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Got Time Wasters in your organization?

2008-08-19T14:55:00.000-07:00

It's Saturday...

I'll try a different coffee shop. I walk in. There's a long line at the counter. I grab something to read while I stand and wait. Occasionally, I look up to see virtually no progress. The "server" behind the counter moves like a slug.

Finally, I get to move up a couple of places - because people in front of me got tired of waiting and left - probably never to return. I know I won't be back.

Trust me. If I ran a retail store, no one would have to stand in line to put money in the register. To see a fast-moving retail line, go to Fry's Electronics.

There, you can join a line of 50+ people (not an exaggeration) pushing grocery baskets full of costly electronics. Their line moves so fast, it's hard to keep up! They'll have your money and you'll be on your way faster than you can say WOW!

There's little difference between running checkout stands (a business process) and any other business process. People waste about a third of their time working inefficiently. However... Delays built into a whole business PROCESS waste much more time.

After your customer places an order, s/he waits for delivery. (However, in most coffee shops and "fast-food" restaurants, you must WAIT to place your order - then WAIT for delivery.)

Ninety percent of that wait-time adds no benefit the customer or to you.

This is both a problem and an opportunity! Be a Time Warrior!

"Time is your most lethal weapon," says Philip Thomas, author of "Competitiveness through Total Cycle Time."

Be a Time Warrior, a courageous person engaged in a competitive battle. Be a champion who wins first place in a competitive business. Create your business that is clearly superior.

Create a winner!

Why do time-wasters persist?

There may be many reasons why time-wasters persist. Do reasons really matter?

Results or Reasons,
Excellence or Mediocrity,
You Decide!

Stop time-wasters and take market share from your competitors by improving your customer response.

For example: Long ago, Motorola reduced their cycle time for manufacturing cellular phones from three weeks ... to two weeks ... to six per day! They cut the waste and made phones 60 TIMES FASTER!

And, their QUALITY improved dramatically!

Why?

Because Motorola built a feedback loop into each cycle. With shorter cycle times, they could improve quality more often.

Can you reduce your manufacturing and delivery cycle time?

When your cycle time is much shorter than your competitor's, you can introduce products a year before anyone else. Capture the market for yourself!

How?

Sure, you must create your company as a set of FUNCTIONS. However, you must combine those functions into a streamlined PROCESS that serves your customers.

So, find the functions and processes that add no value - and drop them.

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Why is Your Job like an Apple Tree?

2008-04-28T15:46:00.000-07:00

Why your job is like an apple tree.

Imagine that you plant a seed for an apple tree...

You can't see underground, but the seed first grows a tiny root and sprout. Later, you see a tiny sprout emerge with tiny leaves.

You're thrilled as you watch that sprout grow into a sturdy trunk, strong branches, and healthy leaves. Much later, thanks to bees, you see tah dah - apples! And they're so juicy!

You see that each apple has its stem, shiny skin, meat, and seeds in the middle. And, you know that those seeds contain the genetic plan, a complete system for generating another apple tree.

Think about it! Your apple tree, from its roots to its apples, is a life-support system for its seeds... which, in the right environment will lead to...

... Reproduction!

Reproduction = Duplication. You see your tree survive by duplication! Your tree's seed sprouts to grow another tree that will product more apples. That's how your tree "moves on."

But, you know only a tiny percentage of seeds become trees. And, if your tree doesn't produce viable seeds, that's the end of the line. No survival.

So, how is your job like your apple tree?

Like your apple tree, it took YOU years of growth and development to get your job and develop your career. You are the tree, a life support system for your job. Your job is like that apple. Does your job-apple have viable seeds? Can you reproduce, duplicate yourself so you can move on?

Do you have a genetic plan, a complete system for generating another job-tree? If you don't, that's the end of the line. Stagnant salaries, fewer employment opportuneness, fewer raises and job promotions.

Can you say, "Dead-end job?"

Did you know that only a tiny percentage of job-apples have viable seeds with a system that can be duplicated?

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...Get 5 Revealing Tips in 12 Minutes TODAY on this Ultimate Career Builder audio.

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NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go to Organize your Business for Success and click the button. That's all there is to it!

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For Rising Organizational Stars:

2008-03-05T09:03:00.000-08:00

For Rising Organizational Stars:

Free Audio Tutorials: How to Organize a Business, How to Assign the Work, How to use Org Charts, and more.

If you want to learn some key techniques for building successful organizations, you can request these free audio tutorials (mp3 files) from Senior Management Services.

You'll get audio excerpts from two books: The Ultimate Career Builder and Organize your Business for Success. You will receive a new 7- to 17-minute excerpt every week or so at no charge.

However, you must specifically request these audio tutorials because I don't want to bombard my whole list. Let me explain.

I want to send goodies and learning to only those who WANT it - and will BENEFIT from it. (Of course, you can drop out with one click, but why would you?)

Click to request this free audio series and sign up at the bottom.

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... that you really want to break out --and take your career to a completely new level, then go to "The Ultimate Career Builder".

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational strategies and trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go to Organize your Business for Success and click the button. That's all there is to it!

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FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

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Be A "Rising Star" In Your Career for a Raise & Promotion!!

2008-02-08T11:57:00.000-08:00

Be A "Rising Star" In Your Career!

Learn To Write Operations Manuals

Great careers depend on SYSTEMS, not people. That's because you can duplicate systems - but not people - especially with all that YOU KNOW today.

If you can't duplicate your results through someone else, you'll be stuck in one dead-end job after another. Duplication is Nature's Law of Survival.

If you can't/won't develop an Operations Manual, your career growth and success will be limited because you lack a duplicable system.

Use a SYSTEM to develop your Operations Manuals!

I call my system "The Ultimate Career Builder."

Ordinary people create EXTRAordinary careers using a duplicable system, which I call an Operations Manual. The faster you develop good Operations Manuals... the faster you will have a dynamic career!

I hear many excuses and attitudes for why people don't develop their Operations Manuals.

"I just don't have enough time!" ... "It's not my job! You hired me to be a [manager, programmer, accountant, engineer, whatever]. I'm not a writer!" ... "I hate to write. Who needs it!" ... "Whenever I feel like writing... I lie down until the feeling goes away." ... "It's different here. Things change too fast. The minute we write something down, it's obsolete!" ... "...yada...yada...yada..."

But, here is the most UNEXPRESSED FEAR:

"If I document my job in an Operations Manual, I can be replaced! I'll lose my job!"

Let's face it. You can grow your career ONLY if you can promote and/or replace yourself - you and your team can MOVE UP only if you can replace yourselves.

And YOU can do this by documenting your position(s) in well-organized Operations Manuals.

Details at The Ultimate Career Builder

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Today we see various organizational strategies and trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go to Organize your Business for Success and click the button. That's all there is to it!

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FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

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Employers: Are these recruiters your weakest link?

2008-01-22T10:37:00.000-08:00

EMPLOYERS! Do you really want these "recruiters" to represent YOUR business?

When I started my business, I used direct mail to promote my business.

Later, local recruiters did a decent job of marketing because they knew the market; they knew the employer's business; and they actually knew the hiring managers and what they were looking for.

I was happy to pay someone else to do my marketing.

But, times have changed.

Thanks to email and the Internet, the recruiting game is flooded with so-called "recruiters" from all over the world - meanwhile, the good recruiters have left the field.

Are today's "recruiters" YOUR weakest link to professional talent?
 
In the past 3 years, I have received thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls from these so-called recruiters. Every last second I have spent with these "recruiters" has been a total waste of time.

Recruiting has become a popular work-at-home business. But...

Nowadays, ANYONE - ANYWHERE - can become a "recruiter." Experience or qualifications NOT NECESSARY! Anyone anywhere can buy a recruiter's prepackaged website template for $500 and be in the recruiting business in minutes.

These "recruiters" have no @&$#!^&* idea of the client's problems or opportunities! Worse, hundreds of these "recruiters" send out the same resume to the same companies. It's a numbers game.

In my opinion, most "recruiters" are just Internet slave traders and illiterate to boot. Here's a recent "recruiter's" email:

"I am sorry mike made u confuse on jon sight location infact saip on of the branch used to be in freemount area but most recently client moved to palo alto, we had same reqs since then I just copied the same req sentto u.

"I just spoke to manager [...] he wants to finish some of the new project releses unfortuntly some his team members got regined and he need fill the gaps and he said could go end of feb or could go longer. Pl let me know if u have any more questions."

HOW is this illiterate able to read and match a resume to an employer's job description? He is totally UNqualified to represent anyone, their resume, or the Silicon valley clients he claims to represent (Intel, Bea, eBay, PayPal, etc.).

The other day, I received a call from another "recruiter" who claimed to be on Market Street in San Francisco. I asked,

"Where's the nearest Starbucks?"  
"I don't know."  

"What is the nearest cross street?"  
"I'm sorry, I don't know..."

Well of course, this lying recruiter was neither in San Francisco nor in the US. Of course, she didn't know the hiring manager or the company. If she doesn't know these basics, how the hell would she know who's qualified to fill the position?

With "recruiters" like these, the employer gets the lowest common denominator - the cheapest "product" - at the highest possible price.

BEWARE the Pretext Callers!

Some recruiters demand a SSN, DOB, or other personal information in order to submit your resume to the client. They're making pretext calls - they're in the business of identity theft! Yes, I know. Picky, picky, picky!

Your business associates will appreciate knowing about this blog. Why not forward it to them now?

If you've decided that 2008 is the year…
... that you really want to break out --and take your career to a completely new level, then go to "The Ultimate Career Builder".

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go to Organize your Business for Success and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

What did you learn today that you found most beneficial?
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Free Blogging Course!

2008-01-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

Free Blogging Course!

I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

The best blogging techniques.
How to get traffic to your blog.
How to turn your blog into money.

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

Your business associates will appreciate knowing about this blog. Why not forward it to them now?

If you've decided that 2008 is the year that you really want to break out--and take your career to a completely new level, then go to "The Ultimate Career Builder".

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go to Organize your Business for Success and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

What did you learn today that you found most beneficial?
How will you apply what you have learned at work?

Trouble Getting Organized? How to create an Org Chart.

2008-01-13T09:30:00.000-08:00

Trouble Getting Organized?

"I've Gotta Get Organized!"

Every year about this time, people make resolutions to really get organized. "I've gotta get organized! I can't even start on my project because I can't seem to 'get organized.'"

Struggling to create your Org Chart?

Do you really want to build an organizational structure? Yes? OK. Here's more about how to start building your "Org Chart" ...

When you create an Organizational Strategy, you arrange things in a pattern or structure so you can act to achieve a specific goal.

Are you concerned about how to delegate what to whom? First, you must create your Organization Chart so it shows a "box" for every management position.

Take a look at my sample Organization Chart:

Basic rules for creating your Org Chart:

1. Make sure each "box" represents a Strategic Objective.

2. In each box, you list Tactical Objectives (not shown).

3. Put the Position's Title - NOT a person's name - in each box. This prevents your need to update the Chart for every personnel change.

Important! Never create or delete a position to please someone. Never be convinced to break this rule. Don't create your organization around personalities or prima donnas. (What happens when they leave?)

Instead, have personnel fit your organization, not vice versa. You may need to retrain people, move them...or let some go.

Why organizational design problems persist.

Managers usually neglect to properly design their organization because it seems too "academic." But, when you actually design your organization, you will realize long-lasting benefits.

When it comes to getting organized, "Immediate action produces immediate results!"

Here's a proven approach with sample Organization Chart.

I created my Org Chart around the idea that you "sell it, build and deliver it, and get the money." In that order.

Some ventures sell an idea to an investor to get the money first. This often makes the company more accountable to the investor than the customer. In Silicon Valley, we've seen what can happen when people get the money first, if you know what I mean. (Like giving credit cards to a teenager?)

Notice that under the CEO/President, I have Vice Presidents. The above chart doesn't show the following, but...

Under VPs, I have Directors.
Under Directors, I have Managers,
Under Managers, Associates, etc.

Notice that I put the QA Manager under the President - but that's a topic for another article. (In my organization, QA monitors the condition of people, not products; QC monitors the condition of products.)

The general rule is:

The CEO delegates to VPs who delegate to Directors, who delegate to Managers, who delegate to Associates, on down the chart.

Remember: The CEO's Strategic Objective is by definition the Organization's Strategic Objective. His Tactical Objectives are MARKETING, OPERATIONS, FINANCE ("sell it, build and deliver it, and get the money").

I added the LEGAL department more recently - under the CEO - because he is accountable for legalities even if the work is outsourced.

(NOTE. I deliberately omit politically correct "he/she, his or her" wording to minimize further confusion. I base the Org Chart on FUNCTIONALITY, not plumbing!)

Each VP inherits ONE of the CEO's TACTICAL Objectives as his STRATEGIC Objective. Confused? (The difference between Tactical and Strategic depends on the Position's PERSPECTIVE. The Objective remains the same.)

Now, notice that I numbered the top-level departments 1.0, 2.0 3.0, etc? Also notice that departments are color-coded. This allows color-coding of Pendaflex folders and computer folders.

For more details about organizing your company , see Trouble Getting Organized? How to Create your Org Chart.

Your business associates will appreciate knowing about this blog. Why not forward it to them now?

If you've decided that 2008 is the year that you really want to break out--and take your career to a completely new level, then go to "The Ultimate Career Builder".

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go to Organize your Business for Success and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

What did you learn today that you found most beneficial?
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Lost profits due to "irreplaceable" employees?

2008-01-04T16:01:00.001-08:00

Lost profits due to "irreplaceable" employees?

Do you really understand how irreplaceable employees and tribal knowledge CAUSE lost profits?

Would you change your strategy if you knew how your irreplaceable employees and tribal knowledge cause lost profits? If you knew a simple solution to these problems... would you use it?

Irreplaceable: Cannot be replaced.

Tribal knowledge: Unwritten information (verbal only) not known by others, but needed to produce quality products and services. Caution: Inaccurate tribal knowledge can be very destructive!

Imagine what THIS cost! I'm sure this customer's story will ring true for you. Notice the clues that caused lost profits and enraged customers.

It doesn't feel like a disaster at first...

To begin with, you're in a fashionable hotel for a special holiday with friends... You call the hotel's fancy restaurant...

(Continued with audio at) Lost Profits due to "irreplaceable employees? Just click the PLAY button to HEAR the audio (about 7 minutes).

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Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go here and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

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Management Warning

2007-12-12T16:10:00.000-08:00

Management Warning

Disorganized strategy can stunt your growth.

Your business associates will appreciate knowing about this blog. Why not send a link to them now? (http://www.seniormanagementservices.com/smsblog/)

If you've decided that 2008 is the year that you really want to break out--and take your career to a completely new level, then go to this web page.

Get 'em before they're gone! Waiting just doesn't make sense!

You have organized your company or department, but...

You've operated successfully this way for a while... but you've discovered a problem that stifles your growth...

I recently posted 6 linked blogs with important steps that solve this HUGE problem that plagues MOST companies...

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go here and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

What did you learn today that you found most beneficial?
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Can You Get A Career Makeover For Almost "Zip?"

2007-11-26T16:13:00.000-08:00

Can You Get A Career Makeover For Almost "Zip"

Read These Amazing Facts To Find Out How.

Yes, it's absolutely true. You can really get a career makeover and pay almost nothing out of your pocket (But only if you are one of the first 37 people to respond to this letter.)

Let me explain. Last June, my little company took a big gamble and signed up for a book promotion for my book, "The Ultimate Career Builder."

To get on the promotion, I had to agree to print a lot of books. (And for a small company like mine, it's scary to have a lot of books tied up in inventory). Now, I have just 37 left.

And My Problem Is Your Opportunity

To move these last 37 books I've decided to do something somewhat daring.

First, thanks to ever-escalating energy prices, you should know that my printer's special price on these books ends December 15th. Any unsold inventory could be sold to a local dealer at wholesale.

Get the bargain details here. Cool bonus included while offer lasts.

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go here and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

What did you learn today that you found most beneficial?
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Silicon Valley Mastermind on Steroids

2007-11-12T14:08:00.000-08:00

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs: A RARE OPPORTUNITY!”

Special Mastermind Series for Entrepreneurs and other Fanatics...

We are scheduling a very small number of Passionate Thinkers to attend our Thoughtstorm® sessions to create and develop valuable ideas.

(Dinner meetings at 7pm, Mondays in Mountain View.)

This means those special few will get more personal attention and creative problem-solving interaction than can be delivered in a larger, oversold group.

So if you've ever considered becoming one of the CognoScenti (superior knowledge and understanding), now's the time. Wheeeeeooooo!! This is a fun, outrageous, mind-bending blast! (You didn't learn this in your government schools.)

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Is this why you Hate Writing?

2007-11-08T12:51:00.000-08:00

Is this why you Hate Writing?”

Do you hate writing because you must manage all this INFORMATION?
You know... stuff like drawings, illustrations and photos, audio recordings, video recordings, computer files, old manuscripts, notes on the backs of cocktail napkins, reviewer’s comments and insults...

Is that what's bothering you?

Or, do you hate writing because you must manage all these PROCESSES?
You know... activities like researching, interviewing subject matter experts, shooting photos or videos, collecting, organizing and filing, writing and editing, verifying all data and processes, releasing manuscripts for review, coordinating review process, organizing, merging and implementing review comments, preparing materials for distribution...

Is that what's bothering you?

But, let's say you’re a Subject Matter Expert who needs documentation...
... but you hate to write... What do you do?

You must use a SYSTEM to manage all that information and all those processes... and more... or you'll have an agonizing long-term mess on your hands.

If you need documentation but don’t have a SYSTEM, your best bet is to find someone who does have a SYSTEM.

Yes, you can let someone else do all the work using a proven SYSTEM... \but that doesn’t take YOU out of the loop. Find Out Why Here

Get the FREE eBook (below) to help YOU Organize Your Business & Get Rid of Confusion, Turmoil, and Discord!

Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go here and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

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Are ‘fossil fuels’ a MYTH?

2007-11-05T12:53:00.000-08:00

Wheeeeeeeeooooooo! Are ‘fossil fuels’ a MYTH?”

I thought you might enjoy reading a book that addresses these questions:

“Why do we find biological molecules in petroleum and coal? Why do oil reservoirs keep refilling?”

If we strip away the belief that “life” is only a surface phenomenon, we can entertain the idea that the biological molecules found in crude oil are NOT remnants of surface-life fossils partially transformed by geological processes…

…Instead, we can investigate whether these biological molecules are evidence of subterranean microbes feasting on hydrocarbons from a deep-earth NON-biogenic origin.

We can investigate the existence of an IMMENSE deep biosphere to account for the biological molecules in oils around the globe.

For example, indispensable evidence shows that microbes live in oil wells at depths of more than 2.5 miles (4 kilometers).

In other words, if crude oil's biological molecules are NOT remnants of surface-life - transformed by geological processes - then crude oil is likely created from geological material transformed by biological processes. (Ditto for methane, coal, even diamonds, etc.)

I'm only halfway through the book, but this is EXCITING STUFF of real science. Retired physics professor, Howard Hayden, recommended the book to me. See Energy Advocate

Check out The Deep Hot Biosphere: The myth of fossil fuels by Thomas Gold. Gold advances controversial, astonishing theories and facts about where oil and gas come from and how they acquire their organic “signatures.”

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Today we see various organizational trends trying to adapt to fast-changing markets. If you're involved in a fast-changing market your success probably depends on fast reaction to competition.

NOW! Today, you can download this F-R-E-E eBook entitled, Organize your Business for Success (Acrobat PDF download) before it's too late.

For a brief time, I am offering my "Organize your Business for Success" Booklet as a F-R-E-E GIFT for you and those in your mail list.

To download, go here and click the button. That's all there is to it!

============================================================
FREE Book for the Serious Organization Builder.
Download an updated (FREE) version of the Business Builder Outline (PDF file).

"Hi Mike ... thanks for your Business Builder outline ... good overview of what to plan for! I am about to launch my business ... and want to make it 'franchisable' ... a 'timely' download ... Thanks again, Ash"

What did you learn today that you found most beneficial?
How will you apply what you have learned at work?