newsletter archive.
(Previously published under the title Extreme Profits
under ISSN 1925-8941)
Focus for growth, taking business to the next level
What do successful businesses have in common? They dominate (or are really good in) their niche. Their focus is in only one or a few areas of specialization.
A business or organization without focus goes down a path that leads to nowhere very quickly. We can never be everything to everyone. That is why the world is dotted with vendors of specialty products and services.
Out of chaos, learning from failure
In his 1907 book The Education of Henry Adams, Adams sharply criticizes 19th Century educational theory and practice. Writing that "chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit," his views on formal education as an inert collection of facts suggest that learning must extend beyond the classroom. If education is to be worthwhile, it must "breed life" rather than habit.