In the Orlando Sentinel there is an article today showing some options for people wanting to start a business. According to the article the start up costs for a business in the United States in 2005 was $70,200 average. WOW…all that money and no cash flow. 70k is alot of $ to drop on a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Tough day yesterday….two offers of a decent amount (more than 70% down) and both offers rejected…the sellers are gonna get slammed on taxes as the expect to get all cash…but good luck in this market finding buyers who are all that liquid….as the housing market has tumbled and credit is tightened …buyers simply cant get [...]
[edit] The Laws of the Fifth Discipline
1) Today’s problems come from yesterday’s “solutions.” Look at the current mortgage crisis…we as a nation worked to make home financing available to all. People over extended (committed a couple of others learning disabilities) and now forclosure and bankruptcy ensues….it also is a great example of the some other [...]
The Learning Disabilities
1) “I am my position.” People fail to recognize their purpose as a part of the enterprise. Instead, they see themselves as a inconsequential part of a system over which they have little influence, leading them to limit themselves to the jobs they must perform at their own positions. This makes it hard [...]
1) Building shared vision – the first step is to define and get all the members of a team to have a similar ‘vision’of your goal….the key is believe it or not it doesnt have to look ‘exactly alike’. Simply put your common vision should share some attributes and the team members should have common [...]
Back in 1990 a gentleman by the name of Peter Senge wrote a wonderful book about organizational development and in a defacto manner leadership. Without a doubt I found it to be one of the transformational books in my development as a leader and businessman. One of the things I take note of as I [...]
Great Article
The Housing Crisis Is OverBy CYRIL MOULLE-BERTEAUX/The Wall Street JournalMay 6, 2008; Page A23
The dire headlines coming fast and furious in the financial and popular press suggest that the housing crisis is intensifying. Yet it is very likely that April 2008 will mark the bottom of the U.S. housing market. Yes, the housing market [...]
