to getting where you want to go, but there has to be enough strands of stuff to build a lattice in the first place. Laurence,
Interesting comments, because I really didn’t see it from that perspective. I’m not sure exactly what Adrian meant, but I thought he was just exaggerating to make the point that those things alone weren’t enough. A lot of books will say all you need is high self esteem and you will be fine. It’s never really one thing though. Life is a lattice in the way ideas, goals, tasks, relationships, etc. all fit together. I don’t think there is any one single path to getting where you want to go, but there has to be enough strands of stuff to build a lattice in the first place.

]]> By: laurence haughton http://www.businesspundit.com/the-path-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-796 laurence haughton Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:45:37 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2636#comment-796 90% bunk refers to the linked post Rob not yours. You do make several good points. I guess he deserves credit for inspiring you to say something meaningful. It just shows that BS can be good for producing flowers. 90% bunk refers to the linked post Rob not yours. You do make several good points.

I guess he deserves credit for inspiring you to say something meaningful. It just shows that BS can be good for producing flowers.

]]> By: laurence haughton http://www.businesspundit.com/the-path-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-795 laurence haughton Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:53:39 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2636#comment-795 "You don't need motivation, self-confidence, peer support?" There's plenty of science behind the value of high aspirations (one part of motivation) and surrounding oneself with like-minded people (peer support) in order to stay on course. And a "postitive self-image" (self confidence)... please! It's a very a powerful driver of success. This is another example of why blogs are likely to make the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy, crazier. 90% bunk! “You don’t need motivation, self-confidence, peer support?”

There’s plenty of science behind the value of high aspirations (one part of motivation) and surrounding oneself with like-minded people (peer support) in order to stay on course. And a “postitive self-image” (self confidence)… please! It’s a very a powerful driver of success.

This is another example of why blogs are likely to make the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy, crazier.

90% bunk!

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