Author: Jamie Wolf

Taking Action – Part 1 of 6   “You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore, 1913 Nobel Laureate for Literature

  Making Decisions – Part 6 of 6 Why does he ask you “How”?   “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”   Steve Jobs, 2005 commencement address at Stanford University

Making Decisions – Part 5 of 6   Channel Your Inner Two-Year-Old: why, why, WHY?   This is a series on starting your own business. WHY? So far we have only considered making decisions– and this is the 5th segment just about making decisions – WHY? We have discussed WHO is an entrepreneur (WHY?), WHAT resources you need and have, (WHY?), WHEN you will start your new venture (WHY?), WHERE you will work and find customers (WHY?) and now we are looking at WHY you have chosen to start a business. Yes, WHY?

Making Decisions – Part 4 of 6   Congratulations! You are really doing well with your deep dive into planning, making conscious choices, sorting through a number of decisions, and crafting your strategy for starting a business. It might feel a little overwhelming – or maybe it feels a bit tedious and slow – but hopefully it is bringing you clarity and narrowing your focus! What you are doing now is ensuring your success and the ability to sustain your venture. You’re not leaping without thinking. Being actively engaged in creating a process is a lot of work and it will really help keep you moving in a common sense, organized fashion!

Making Decisions – Part 3 of 6 Tomorrow Never Comes!How do you start a business? What are the steps to take? We learned last time that you must apply a process to figuring out who you are, what you want to do, when you’re going to do it, where you’re going to do it, why you want to do it, and how you’re going to do it.Let’s talk about when.

Making Decisions – Part 2 of 6   No Fish Burps!     I walked into the pantry and saw this statement. It sits prominently on a bottle of fish oil capsules but I’d never actually noticed it before. There’s a strong parallel to choosing a direction. So often the signs are right in front of us but we’re oblivious until one day something happens to cause us to focus and see what was there all along.

You want to be an entrepreneur and you want to start a business. How do you get from here (nothing done) to there (on your way, with a goal in clear focus)?     Making Decisions – Part 1 of 6