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Experience, Gut & Technology

Written by Brandon Klein | Jun 23, 2009 12:42:00 PM

There are wizards or masters in our world. They write books, they speak to us on TV, they tell or convince us what to do. Perhaps they scare us into submission and acceptance of the status quo.

Problem:

How do we follow our gut, speak our mind, use our experience, factor in our leaders, utilize technology all to help us make the right decisions.

Solutions:

+ Read what the leaders have to say. Here are their blogs, tweets, methodologies, software etc.

+ "90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world." Colin Powell

+ "Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make."
Donald Trump

+ "There's something sexy about a gut. Not a 400-pound beer gut, but a little paunch. I love that."
Sandra Bullock

+ Build a shark decoy to get close to the real sharks. Organization and preparation are the shark suit. Cloak yourself, arm yourself, adapt yourself. REMOVE? For example, if you are talking with a small group, don't sit at the same large conference table. Remove it. Tables create barriers. Sit in a circle. Sit in a circle. Discuss. The meeting will be different. Guaranteed!