math: RUN NUMBERS OR PEOPLE?
- 03/17/15 12:17 AM
In many businesses and services, it is either a numbers game or a service oriented one. Either we are in a production mode or a personal service one. There are places that can and will do both like Disneyland, Costco and other big mover and shakers. Its when you find an operation that just does numbers, it may be missing something PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE In the businesses that have discovered the power and longevity of running a customer service operation, the pay-offs can build a steady long-term business with predictable results. However, customer service is reliant on people treating people consistently and in a predictable rewarding way. … (6 comments)
math: TALKING TURKEY AND NOT ON THANKSGIVING EITHER
- 05/09/14 12:56 AM
I am working on a potential complicated Real Estate deal that involves a lot of key moves that require action plays which call for multiple action players. Its for big money and involves a degree of personal dynamics as well. I am being purposely vague but my point is...Can we all handle this? DOING THE UPFRONT WORK We call a meeting where the three main players are going to be involved. We don't know much about each other and how this deal will materialize. However, we have to decide rather quickly if we are all capable of maneuvering this type of Real Estate deal to … (4 comments)
math: ONE MILLION DOLLARS OR A PENNY DOUBLED EVERY DAY
- 08/29/13 11:56 PM
You made a decision. I hand you a million dollars and you walk away at a fast pace with things running through your mind. You are full of excitement and for the time being, all is well. Someone asks you, where did you get the money? You say someone said to me, take a million dollars right now or take a penny a day doubled for 30 days...I grabbed the million...That person says...OH NO! Day 1: $.01...We know. No big deal. Not even worth stooping down for or the time it takes to do so Day 20: $5,242.88...No bigger deal and … (2 comments)
math: STATISTICS EXPLAINED SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND IT
- 01/01/13 11:53 PM
If you take this in school, strap in and get ready for a ride of a sort. Depending on how it is taught, it will take you out starting with your own thinking and soon after that confusion and doubt not to mention a strong desire to never visit this subject again. Why is that? Because how to use it correctly and simply escapes many. IT IS A YARDSTICK...a measurement Knowledge of anything is really a tool to be used to accomplish a task or move something forward. I like having what they call WORKING knowledge which is a type of learning that … (5 comments)
math: CHIPPED IN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN GOT MY MONEY BACK NO PROBLEM
- 05/10/12 06:56 AM
Many years ago, I was partnered with two very creative people who were good at buying land, developing it and then selling the product. It was lucrative and my two partners were seasoned and one was second generation. We became aware of a potential six home site in a prime area that was just sitting. We inquired and went to work to see what we could be done LITIGATION WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT The current owner was in litigation with three (3) other attorneys and that is why this property just sat and sat. I contacted the current owner and he was … (48 comments)
In many businesses and services, it is either a numbers game or a service oriented one. Either we are in a production mode or a personal service one. There are places that can and will do both like Disneyland, Costco and other big mover and shakers. Its when you find an operation that just does numbers, it may be missing something
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