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Sometimes in business unusual, different and hostile situations do occur. This was recently the case when G. contacted me. Recently they had been going through some rough times at his workplace, due to issues with some hostile competitors. G.’s boss had recently started frequently demanding that G. and his co-workers ‘Be more creative. Think differently’. G. came to me through my Small Business Advice consulting service and wanted clarification on what his boss meant.
 
To start with I advised G. that before we could understand the concept of creative thinking we first would have to take a look at the ‘regular’ way of thinking. A simple example of ‘Regular’ thinking can be observed in the process that most of us use; say when we cannot find our keys: we search the pockets, then the briefcase, then the table and thereafter the last place that we remember them having been, according to our memory.
 
An expert in the field of creative thinking Dr. Eduard DeBono, labeled this process as ‘Vertical Thinking’: the stream of thoughts moves like an arrow that continues its motion until the target is hit. ‘Vertical Thinking’/’Regular Thinking’ is the more conventional and common type of thinking and decision making. “Vertical thinking” is the ‘logic’, sometimes called ‘analytic’ thinking process. It is usually described as an ongoing flow type of a process, in which one stage of conclusion is leading to the next one, until the best solution is reached.
 
Taking a closer look at G.’s instructions to ‘Be More creative. Think differently’ we can see that his boss obviously wanted him to use an alternate way of thinking. With my experience in Small Business Advice I was familiar with situations similar to the one in which G. Found himself. Many times a simple understanding of the concept of “Creative Thinking” can help to achieve the results his boss was looking for.
 
‘Creative Thinking’ is referred to by Dr. Debono as ‘Lateral Thinking’. The proper way to describe the creative thinking process is sometimes by matching it to a dotted or spiral line that can be related to a birds flight route or a frog’s elastic jump track also sometimes to the shapes of water waves or even at times to a fire works sparking lights. Dr. Debono labeled the process ‘Lateral Thinking’, to reflect the unstructured, not too easy to predict and often irrational pathway of the thinking process. Every creative process has a unique shape, which implies that every creative solution will have its unique and one time original pattern.
 
Here’s an old folk tail to help further understand the concept of ‘Lateral Thinking’.
 
”There was a guy who was traveling in the jungle. One night a monkey stole his hat. The man had another hat but was not ready to just give up and continue his journey. The stolen hat was very precious indeed, being used often for his traveling. The man went to the king lion with a very friendly posture and complained against the hostile attitude that he, as a guest in the kingdom, has experienced.
 
The monkey made it clear to the lion’s aids the there is no chance that the lion’s authority would make a difference. A jungle is a jungle, he reminded them. Our poor guy tried therefore to negotiate, with bananas of course, but there was no prospect for a real deal, since the hat was so precious and the monkey able to get his own bananas. Then he had no choice but to play into the jungle rules, so he threatened the monkey, with his gun. The smart monkey remained cool and warned him that it is illegal and threatened back that it would be cause for an immediate arrest.”

 
So far we have seen the common, known, logic, ‘Vertical Thinking’: we try to be nice, we bargain, and then we threaten. Our story takes us now to the creative thinking process ‘Lateral Thinking’ that the desperate fellow started to employ at this stage.
 
“The man remembered something from his childhood about the various characters that the children used to attach to animals: the lion is strong, the fox is smart, the chicken is afraid… and monkeys are bunch of imitators! They have no ‘ego’ of their own they would imitate and follow what they see…’Monkey see, monkey do.’

In a sudden, but well thought out plan, our fellow started to shout toward the monkey who was sitting safely high above on a nearby tree. The man was loud and sounded very angry. He moved his hands with rage. Then, as an act of contempt, he took his other precious hat, the only one that he had left and put it on his head. He then took it off and threw it hard with a lot of anger to the ground.
 
Our monkey did what his genes instructed his brain to do: he imitated the angry man. He screeched loudly, waved his hands in the air angrily and finally took the hat, and threw it on the ground. The man quickly grabbed it up and went on his way.”
 
Was our hero lucky, smart, genius? Well, it is up to you to decide. My story attempts to show how a spark of memory combined with a good application of common know-how (the genes…) lead to a creative solution that was necessary since the old methods were not effective any more.
 
 
I advised G that we were at the point, in our Online Counseling session, where it should be possible to understand why his boss wanted to see more of the creative, lateral thinking. It is definitely NOT because there is a natural biased preference towards creative thinking, no matter how nice and cultured it may sound. On the contrary: most of our daily challenges are better solved with the ordinary, vertical thinking method. To stress this point I’ll testify that most trainings and improvements processes are giving best results when they present learners with logical / vertical methods of analyzing situations and screening for the best decision that is appropriate for a given case. To conclude this point: the call for the creative thinking approach is neither the natural best bet nor the ‘politically correct’ thing to do.

It is the situation itself that call for creative thinking. Through my Small Business Advice experience, once the situation becomes unique or extraordinarily complex that is when ‘Lateral Thinking’ is called for. It is time now for the creative approach.
 
I advised G that if the company’s competitors were not playing according to the rules or if the common known tactics that had been already employed did not result with the expected turnarounds that your boss hoped for. Then the call for creative measures is justified. It implies that you all would welcome the ‘unthinkable’ thoughts; the non-logical but intuitive and gut-feeling reasoning for your suggestions; the application of new and yet unused ideas and methods; the fixture of your current problems with other tools then you have tried before. Your boss has determined that now is the time to “Think outside the box” for new possibilities and solutions.
 

Originally posted 2010-03-18 15:46:57.

I just finish my telephone call with a person that called me after he saw me blog and Facebook fan page and he was frustrated and was asking for advice.

First of all, I felt his pain as we have all gone through or are presently going through the pain of succeeding at home. He told me about all the programs and M.LMs he had been in and that he tried this and that. He mentioned a couple of Guru programs and the poor guy was frustrated at his next to zero results.

After a few minutes, I knew his problem and how to fix it…

I told him there are two things that matter more to your success then anything else.

a. Marketing

B. Mindset

I advised him that we can always work on finding effective marketing and there are lots of ways to approach this to fit all budget levels. There is effective online and offline stuff.

However, mindset is what was really holding him back. His attitude was not in the best place, he felt people had taken advantage of him and even though he was a nice guy…he had a “victim mentality”.

I told him he had to work on his self esteem, start reading books, listening to audios and that in my opinion, success would be difficult at best of he didn’t focus on this and get it right.

Sad thing…he had a good attitude with me but he didn’t “get it” and is looking for the secret or the magic bullet to riches from home. Guys, it doesn’t work like that.

Is your mindset right?

Are you working on this daily?

Do you have a coach, mentor or friend that is holding you accountable?

Are you really committed to succeed?

Mindset is the key to better marketing, more sales, great success…

Stay Strong!

Coach Al Rodriguez

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Many families in Asia benefit from the services of domestic helpers; this is one major advantage of people living in this part of the world because here the services of domestic helpers are less expensive compared to other regions, such as the United States.

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What do you know about futures trading? These days when economy is tough and life seems to be testing you how are you going to survive such, there are people who are lucky enough to know how to outlast such crisis. If you haven’t been into any kinds of trades your whole life, it is never too late to start learning.

The futures are known to be one, if not the most popular day trading markets these days. These are available with a wide range of fundamental elements that are effective with regards to the price movement and in terms of liquidity. There are also some futures markets that can be traded throughout the day.

What Do the Futures Hold?

Do not confuse this kind of trading with the likes of stock trading wherein you invest on the stock market. With futures, you don’t actually own anything. The idea here is that you speculate what the future may hold with regards to the prices of commodities that you will be trading. In other words, you speculate about what the prices of such goods will be in the future. To start with the process, you must invest a sufficient capital that you will deposit on a brokerage firm. This way, the latter will be assured that you are capable of paying for your losses in the event that your trade loses money.

A good example of this venture is a farmer who opted to sell the futures for his crop, for example, wheat. He will do so if he thinks that its price will drop before harvest time. In this regard, someone who is also interested in wheat, like a bread manufacturer, will decide on buying the futures if he thinks that the wheat’s price is going to elevate before its harvest. Whatever happens to the price of such commodity, the farmer and the bread manufacturer are both assured of a guaranteed price.

Now someone will invest in the trade. This person is interested about the changes that might happen as time passes. And he wants to benefit through the process of buying and selling for a profit. In this regard, you can conclude that this kind of trade can be likened to an insurance plan dedicated to people who are involved with trading as well as investing.

There is Money in the Trades

Just like in any kind of gamble, if you are going to be involved in trading and investing in the futures, you need to strategize. You have to study your moves and make sure that you calculate each step that you take as you go along in the venture. You cannot simply rely on good luck when there is already money involved. You have to keep up with whatever is happening in the trade that you are in. This way, you will be able to plan how are you going to move and what else can you do in order to gain and avoid losing in the process.

There are famous commodities trader who can testify that the statement is true. But it will definitely not going to happen overnight. The first thing that you have to accept is the potential of futures trading. After such, you can move on with your schemes and with further analyzing the situation that you have gotten yourself and your money into.

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The venerable Pump Room Restaurant in Chicago is once again a beacon of civilized living. Famously memorialized in the Frank Sinatra song ‘Chicago’, the ‘jumping Pump Room’ was one of the first true fine dining establishments to open in the Windy City at the end of Prohibition. Almost immediately, it became a favorite of celebrities including the biggest stars in entertainment history–Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr, Jackie Gleason, Dean Martin, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan and Marilyn Monroe is just a very small list of the icons that made it a regular hangout. In the later part of the 20th century, however, it sort of fell off the map as a new wave of gourmet restaurants in the Windy City led by Charlie Trotter reduced it to a historical footnote.

The Pump Room opened in’38 under the ownership and management of Ernie Blyfield. Blyfield’s inspiration for the name and ambiance of his restaurant was an 18th Century London pub frequented by celebrities and nobility, including Queen Anne. The ‘Pump Room’ moniker came from the hot drinks ‘pumped’ into the cocktails of its customers.

The Chicago Pump Room was a smashing success from the time it opened. It’s most desired table reserved for ‘A list’ celebrities was Booth #1, which for a time may have been the most sought after table at any dining establishment in the country. Booth #1 at various times hosted Frank Sinatra and his associates, Bogart and Bacall, Judy Garland and daughter Liza Minnelli, John Barrymore and countless others.

Blyfield died in’50, but the Pump Room remained a Chicago hot spot and hosted a new era of superstars including Mel Brooks, Beverly Sills, Paul Newman, Robert Redford. More recently, Michael J. Fox, Eddie Murphy and Mick Jagger have made appearances. A funny story involves former Genesis drummer Phil Collins, who was refused entry for not wearing a jacket. The incident was commemorated in the title of his next solo album No Jacket Required which has since sold over– million copies worldwide and launched Collins into solo superstardom. Following its release, the Pump Room sent Collins an apology”and an appropriate jacket so that the incident wouldnt be repeated.

The Pump Room was purchased by a large restaurant management group in the late’90’s. They spent a lot of money to renovate the facility, overhaul the menu and hire a top flight chef. While the Pump Room’s golden era trade mark flaming food served on a sword was a tragedy of city fire codes, the menu is now on par with any in the city serving a sophisticated interpretation of classic American cuisine. In addition to the revamped cuisine, the Pump Room upgraded its wine offering and expanded the bar area.

Current Executive Chef Nick Sutton has continued the restaurant’s tradition of excellence. The big draw of the Pump Room, however, remains the amazing sense of history that the dining room offers. The realization that a who’s who of civilized American culture from Bogart and Clark Gable to Sinatra and Jackie Gleason broke bread in the room is a pretty amazing vibe. The good news is that the Pump Room again offers the quality of food and service worthy of such icons, and is a victory for culinary excellence amid the national infestation of mediocre chain restaurants.

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Originally posted 2009-10-17 00:02:26.

Are you looking for someone to remove painful wisdom teeth in Utah? Finding a dentist willing to do the work will not be difficult, although locating a dentist who is both well thought of and highly capable in the Utah area may be a matter requiring some research.

Almost any dentist will take you on as a new patient, but it is critical that you find the very best. Fortunately, Utah has a group of experts who constitute the largest, most trusted wisdom teeth providers in the area. You want to find the best: it will make a very great difference in recovery time and in providing you with the best and safest of medications.

Our human resources department gave me a complete list of the benefits that were associated with the insurance plan, as well as a list of dentist who were in the Salt Lake City area. Of course it would be nice to find one who specialized in wisdom teeth removal Utah so that hopefully they would accept my company’s insurance.

I began contacting several of the dentist’s who were located in my company’s insurance packet. Interestingly enough not every dentist did wisdom teeth removal. This seems that this qualified as an oral surgery, and I would have to be referred to a specialist who only did surgeries.

There are several reasons why it can become necessary to remove wisdom teeth. A person’s mouth is meant to hold twenty eight teeth, and sometimes the growing wisdom teeth can crowd the mouth, causing serious pain.

If, when the wisdom teeth begin to grow, the person is suffering a great deal of discomfort, he or she needs to make an appointment with a reputable local dentist to have their wisdom teeth removed. Of course, the sooner the wisdom teeth are removed, the more quickly the patient will feel relief.

So I scheduled interviews through the dentists that were referred by human resources manager. It turned out to be a very smart thing to do. First of all the price differences were rather wide, as well as the range of services that were offered along with the surgeries.

By comparing it seemed that the specialists charged substantially more than the general dentistry were able to do the surgeries in their office. Another facet that was interesting to me was that some dentist would use a local anesthetic while other oral surgeons prefer to put the patient to sleep for the entire time of the surgery.

I finally picked a specialist to do the wisdom teeth removal Utah-based, and had the surgery. It was a complete success. And best of all my company’s insurance paid for every penny of it.

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Originally posted 2010-06-06 14:54:13.

Those that may not have heard of the moniker “marketing executive recruiter” are assuredly familiar with the term “head hunter.” The two are, essentially, one in the same. A marketing executive recruiter is generally someone that is hired to locate marketing professionals for executive level positions. It is their prime business to connect top marketing professionals with those companies in dire need of their expertise.

So, what does that have to do with your company? You may be thinking that you are smart enough to hire your own employees, but think of the time it takes to bring candidates in for interviews, weed out the ones that are clearly not a right fit for the job, and then determine on someone who will hopefully fit into your fast paced office environment.

Remember, you have your own job duties to handle. What value would there be in wasting hours putting out job advertisements, reviewing resumes, and having to conduct various interviews when you have other responsibilities? This process becomes further is the fact that you would be skimming the resumes to look at various people that just do not have the experience for executive level positions. Yet, they apply anyway. You need to sort them out prior to hiring the right professionals that are worth the time interviewing.

Even when you are able to delegate such time-consuming tasks to assistants or staff members, the office wastes valuable time searching out the proper marketing professionals.

Would it not be best to let another talented pro to handle such tasks for you?

What you are doing when you hire a marketing executive recruiter is delegating the candidate search duties to someone with expertise in finding marketing professionals. It can be like finding that tiny needle in a haystack of unqualified applicants at times, but a skilled head hunter will already have contacts with some of the top professionals in the industry and will know exactly how to draw in others.

When you hire an experienced marketing executive recruiter, you will discover you have more qualified applicants than you would have been able to find on your own. You will also be able to hire such personnel in a much shorter period of time. That certainly can help your business a great deal since you would not be weighted down by the traditional process of advertising through traditional channels. And, by the way, traditional channels are not always the best resource for hiring the best people.

Just think about it. You could take out an ad in a local paper to advertise your executive marketing position, but who is actually ready the newspaper these days? Not very many people and definitely not the candidates you need to fill an executive level position in marketing.

There is always the option of listing a job on an online job board and they are extremely cluttered and disorganized. Those looking for a job will quickly become frustrated when they see all of the available opportunities presented in such a slapdash manner.

Your best bet is to hire a recruiter who has connections in the industry and can find your ideal candidate plus many more. You will end up with a wider selection of professionals to select from and won’t have to waste all of your time or that of your assistant posting ads, weeding out unqualified candidates and interviewing the wrong people.

When you perform interviews, you need to select the right personnel. You would be best served working with a professional marketing executive that truly knows exactly what they are doing. This is the way your business will get ahead without losing any valuable resources. You need to hire a marketing recruiter. That is the best way to go about the process.

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