Heading over to B&N shortly. Any other tips of must-reads I should take home?

Heading over to B&N shortly. Any other tips of must-reads I should take home?

guess what I just got in my mail box…The Theory of Constraints.

I have had this on my wish list for months, since before summer…and kept putting off ordering it because I wanted lighter reads out in the sun.

A quick flip through the book and I realize it is going to be a lot easier to read than I thought.

Can’t wait to see how I can apply this to cross-cultural communication.

My eye already caught one quote “as long as we think that we already know, we don’t bother to re-think the situation”
- this is probably the first reason behind so many cultural blunders in the first place…and what I continually try to get people to understand on my blog.

guess what I just got in my mail box…The Theory of Constraints.

I have had this on my wish list for months, since before summer…and kept putting off ordering it because I wanted lighter reads out in the sun.

A quick flip through the book and I realize it is going to be a lot easier to read than I thought.

Can’t wait to see how I can apply this to cross-cultural communication.

My eye already caught one quote “as long as we think that we already know, we don’t bother to re-think the situation”
- this is probably the first reason behind so many cultural blunders in the first place…and what I continually try to get people to understand on my blog.

I’ve done some thought on my constraints lately and have reset my priorities accordingly. So this post is timely for me.

I also liked your reply to Ryan about not targeting a market as a constraint. It seems that all the successful Internet business owners say to do it, but surprisingly some still don’t.

I’ve developed a FREE tool to help. It provides characteristics and best appeals by target market demographics. I’ve linked to it.

I’ve done some thought on my constraints lately and have reset my priorities accordingly. So this post is timely for me.

I also liked your reply to Ryan about not targeting a market as a constraint. It seems that all the successful Internet business owners say to do it, but surprisingly some still don’t.

I’ve developed a FREE tool to help. It provides characteristics and best appeals by target market demographics. I’ve linked to it.

I do sales / marketing consulting with non-profits and have experienced the same issue – it’s very common!

The real constraint in your example is the school’s “sales process” – their ability to quickly identify the potential of each lead.

In the end, no one has control over lead quality. But, everyone has control over their ability to filter out and disqualify leads.

Thoughts?

John
CorporateDollar.Org

I do sales / marketing consulting with non-profits and have experienced the same issue – it’s very common!

The real constraint in your example is the school’s “sales process” – their ability to quickly identify the potential of each lead.

In the end, no one has control over lead quality. But, everyone has control over their ability to filter out and disqualify leads.

Thoughts?

John
CorporateDollar.Org

Unfortunately all those diagrams in Rich’s report are entirely linear. He doesn’t seem to understand systems thinking – diagnosis and prescription are linear processes: incredibly useful but not systems thinking.

The big question left by your post Chris is: how? How are people to know what the problem is? A follow-up post (or several) on this would be excellent.

Unfortunately all those diagrams in Rich’s report are entirely linear. He doesn’t seem to understand systems thinking – diagnosis and prescription are linear processes: incredibly useful but not systems thinking.

The big question left by your post Chris is: how? How are people to know what the problem is? A follow-up post (or several) on this would be excellent.

I’m sold. Just downloaded the Manifesto – only 15 pages (doublesided).

Thanks,

John

I’m sold. Just downloaded the Manifesto – only 15 pages (doublesided).

Thanks,

John