Comments on: New Years Resolutions or Last Years Mistakes http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: GoalGuru.com http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-27312 GoalGuru.com Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:11:18 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html#comment-27312 (I take some time twice a year also to take inventory and reflect). Tapping into things you don't like can be a great catalyst for change if turned into positive, lasting action. Live Your Dreams, -Jill (I take some time twice a year also to take inventory and reflect).

Tapping into things you don’t like can be a great catalyst for change if turned into positive, lasting action.

Live Your Dreams,

-Jill

]]> By: The Rick http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-27298 The Rick Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:42:30 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html#comment-27298 I make it a point, at least once a year (preferably twice), to go to a Hotel with no cell phone, no laptop, nothing. Check in, go down to the pool with a pad of paper and start thinking. This is not the time to start picking up attractive guys/girls for romantic interlude - this is a business trip folks, serious business. As a business owner with payroll, it's my responsibility to not only ensure that the people who work for me have a paycheck for the year, but that they have a place to grow (both financially as well as professionally). As a business owner with self-interest, I need to make more money than what I could earn as an employee of someone else - considerably more. If I can't or don't, then it's time to close the doors because I take risk with the business, so I need the return. The second item involves 2 things: 1. Customer Satisfaction, which encompases lots of things - better service, new offerings, and so on. 2. If you get #1 right, then new clients will come at you fast, SO... this is where procedures really help. How do you spin up a client? Is it automated? Is it DOCUMENTED, i.e., a checklist that you can follow with a 3-alarm hangover? Anyways... some tboughts from a guy who's made a LOT of really stupid mistakes in my career. I make it a point, at least once a year (preferably twice), to go to a Hotel with no cell phone, no laptop, nothing. Check in, go down to the pool with a pad of paper and start thinking.

This is not the time to start picking up attractive guys/girls for romantic interlude – this is a business trip folks, serious business.

As a business owner with payroll, it’s my responsibility to not only ensure that the people who work for me have a paycheck for the year, but that they have a place to grow (both financially as well as professionally).

As a business owner with self-interest, I need to make more money than what I could earn as an employee of someone else – considerably more. If I can’t or don’t, then it’s time to close the doors because I take risk with the business, so I need the return.

The second item involves 2 things:
1. Customer Satisfaction, which encompases lots of things – better service, new offerings, and so on.
2. If you get #1 right, then new clients will come at you fast, SO… this is where procedures really help. How do you spin up a client? Is it automated? Is it DOCUMENTED, i.e., a checklist that you can follow with a 3-alarm hangover?

Anyways… some tboughts from a guy who’s made a LOT of really stupid mistakes in my career.

]]> By: Stuart Crawford http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-27297 Stuart Crawford Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:39:41 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html#comment-27297 AWESOME POINTS VLAD One thing I didn't see mentioned around REGRET was this..what things to you regret not doing? This is sometimes more painful than regretting something you have done. I have a list of things that I regret taking immediate action on in 2007, however, the nice thing about it that I can take action in 2008. Sometimes it is better to be late to the dance, than not to show up at all. Thanks for all you do for SBSC's Vlad, your approach is unique to the marketplace and offers some great reality checks... Something not to regret! Stuart Crawford Calgary, AB http://www.itsuccessmentor.com AWESOME POINTS VLAD

One thing I didn’t see mentioned around REGRET was this..what things to you regret not doing? This is sometimes more painful than regretting something you have done. I have a list of things that I regret taking immediate action on in 2007, however, the nice thing about it that I can take action in 2008. Sometimes it is better to be late to the dance, than not to show up at all.

Thanks for all you do for SBSC’s Vlad, your approach is unique to the marketplace and offers some great reality checks…

Something not to regret!

Stuart Crawford
Calgary, AB
http://www.itsuccessmentor.com

]]> By: Starting the New Year off right - Greener Pastures http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html/comment-page-1#comment-27286 Starting the New Year off right - Greener Pastures Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:46:07 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html#comment-27286 [...] http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html So did you read that? Have you been reading Karl's Blog? Apparently it's the thing to do right now. We've discussed it here, but keep it simple looking into the New Year. Repeat the good things you did. Eliminate the bad things. Problem is that not everything that went South last year was bad for your business. Perhaps you lost a deal that was good for your business, but the client just did not byte. It happens. Be shrewd and keep your wits about you. There's opportunity to learn from every situation, win-lose-or-draw. Sometimes a lose may be just that, sometimes there's more to it. Just because last year was not what you expected, did that sink the ship or were you… WARNING!!! WATCH OUT FOR MICROSOFT SPEAK HERE!!! Agile enough to deal with the situation. Well, were you? If not, I'll be on the lookout for your old equipment on eBay. If you rolled with the punches and are in a good place, tell the community. We have found that part of our success is connecting, each and every time we have a win, with our Microsoft Contacts. Most of our deals are specs on Microsoft's radar, but we make sure each one is cataloged, so when they wonder, hey who's the go to SBSC in SCA? I want them to think of us. When they say, who partners with other SBSCs in SCA? I want them to think of us. Who's that goofy guy that keeps burying me in email and phone calls and IMs? While Vlad maybe heading to Google, I'll not be. Microsoft is not that bad a ship to emulate, and not a bad place to work with. They have helped us identify opportunities and worked to help us win deals, all over the spectrum. Well not exactly. No Government, no School Districts, no fortune 100. But they keep us going, and we are happy to work with them. So as I look back, I can say that working with Microsoft has overall been Good. Repeat that. Working with Packet8, not so much, dump that. Partnering with other likeminded local organizations, good, repeat that. Depending on LPI to deliver on managed services promises, not so much, skip that on this year… You see how this goes. Think it out, do it up. Make your lists and get the New Year started right!!! Published Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:46 PM by wattersbill72 [...] [...] http://www.vladville.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions-or-last-years-mistakes.html So did you read that? Have you been reading Karl's Blog? Apparently it's the thing to do right now. We've discussed it here, but keep it simple looking into the New Year. Repeat the good things you did. Eliminate the bad things. Problem is that not everything that went South last year was bad for your business. Perhaps you lost a deal that was good for your business, but the client just did not byte. It happens. Be shrewd and keep your wits about you. There's opportunity to learn from every situation, win-lose-or-draw. Sometimes a lose may be just that, sometimes there's more to it. Just because last year was not what you expected, did that sink the ship or were you… WARNING!!! WATCH OUT FOR MICROSOFT SPEAK HERE!!! Agile enough to deal with the situation. Well, were you? If not, I'll be on the lookout for your old equipment on eBay. If you rolled with the punches and are in a good place, tell the community. We have found that part of our success is connecting, each and every time we have a win, with our Microsoft Contacts. Most of our deals are specs on Microsoft's radar, but we make sure each one is cataloged, so when they wonder, hey who's the go to SBSC in SCA? I want them to think of us. When they say, who partners with other SBSCs in SCA? I want them to think of us. Who's that goofy guy that keeps burying me in email and phone calls and IMs? While Vlad maybe heading to Google, I'll not be. Microsoft is not that bad a ship to emulate, and not a bad place to work with. They have helped us identify opportunities and worked to help us win deals, all over the spectrum. Well not exactly. No Government, no School Districts, no fortune 100. But they keep us going, and we are happy to work with them. So as I look back, I can say that working with Microsoft has overall been Good. Repeat that. Working with Packet8, not so much, dump that. Partnering with other likeminded local organizations, good, repeat that. Depending on LPI to deliver on managed services promises, not so much, skip that on this year… You see how this goes. Think it out, do it up. Make your lists and get the New Year started right!!! Published Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:46 PM by wattersbill72 [...]

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