Loud Thinking

Archive for 2013

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Mother Teresa

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

Mother Teresa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.

God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

Volunteering is to freely offer your time or talents.

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941);
poet, playwright, essayist

Avoid These Strategy-Making Pitfalls

When creating strategy, far too many leaders give in to temptations that result in weak strategic choices, and ultimately, failure. Here are three common mistakes and how to avoid them:

Failing to choose. Attempting to be all things to all customers isn’t a winning strategy. Select specific segments of consumers with particular characteristics that you can serve best.

Acquiring to change playing fields. Acquisition usually just adds unnecessary complexity. If you can’t strategize in your current environment, you won’t necessarily excel in a different one.

Accepting an existing choice as unchangeable. A company always has a choice of where in the market they will play, so don’t use this as an excuse for mediocre performance. Change won’t happen overnight, but you can alter the course with focus and dedication.

Adapted by HBR from Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works.

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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Compassion is to feel deep sympathy and a desire to help.

“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977);
comic actor, filmmaker, writer