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At first I wanted to bring you on my run. Well I can tell you that trying to film with a flip cam while running does not produce good results. So when I say at the beginning of the clip that I hope it didn’t make you sea-sick, the clip turned out really bad

So I’ll throw in a few pics of my running playground.

Arrival at the park

This is when I get to the park. It’s always a high. After warming up for about 5 minutes thru the city streets, this is the view I get. This is when I really clear my mind. No traffic, I can really let my mind wander. I can’t state enough the importance of having a clear mind to find solutions and ideas. Some may really reach it thru meditation, it sometimes happens to me. The best for me still is a “floatation bath”, but considering the cost, most of my runs will generate similar results. I start tossing around ideas, not judging anything. I’m in a grateful mood each time I run here. Greatful to be there, to be able to run, to feel “fit” at almost 50

Along the river. the long stretch

Water always had a powerful  effect on me. I’m not much into astrology but maybe being an Aquarius might have something to do with it. it’s always when I run close to the water that ideas crystallize. My house is close to this huge river that is the St-Lawrence and my summer cottage is close to the sea.  It just energizes me!

Anyway…

Today it’s about focus. And to have focus you have to start from stopping what PREVENTS YOU FROM BEING FOCUSED!

One big culprit is e-mails. We stop what we are doing to check it, we stop in our tracks when that little annoying Icon pops up! It’s tough to get back into the flow of things. And if you add to your “normal” mail, GMail/Hotmail/Yahoo, Facebook mail, LinkedIn mail, and Twitter DM’s, things get quickly out of hand!

Want to improve business fast ?

Start kicking “buts”

In our modern society, Maslow doesn’t apply very much. Let’s move from hierarchy to individual priorities

It may be not totally related to entrepreneurship but it is certainly with starting something.

The Time for Climate Justice campaign is an important one if you are in the fight to save our planet . In our own little way of doing our part, an important media personality here in Québec, Dominic Arpin, decided to take the TCK-TCK-TCK concept and ask 60 bloggers to take part in the one minute clip you see below.

By participating in such a project, he was making sure that those 60 bloggers would talk about the “’stunt” and specially the cause, on their blogs, Facebook page, Twitter and LinkedIn statuses!

If you haven’t seen the powerful rendition of “beds are burning” from international artists on the Time for climate justice site, please do so.

If this can inspire more people in your part of the Globe to do something of their own to build awareness around this issue, this post will have been well worth it.

Time is ticking, take action!
p.s. I’m at the 38th second

Outside the random act of Synchronicity, people who regularly encounter bad luck or good luck, bring it about themselves. No I’m not talking about “The Secret”…

People put in place, the conditions that bring good or bad “luck”.

I will focus on Good luck, after all, that’s what we want right ? So manage to take the decisions, do the actions to multiply the “chances” that opportunity will “strike”.

If you remember in my previous post, “Being the right person” with…

• the right solution
• at the right moment
• at the right place.

Do you meet new people ? Do you network virtually and for real ? How about talking to the right persons to get information to have more “chances” to come up with…

• the right solution
• at the right moment
• at the right place.

That means being able to LISTEN carefully to what people are saying, that means having an open mind to what people say about your idea. Listening to what they think is

• the right solution
• at the right moment
• at the right place.

And then there are the THINGS people can do for you. People have a tendency to PAYBACK. What have you done for someone lately ? Help to solve someone’s problems and see what happens. Ask the questions “what can I do for you today ?” , “Can I introduce you to someone ?” If you are “lucky” enough, they’ll help you back, with the right contact, the right introductions….

That means being CLEAR on what is missing for you to get “lucky”, what missing ingredient luck could bring ?

That means being able to get out of your usual ROUTINE…Recognizing you don’t have what you want, analyzing what you have and deciding to CHANGE something until things start to move your way…that you’re getting “lucky”. Notice that to Change something you have to ACT…you have to take a “chance” with something.

Then what are your expectations ? What will you do with the results, the feedback of that action ?

Your ability to react swiftly, to adjust will maximize you “chances” of hitting the “bull’s-eye”…

You’d be so lucky to nail it on the first try

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Inspired by this speech (in french)

Some might call it luck. Ok but you can influence it.
Some call it perfect timing. It’s more than that because it’s a random suite of events. It’s when the planet align
When you are

• the right person
• at the right place
• at the right time
• with the right solution
• and the adequate funds

You’ll make it !

Force it! talk to people, at the bus stop, on trains and planes. Network, mingle. You never know kwho is going to be the catalyst for your project. Have you goal in mind. Feed that right brain that will come up with creative solutions (that your left brain will never be able to supply).

BE the right person by working with your strengths and your passion.

BE at the right place by knowing your market and it’s rules more than your competition and by talking about your project.

Be at the right time by knowing how to set up your tipping point and integrating knowledge of needs and market.

Have the right solution by KNOWING THE NEED of your customers more than you know yourself.

Get the right funds by being able to SELL and CONVINCE , suppliers (bank is a supplier of money, never forget that), clients, and partners. But first and foremost,  Get a few sales with some early adopters.

Go to the bank with a few checks for products and services. You’ll see then offering you a business account with a line of credit faster than you can say “business plan”