“The world is often unkind to new talents—new creations.” “…my disdain for Chef Gusteau’s famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins that [...]
The Parable of the Talents
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It Begins With Talents, Skills and Ideas
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Many of the great inventions today bring great relevance to the civilization. They matter on the way we live, the way we do things, the way we do work and the way we perceive work. Great inventors devise great inventions. But other great people become great not because they invent things. Gandhi and [...]
Do You Have the Right Talents for Your Business?
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Retrospectively, I posted articles on talents, recognizing talents and nurturing talents. On 4 Simple Steps on How to Recognize Your Own Genius, I referred the genius there as the talent. Likewise, I provided steps on how to recognize it and how to nurture it. On my previous post, it accounts my quest on improving [...]
Do You Have the Right Talents to Succeed?
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Right after my graduation, I wanted to realize my aspiration to become an entrepreneur. I asked my parents if I could help them in their business and they said, okay! I wanted to be in the administration of a family business with less than 10 employees. But many of my relatives advised me to have [...]
My First-hand Application Working on Advantages in an Organization
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I used to handle a small ice-making business with over 10 employees. Albeit my management of the operation of the manufacturing business was short-lived for only two months, my plan on re-organizing the structure after months of mismanagement paid off. It would have been better if I had stayed so I could compete head on [...]
How to Sustain Competitive Advantages
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My previous article on competitive advantage provides an exemplified situation on the subject’s application. I made mention on the change in competitive advantage of a firm when its competitors recognize the former’s advantage in the market position and begin applying it to their operations and enterprises. A change in competitive advantage may be done drastically [...]
Create Advantages with Your People
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3 Simple Points in Defining Competitive Advantages
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A business needs to have an attribute for it to be able to compete head on with its competitors and covet a recognized position in the market. In short, a business must have a competitive advantage. By defining competitive advantages, identifying them through research, customer feedback and observed customer shopping activities and fully understanding them [...]
Determine If Your Advantage Has Paid Off
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I felt elated when I had seen the fruits of my effort during that time when I managed the small ice-making business. Aside from doing the tasks of planning, assigning, organizing, coordinating and directing the business, I also included bookkeeping and accounting to my responsibilities. I had to check every transaction together with the evidential [...]
