You Only Have To Be Right Once...

'It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and either should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because...All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.'

Who said this? The multi-billionaire Mark Cuban. This was at the end of a blog Mark Cuban wrote about his attaining ultimate success- when he hit the MARK! (okay, I promise no more puns!) He stated that no one ever asked anything about his previous many ventures in the pursuit of success only to end in 'failures'- and they started from a young age. But when you strike 'gold', drill a 'oil gusher', buy a stock early that goes through the roof, etc. everyone around you claims it to be 'luck'. Silence is profound until you hit pay dirt! Then everyone around you speaks about you like it was just overnight luck. It is other like-kind people who really understand the years of trial and error, dedication, effort, 'stick-to-it'ness, the confidence and belief that you can and will attain your greatness somewhere, somehow, it's just a matter of time.

I remember another famous person in the music industry who said the 'mike' (your voice, fortune, etc.) only goes by you once. If you miss it you are out of luck. If any successful person had believed that they would have never had the courage to keep going. If Mark Cuban had believed this he would never attained what he did, he would not be a wealthy happy guy.

I say to you, do not ever give up. Do not ever give in to the voices of mediocrity, the negative people who silently live in the shadows of life and loud with rumors and murmurs when someone sticks out of the mud and rises into the light of greatness and fortune, then tells the whole world of your 'luck, overnight success'. Martha Stewart said it well in her recent book that 'opportunites will always keep coming to you all your life'. The point is all missed one's are just the setup for the next one, your next opportunity. DO NOT EVER GIVE UP.

You only have to be right once...

Until the next WebLog...

Is A Thinker Really a Thinker? Something to think about...

'C K Prahalad, India-born management guru and academician, has been voted the world's most influential living management thinker ahead of hands-on managers like Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan and Richard Branson. Prahalad, who is the first Indian-origin thinker to claim the title, was ranked number three in last year's Thinkers 50 list brought out by Suntop Media.'

This is the opening headlines of a recent article on the web. What importance does this have, who does it effect, what does it exactly mean. And who decided this and what criteria was used? And to who's benefit is it I believe this to be true? This is certainly something to think about. But does it hold substance? Is it accurate to the real world?

The words that the caught my eye, stood out from the rest from the headline, was 'management guru and academician'. That suggests to me that management and intellect is at the top of importance for global economic dominance and leadership that can eradicate poverty. That sends out red flags to me that rise higher than the hay in the fields! The very implication is that management means primarily 'people resources'. This further means corralling, funneling and directing people (managing) for commercial, global, economic purposes that we are told is 'good'. When you really think on it accurately, if someone else manages 'you', you will always be limited to the design and formulation of your life from the outside influences, a MANAGER. It is a master-slave relationship. Hence if you are allowing yourself and your life to be influenced and directly from an outside 'source' you will be a slave to the relationship, always managed. By managed also has historically proved over the years to only pay a limited cap on one's ability to earn money, produce income. The real wealth always funnels up to the top because the design of the corporate structure is a pyramid shape vs. a lateral design. Just read the fine print or listen to the 'gurus'. The CEO makes the most money, next the President(s), layers of Managers, then at the bottom of the structure, the folks being 'MANAGED'- the employees. Do you notice that CEO's, CFO's (the Financial Officer) and public relations people in the same companies not only manage the people, systems, structure, and goods sold interally but also manage the message- all outsiders. They even call it corporate governance. The only piece of the action most people ever get out of this is owning some form of shares... The all blessed phrase 'shareholder value'. The one that leaves YOU with the impression that YOU are the important one in the entire chain. So the answer to the question, 'To who's benefit is it I believe this to be true?' in this case is the corporate structure with one one specifically to blame or make accountable. It does a great job of keeping the structure in place with the most people resources at the bottom of the pyramid- the employees. The ones who make the least amount of money with no influence or decision making.
Would it not be a great thing to have a 'great leader and lateral thinker' amongst us, influencing the world than a 'great mangement and academician'? Was perhaps Gandi and Mother Teresa in this category, just to name a few? These people revolutionised systems and structures in place for a better society, world, with people being first importance in the chain, not last. These people understood poverty and the implications of it from the front lines, the human level. Further the passion of purpose they displayed was from deep conviction to make the world a better place, raise the consciousness and awareness.
It was recently said if you want to change poverty choose to not live in poverty yourself. To think about that and choose that is to become the master over the only domain you can control- YOURSELF. Only a corporate structure that benefits everyone, is lateral, and equal to all, fair, and unlimited in wealth to all people who put a high degree of effort in, can profit everyone- equally. The person who needs to become the expert on 'thinking stuff' is yourself.
I promise to do some thinking on this.
Until the next blog...

Oh Bee Oh Bee, where art thee, in the land of the free?

A recent tv show I watched profiled what I consider to bee the demise of one of the true wonders of the natural world...the honey bee. The honey bee pollinates just about every type of plant, vegetable and fruit in the fields of mankind. We do not only depend on the bee for honey. We need the honey bee to do the natural thing.. to seed the fields of foods in just about every food group available to man! If this does not happen we do not eat, period! The very makeup of the bee is amazing alone. They are designed so as to know which way the sun is, perform a dance that is in itself unbeelievable to show all the other bees how far, how fast, how high, how long to fly to get a source of food for the hive, how to protect the queen bee, the purpose and action of the worker bees, the purpose and action of the 'drones'... the list is so far reaching to nature that comes right back to effect everyone of us directly- our mouths. Whether we realize it or not today, we will know the truth very soon, as we will not have the food the bee has provided since the beeginning of time. The bee's are not even going back to the hive anymore, which means only one thing, death. We simply will not have the organic natural foods from the land of plenty to eat! Because there will not bee any! So now what??? Who, what is to blame? Why is this happening? Is it as profound as what the documentary revealed? Is it what is in our environment? A virus(s) and/or other health issues? Compromised immune system? Greed of the bee keepers and commercial operators? A mixture of some/all of these? Why is man's head down and we seem to not be aware of this siuation, which could be a tragedy on a global far reaching scale affecting our eating supply and nutrients? How did we let this get so far along on what could be an irreversible path, the death of one of natures wonderous seed planters and food suppliers. Why is it we are not paying attention to this serious problem...until a documentary reveals it as a serious problem? Is there something in all of us that we are so focused on ourselves, a narcisistic nation only focused on our own needs & greeds, our own desires, our own personal problems, our own personal wealth or lack of, our own personal illnessness/health issues, our, our, our, etc? Have we forgot the simple truth that nature has her way with the universe and inhabitants therein? She governs and corrects all negligence, all inverted perspectives and seductive spins away from of her truths. We are not getting the picture she must correct it all, as she governs everything below it, which is everything, including you and I. I, like many of you hope this can bee corrected and returned to it's natural state, or honey at the kitchen table as weel as many other foods we take for granted will bee no longer there.
Until the next post...