Posts Tagged ‘Management Systems & Methods’

A little philosophy

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Jay Abraham, a man I have referred to in the past, had a philosopher as a colleague. Spike Humer served as Jay’s COO until he founded his own firm this summer.

Jay gathered a group of primarily entrepreneurs from nearly 20 countries to hear from about 2 dozen sages in marketing in business.

At the end of the affair, Spike had an opportunity to share some of his thoughts on life. I think you will like them.

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The speed of trust

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Steven M. R. Covey is Steven R. Covey’s son. They are both in the personal development field, but not in the same firm. This was all news to me when I first met them.

Steven M. R. Covey has written a new book, The Speed of Trust. I have not yet read it, but did have a chance to listen to him cover the key concepts in about an hour presentation.

I have thought a lot about what he had to say in the intervening months and the more time passes the more I like the ideas.

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