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Turning Experts into Thought Leaders

thoughtnotes

July 19, 2005

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In this issue:

thoughts you should know...
...4 critical rules to live by

Sometimes we need to remember what the real rules are in order to succeed in business and life. So here they are:  

1. When you make a mistake, make amends immediately.
    It's much easier to eat crow while it's still warm.  

2. Learn to pick your battles. Ask yourself:
    “Will this matter a year from now?”
    “A month from now?”
    “One week… one day… one hour?”
    “In five minutes?”  

3. The only really sure advice in business you can give someone is:
    "Go! You might meet somebody!"  

4. Only two tools are really necessary: a can of lubricating oil and duct tape.
    If it doesn't move and it should… use the oil.
    If it does move but it shouldn't… use the tape.


thought leader university...
...super profits & super writing

Join certified Action International business coach Van Smyck in July or August for “Boost Your Business: 5 Steps to Super Profits,” an intensive workshop designed for success-oriented biz owners and entrepreneurs. Click here for date, details and fees: http://www.actioncoaching.com/vansmick/events.php

Or bring a writing tutorial to your firm or professional association.Conducted by Jonathan Kranz, author of Writing Copy for Dummies , his “Corporate Content Writing Seminar” improves employees’ in-house writing skills in one day!

 

thoughts and actions...
...so you want to publish a book?

Before writing and publishing a book, 3 options should be explored, only one of which will make sense for YOU. In this interview, Ken Lizotte, our CIO (Chief Imaginative Officer), explores these options in depth:

Click here: Thought Blog - July 2005


thought leader spotlight...
...kudos to our thought leaders for their recent victories

Congratulations to the following thought leaders and their recent media triumphs:

  • “The Five Gates: Formula for Sales Success” by Duane Cashin, sales success consultant, in CP Wire
  • “Before You Build…” by Dan Gainsboro, President of genesis planners, in Business Officer Magazine
  • Jay W. Vogt, President of Peoplesworth, for winning a book contract with Taos Institute Publishing to publish his upcoming work book on “Grounded Vision”
  • The IP firm of Wolf Greenfield, featured in a special profile in IP Law Bulletin and for being named one of Boston Business Journal’s 2005 “Best Places to Work”
  • “Is It Executive Coaching or a Kind of Therapy-Lite?” by Elaine Crowley, President of The Crowley Group, in Mass High Tech
  • “Appeals Court Clarifies Law Governing Patent Claims” by Michael Rader, Associate at Wolf Greenfield, a cover story in IP Frontline.com
  • Dan Cassidy, President of Argus Consulting Ltd, who spoke at the July Breakfast Benefits Club sponsored by NEEBC (New England Employee Benefits Council) on the topic “Sarbanes Oxley’s Impact on Pension Plan Management.” Dan was also interviewed this month (for his fourth time) by Wall Street Journal Radio.
  • Michael Shenkman, President of The Arch of Leadership, for the favorable 5-star review posted on Amazon.com of his new book The Arch and the Path: The Life of Leading Greatly
  • David Gleason, Managing Consultant at Information Ethics, who spoke to WIND, a professional networking group in Wilmington, MA, on the topic “Avoiding The Next Enron: Checking The Company For Legal and Ethical Problems”
  • George Greenfield, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, who was featured in Boston Business Journal and Boston Globe West for his 50 th anniversary as a practicing IP attorney with Wolf Greenfield
  • “What Can A Chief Customer Officer Do for A Life Sciences Company?” by Curtis Bingham, President of The Predictive Consulting Group, in both Mass High Tech and ICCM Weekly
  • Dave Vogel, President of Intertech Engineering Associates, whose comments on software validation at the Medical Design & Manufacturing East Exposition and Conference in New York were reported in Lycos Finance and Alta Vista News.
  • “Don’t Fear Funding – Just Be Ready To Answer Basic Questions” by Mary Adams and Michael Oleksak, Principals of Trek Consulting LLC, in Indus Business Journal
  • John Van Amsterdam, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, who was quoted in a Copley-syndicated story in the San Diego Union-Tribune
  • “The Dance of Mastery and Adaptation: Continuous Growth Thru Cycles Of Renewal” by Dean Robb, President of Robb Consulting LLC, posted on Impact Articles.Com
  • David Wolf, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, who was quoted in a cover story in Inventor’s Digest
  • “Get Your Business Ready To Answer Voice-Over-Internet Call” by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column “Virtual Business” in IndUS Business Journal
  • “Challenge an Offending Patent with Interference” by Michael Siekman, Counsel with Wolf Greenfield, in Mass High Tech
  • Neil P. Ferraro, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed for an article on patent application backlog, in IPFrontline.Com
  • “An Age Of Emboldened Davids” by Steve Henry, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, in IPFrontline.com
  • Jason Honeyman, whose appointment as Managing Partner at Wolf Greenfield, was announced this month in the National Law Journal, Suffolk Law Alumni Magazine and The Wayland-Weston Town Crier
To receive a complimentary copy of any of these articles, visit the author's web site or reply to this email. For direct links to our thought leaders' websites, click: http://www.thoughtleading.com/clients.htm


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