The Secret Prescription for Rapid Growth Through the Optimization of Greed
Don’t set big goals. Big goals keep you small. I know that’s not what you hear from many, but here at the Alchemist Entrepreneur we’ve learned that the herd is usually wrong. And every now and then they run themselves off a cliff. Also, we’re practical. And big goals don’t work. Even when clothed in…
The Alchemist Papers: 2. Dragooned.
This is the second of “The Alchemist Papers”, written by The Alchemist Entrepreneur. His identity must be kept silent, so we just call him “Al.” I remind you that even though Al is alive and well in the age when millions share nonsense daily through Facebook and Twitter, he likes to write as if he were…
It may not be nice to say, but they’re idiots.
In The King’s Speech, the stammering Prince Albert, soon to become King George VI, finds himself in the cozy office of speech therapist Lionel Logue. He expects Logue to begin treating him. Instead, Logue insists on small talk. Losing patience, the prince takes out a cigarette. “Please don’t do that,” Lionel says. “I’m sorry?” replies…
How trying to convince a client makes stress, not sales.
Nick writes in with the following sale-asphyxiating problem: “As soon as a potential customer expresses an interest, I feel under enormous pressure and probably come over too much like I’m desperate to close at any cost rather than negotiate a reasonable/beneficial deal from a position of power. “How can I be confident and relaxed?” We’ve…
Reality. Leverage. Impact. The Guiding Principles of The Alchemist Entrepreneur.
It’s time to peel back the layers and reveal some of the thinking behind the “alchemist” analogy. My allusion is not to the trite fantasy of turning lead into gold. This is more of a thought provoking conversation than a ‘how-to.’ So I decided we’d do this in podcast form, a more personable medium. Message…