@mark – Yeah it is so beautiful but unfortunately lots of other people with more money than me think so too

@Sheila Martin – Will let you know when she is all set up

@Mark Silver – Definitely – hedgehog concept is a new one on me, cool stuff

@Ashish Mohta – In most fields you will find 20% of your effort brings 80% of results, it’s finding the 20% that is the challenge

@ashok – Yup, some people say there is such a thing as “good stress”, I don’t buy that, but perhaps it is a matter of definitions. Yes it is good to have a little nervous edge to keep you on your toes but stress is just draining

@Genesis – Especially with kids around you have to balance where you put your energies!

@Desty + Ashish – Blogs are businesses once money comes into it, the same rules ought to apply, I don’t really follow the philosphy that people should announce their earnings

@Cade – Tim Ferriss is being massively hyped right now. It’s supposed to be an excellent book but I haven’t gotten round to looking it up

@mark – Yeah it is so beautiful but unfortunately lots of other people with more money than me think so too

@Sheila Martin – Will let you know when she is all set up

@Mark Silver – Definitely – hedgehog concept is a new one on me, cool stuff

@Ashish Mohta – In most fields you will find 20% of your effort brings 80% of results, it’s finding the 20% that is the challenge

@ashok – Yup, some people say there is such a thing as “good stress”, I don’t buy that, but perhaps it is a matter of definitions. Yes it is good to have a little nervous edge to keep you on your toes but stress is just draining

@Genesis – Especially with kids around you have to balance where you put your energies!

@Desty + Ashish – Blogs are businesses once money comes into it, the same rules ought to apply, I don’t really follow the philosphy that people should announce their earnings

@Cade – Tim Ferriss is being massively hyped right now. It’s supposed to be an excellent book but I haven’t gotten round to looking it up

Great post and a good point- I think it’s a (like most things in life) a yes/and situation.

I like the distinction that Jim Collins made in Good to Great about knowing your Hedgehog Concept. And, you want to hire the best, buy the best, even create cutting-edge customized applications when it has to do with your hedgehog.

However, if it doesn’t, then ‘good-enough’ will do. I may not need the world’s most whiz-bang bookkeeper, but I may need the world’s most whiz-bang information/creativity in my speciality.

And, I do like the concept of ‘lazy.’ When I was a paramedic, many moons ago, I used to teach what I called ‘lazy CPR’ to the lay public. What I saw on the ambulance is people who had learned CPR and were all flustered, quite naturally, when they saw someone who was hurt- so they would just jump in and do CPR, whether or not it was needed. Once we responded to a woman who had tried to do chest compressions on her husband even though he was sitting up in a chair and awake at the time! (There may have been other issues… )

So, I’d teach them lazy CPR- check for breathing and pulse- because you don’t want to if you don’t have to.

The same applies to many parts of our business. And yet, as Jim said and Seth Godin suggests, if it’s the hedgehog, I will go overboard, and push beyond the beyond to try for the WOW factor.

Again- thanks for bringing this up.

Great post and a good point- I think it’s a (like most things in life) a yes/and situation.

I like the distinction that Jim Collins made in Good to Great about knowing your Hedgehog Concept. And, you want to hire the best, buy the best, even create cutting-edge customized applications when it has to do with your hedgehog.

However, if it doesn’t, then ‘good-enough’ will do. I may not need the world’s most whiz-bang bookkeeper, but I may need the world’s most whiz-bang information/creativity in my speciality.

And, I do like the concept of ‘lazy.’ When I was a paramedic, many moons ago, I used to teach what I called ‘lazy CPR’ to the lay public. What I saw on the ambulance is people who had learned CPR and were all flustered, quite naturally, when they saw someone who was hurt- so they would just jump in and do CPR, whether or not it was needed. Once we responded to a woman who had tried to do chest compressions on her husband even though he was sitting up in a chair and awake at the time! (There may have been other issues… )

So, I’d teach them lazy CPR- check for breathing and pulse- because you don’t want to if you don’t have to.

The same applies to many parts of our business. And yet, as Jim said and Seth Godin suggests, if it’s the hedgehog, I will go overboard, and push beyond the beyond to try for the WOW factor.

Again- thanks for bringing this up.

We’ll just need to keep our Google mini-fridge stocked with soft drinks.

What’s your wife’s URL? I’ll bet a lot of your readers would like to know….

Cheers,

Sheila

We’ll just need to keep our Google mini-fridge stocked with soft drinks.

What’s your wife’s URL? I’ll bet a lot of your readers would like to know….

Cheers,

Sheila