Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti….but now there’ll be no more passing me by…Takeaway: It’s time to get yours this week. Don’t let the summer pass you by.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Past results are not an indicator of future performance. …in 3005…
Takeaway #16: I get the paper so I don’t care…the art of Negotiation from Audio 2
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Milk is chillin, Giz is chillin
What more can I say? Top billin
That’s what we get, got it good
And since you understood, would you
Do a dance, dance the Two
If, you can dance it’s easy to do
Audio 2: Top Billin’; What More Can I Say (1988)
Hell, this made no sense even back in 1988, but BPM still loves the cut. Well….actually it does, “I get the paper so I don’t care.” This will make no sense to a lot of people but for BPM this cut has always been synonymous with the negotiation maxim of if-you-don’t-ask-you-don’t-get.
In any negotiation you have to state your opening gambit with authority or no one will bite. The momentum of the negotiation is yours to control if the first salvo is convincing and backed. Milk and Giz have no trepidation; all they want you to know is that they are always given top-shelf. Do you understand our track record, my friend across the table? Once Milk and Giz get you convinced that they are serious about this stance, the momentum of the deal falls into place shortly thereafter.
BPM TAKEAWAY#16:
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OPEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A CLEAR AND DECISIVE STATEMENT
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INITIAL MOMENTUM DICTATES THE EASE WITH WHICH SUCCESSIVE EVENTS FALL IN LINE
In love with the $, I ain’t never letting go…
In love with the $, I ain’t never letting go…
…friday clue…..and we’re outta here…have a good weekend…
Takeaway #11: Ice Cube inspires mission statement discipline
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When you first start rhyming
It started off slow and then you start climbing
But it wasn’t fast enough I guess
So you gave your other style a test
You was hardcore hip-hop
Now look at yourself, boy you done flip-flopped
Ice Cube ♦ True to the Game; Death Certificate (1991)
One of the hardest lessons in the corporate world is determining how to excel without selling out. I don’t mean, without cashing out – I mean without abandoning your core competency or mission statement. Companies expand into different industries and sectors while telling the investment community that in fact it is a related, vertical or horizontal integration move. Executives turn into social climbers and status seekers shunning the fundamental diligence and thoughtfulness that created their original success.
This is not to say that people should be change adverse. New styles and new methods are the heart of innovation, which is the corporate driver – soul of success. However, innovative methods do not justify abandoning a fundamental corporate mission. Keeping it real, does not have to be keeping it real dumb. Just don’t lose your focus. I suppose Steve Jobs would say, “stay crazy, stay wild.”
BPM TAKEAWAY#11:
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STAY ON MISSION (STATEMENT)
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FOCUS
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