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Create Your Own Luck

Mills Scofield

You know how much I believe in serendipity & random collisions (a la Saul Kaplan !). A young startup, Whatsapp, figured out that we have changed the way we communicate and want to share images, video and audio media over the internet across multiple platforms. Meet Samir Rath (bio below).

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Are You Taking Care of Busyness and Working Overtime?

The Practical Leader

A similar study by The Economist Intelligence Unit of 343 business found “the firms that ‘slowed down to speed up’ improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.”

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Don't Wait for Change

Harvard Business Review

Instead, Dirk decided that it was time to bring new thinking to the wholesale distribution industry through a series of conferences and videos that he called "Unleash WD." Obviously Dirk could have simply observed this phenomenon, commiserated with his clients, and continued to run the traditional work of his business.