Comments on: 3 Tips for Better Small Business Leadership

By: Ruth Sanderson

Ruth Sanderson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:27:20 +0000

Eric, I like the analogy you include, “When we take the bend quickly, we come a cropper. When we take it slowly, we make it easily.”

It reminds me of something Jack Canfield mentions in his book, “The Power of Focus”.
He talks about how you can drive across America knowing only what is 100m ahead of you at any time.
When solving problems, my own or clients, I am often reminded of this when a whole solution isn’t coming to mind right away. I just need to know what’s next and then
as I come out of the curve, who knows what ideas will open up ahead of me.

Thanks Ruth

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:29:24 +0000

Problems are what you are supposed to have in any business, otherwise there would be no need for your business to exist

A business only ever exists to provide solutions to the problems you customers cant or dont want to solve themselves

It reminds me of the person who once said

I wish the customers would stop coming in so i can get my work done!

By: Carma Spence-Pothitt

Carma Spence-Pothitt — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:18:24 +0000

When I read this line, “They see solutions as inevitable,” it gave me pause. My first thought was, doesn’t everyone? And then I fall back on my mantra, “Carma, you’re weird. People don’t think like you.”

That aside, I really liked this post, primarily for two reasons. It clearly states what are common, non-leaderly thoughts, and then lays out the leaderly thoughts that can be cultivated and nurtured. People reading this can pat themselves on the back for those thought they already have, and know what thoughts they need to focus on for improvement.

I also like the implied aspect of forgiveness. It’s O.K. if you’re not there yet. We are all works in progress. We can take our time not only to solve problems but also to become the leaders we want to be.