The Art of Patience

Woooohoho! True that!
For the ones with a higher paying jobs they somewhat need the "shiny-new-toys" that's only "new" for a not-so-long-time. It adds up to their impression on their reputation.

As for me, the more high tech it gets, the more I appreciate where we've started. The old school stuff are still awesome! Not that I have something against the new high-tech gadgets, but yeah "preserve and improve"

The more high tech we get..the more lazy our asses gets. Everything is just 1 click away. Having remote control for everything. getting everything easier and faster...(even applies to relationships with your family ends faster) I'm not complaining but I appreciate the hard copies of love letters not e-mails...the effort of men and the spending time with your children or loved ones on pic-nicks (not playing too much buttons)..the ones that you'll really get to know them kind activities. anyway, i think im out of the line but you get my point right? hahahaha By the way, I love your posts!

Woooohoho! True that!
For the ones with a higher paying jobs they somewhat need the "shiny-new-toys" that's only "new" for a not-so-long-time. It adds up to their impression on their reputation.

As for me, the more high tech it gets, the more I appreciate where we've started. The old school stuff are still awesome! Not that I have something against the new high-tech gadgets, but yeah "preserve and improve"

The more high tech we get..the more lazy our asses gets. Everything is just 1 click away. Having remote control for everything. getting everything easier and faster...(even applies to relationships with your family ends faster) I'm not complaining but I appreciate the hard copies of love letters not e-mails...the effort of men and the spending time with your children or loved ones on pic-nicks (not playing too much buttons)..the ones that you'll really get to know them kind activities. anyway, i think im out of the line but you get my point right? hahahaha By the way, I love your posts!

Woooohoho! True that! For the ones with a higher paying jobs they somewhat need the "shiny-new-toys" that's only "new" for a not-so-long-time. It adds up to their impression on their reputation. As for me, the more high tech it gets, the more I appreciate where we've started. The old school stuff are still awesome! Not that I have something against the new high-tech gadgets, but yeah "preserve and improve" The more high tech we get..the more lazy our asses gets. Everything is just 1 click away. Having remote control for everything. getting everything easier and faster...(even applies to relationships with your family ends faster) I'm not complaining but I appreciate the hard copies of love letters not e-mails...the effort of men and the spending time with your children or loved ones on pic-nicks (not playing too much buttons)..the ones that you'll really get to know them kind activities. anyway, i think im out of the line but you get my point right? hahahaha By the way, I love your posts!

Do you think it's possible to be patiently impatient? I always want things NOW, actually, yesterday. HOWEVER, when it comes to business I like to wait, watch, digest and ultimately see what everyone is doing and then try to do it better. I guess it comes under my whole postmodernism ethos that there is nothing truly original so you might as well wait and see what everyone else is doing and then make you mark by doing it better. Let's see if Google+ can manage than .... tick tock tick tock .. whatever!

Do you think it's possible to be patiently impatient? I always want things NOW, actually, yesterday. HOWEVER, when it comes to business I like to wait, watch, digest and ultimately see what everyone is doing and then try to do it better.
I guess it comes under my whole postmodernism ethos that there is nothing truly original so you might as well wait and see what everyone else is doing and then make you mark by doing it better. Let's see if Google+ can manage than .... tick tock tick tock .. whatever!

Do you think it's possible to be patiently impatient? I always want things NOW, actually, yesterday. HOWEVER, when it comes to business I like to wait, watch, digest and ultimately see what everyone is doing and then try to do it better.
I guess it comes under my whole postmodernism ethos that there is nothing truly original so you might as well wait and see what everyone else is doing and then make you mark by doing it better. Let's see if Google+ can manage than .... tick tock tick tock .. whatever!

I love shiny new toys, but to your point, Danny, I think it's important to keep it all in perspective. It's easy to get caught up in the latest and greatest, and lose sight of what's really important-- both in business and in our personal lives.

I love where you say, "There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be first. Just make sure it doesn’t end up being the last thing you’re remembered for." Amen to that!

I love shiny new toys, but to your point, Danny, I think it's important to keep it all in perspective. It's easy to get caught up in the latest and greatest, and lose sight of what's really important-- both in business and in our personal lives.

I love where you say, "There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be first. Just make sure it doesn’t end up being the last thing you’re remembered for." Amen to that!

I love shiny new toys, but to your point, Danny, I think it's important to keep it all in perspective. It's easy to get caught up in the latest and greatest, and lose sight of what's really important-- both in business and in our personal lives. I love where you say, "There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be first. Just make sure it doesn’t end up being the last thing you’re remembered for." Amen to that!

G'Day Danny,
Last week I contributed to a conversation on a LinkedIn Group about the virtue of being first in the marketplace. It seems that some people have trouble making the distinction between being first in the market and first in the mind of prospects in your target market.

I agree with you about patience. Determining your business focus and your target market is a good way to use it. Saves you from being first in the market but not in the mind.

As you know Danny, marketing isn't everything but everything is marketing.

Regards
Leon

G'Day Danny, Last week I contributed to a conversation on a LinkedIn Group about the virtue of being first in the marketplace. It seems that some people have trouble making the distinction between being first in the market and first in the mind of prospects in your target market. I agree with you about patience. Determining your business focus and your target market is a good way to use it. Saves you from being first in the market but not in the mind. As you know Danny, marketing isn't everything but everything is marketing. Regards Leon

Spot on and insightful as usual Danny,

Quite a few companies manage to be first, generate, revenue and attract users and clients eventually go to the wall. The difficulty in my view is always about how to stay there.

Second movers tend to have the advantage.They often see the gaps in the process/market/product/service and can take advantage of them. While the first mover gets tied into the next set of strategic objectives as they continue to grow organisational culture. Maintaining the status quo becomes more important as they struggle to put systems and process in place to manage the "shipping" process.

They become less flexible.

Personally I definitely get impatient but have learned for me it is really about not building up expectations and being focused on doing good work consistently rather than becoming demotivated by perceived setbacks.

Always easier to write about it than to do it in practice. A work in progress me thinks :)

Thanks Danny.

Spot on and insightful as usual Danny,

Quite a few companies manage to be first, generate, revenue and attract users and clients eventually go to the wall. The difficulty in my view is always about how to stay there.

Second movers tend to have the advantage.They often see the gaps in the process/market/product/service and can take advantage of them. While the first mover gets tied into the next set of strategic objectives as they continue to grow organisational culture. Maintaining the status quo becomes more important as they struggle to put systems and process in place to manage the "shipping" process.

They become less flexible.

Personally I definitely get impatient but have learned for me it is really about not building up expectations and being focused on doing good work consistently rather than becoming demotivated by perceived setbacks.

Always easier to write about it than to do it in practice. A work in progress me thinks :)

Thanks Danny.

Spot on and insightful as usual Danny, Quite a few companies manage to be first, generate, revenue and attract users and clients eventually go to the wall. The difficulty in my view is always about how to stay there. Second movers tend to have the advantage.They often see the gaps in the process/market/product/service and can take advantage of them. While the first mover gets tied into the next set of strategic objectives as they continue to grow organisational culture. Maintaining the status quo becomes more important as they struggle to put systems and process in place to manage the "shipping" process. They become less flexible. Personally I definitely get impatient but have learned for me it is really about not building up expectations and being focused on doing good work consistently rather than becoming demotivated by perceived setbacks. Always easier to write about it than to do it in practice. A work in progress me thinks :) Thanks Danny.

I like the very simple way you put forward such an important philosophical point of modern, specially developed & urban, world. Now, on average, an upper middle class person may not even enjoy 20% of what he amass by all these rat raise; and many of the rich people don't even 1%. A famous Indian poet, called Kabir Das says, '4 days life... then, why all these craze and madness...?'

I like the very simple way you put forward such an important philosophical point of modern, specially developed & urban, world.

Now, on average, an upper middle class person may not even enjoy 20% of what he amass by all these rat raise; and many of the rich people don't even 1%.

A famous Indian poet, called Kabir Das says, '4 days life... then, why all these craze and madness...?'

I like the very simple way you put forward such an important philosophical point of modern, specially developed & urban, world.

Now, on average, an upper middle class person may not even enjoy 20% of what he amass by all these rat raise; and many of the rich people don't even 1%.

A famous Indian poet, called Kabir Das says, '4 days life... then, why all these craze and madness...?'

Needed a reminder on patience today... thanks for that, but this kid seriously needs to get here already :)

Needed a reminder on patience today... thanks for that, but this kid seriously needs to get here already :)

Very true. As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :)

Very true. As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :)

Very true. As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :)

Another time it's not necessary to be first...in a conversation. In meetings in particular. Have you noticed the coworker who has to be the first one to speak or comment regardless of how inane? And if you've not spoken by the end of a meeting, you might worry you're not contributing or appearing knowledgeable or engaged. The fact is, it's okay to take time to enter conversations, too. To let a little space occur in which you can...oh, I don't know...Think Before You Speak.

I loved this post. It made me think of all the video stores who were stuck with an inventory of Beta players because they didn't want to fail to be first in the offering.

Another time it's not necessary to be first...in a conversation. In meetings in particular. Have you noticed the coworker who has to be the first one to speak or comment regardless of how inane? And if you've not spoken by the end of a meeting, you might worry you're not contributing or appearing knowledgeable or engaged. The fact is, it's okay to take time to enter conversations, too. To let a little space occur in which you can...oh, I don't know...Think Before You Speak. I loved this post. It made me think of all the video stores who were stuck with an inventory of Beta players because they didn't want to fail to be first in the offering.

Funny but true facts here Danny. Focusing on the businesses who want to be first to market -- path beaters do get their ass handed to them most of the time; but, they are the greatest proponent of innovation, improvement and change in the world.

Its takes gorilla balls to believe you can change an established market or create a non-existent one and show people a better way to do things.

Unfortunately for path beaters (pioneers), once something is proven up or shows promise, they attract arrows, mostly in the back and from those who can simply improve upon others original ideas.

Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, this is how business/competition/advancement works. I've been involved and around this all my life. We really do live in a dog eat dog world and it really is survival of the fittest.

Being a path beater kinda sucks, but thank god they we have those impatient, and many times eccentric folks who live in their own little world who could care less about anything other than changing the world.

Cheers Danny!

Funny but true facts here Danny. Focusing on the businesses who want to be first to market -- path beaters do get their ass handed to them most of the time; but, they are the greatest proponent of innovation, improvement and change in the world.

Its takes gorilla balls to believe you can change an established market or create a non-existent one and show people a better way to do things.

Unfortunately for path beaters (pioneers), once something is proven up or shows promise, they attract arrows, mostly in the back and from those who can simply improve upon others original ideas.

Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, this is how business/competition/advancement works. I've been involved and around this all my life. We really do live in a dog eat dog world and it really is survival of the fittest.

Being a path beater kinda sucks, but thank god they we have those impatient, and many times eccentric folks who live in their own little world who could care less about anything other than changing the world.

Cheers Danny!

Funny but true facts here Danny. Focusing on the businesses who want to be first to market -- path beaters do get their ass handed to them most of the time; but, they are the greatest proponent of innovation, improvement and change in the world. Its takes gorilla balls to believe you can change an established market or create a non-existent one and show people a better way to do things. Unfortunately for path beaters (pioneers), once something is proven up or shows promise, they attract arrows, mostly in the back and from those who can simply improve upon others original ideas. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, this is how business/competition/advancement works. I've been involved and around this all my life. We really do live in a dog eat dog world and it really is survival of the fittest. Being a path beater kinda sucks, but thank god they we have those impatient, and many times eccentric folks who live in their own little world who could care less about anything other than changing the world. Cheers Danny!

I can see the advantages of being first to market with a product, but from a consumer's perspective being an impulse buyer is usually a losing proposition.
Riley

I can see the advantages of being first to market with a product, but from a consumer's perspective being an impulse buyer is usually a losing proposition. Riley