10 FYI 024. Business Matters. TODAY I BEGIN A NEW LIFE. (iNNOVATE OR DIE)
This came from Og Mandino - The world's greatest salesman This is one of the ten scrolls.
The rest of the scrolls:
was a man who lived a very interesting life. He is best known for his bestselling book “The Greatest Salesman in the World” one of the classics of self-help.
The book is not a manual to become a top salesperson, but rather an inspiring tool to motivate yourself to be successful.
Augusto "Og" Mandino’s 10 scroll principles are easy and life-changing:
Scroll 1 – Today I begin a new life.
Scroll 2 – I will greet this day with love in my heart.
Scroll 3 – I will persist until I succeed.
Scroll 4 – I am nature’s greatest miracle.
Scroll 5 – I will live this day as if it is my last.
Scroll 6 – Today I will be master of my emotions.
Scroll 7 – I will laugh at the world. (Keep perspective)
Scroll 8 – Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
Scroll 9 – I will act now, I will act now, I will act now.
Scroll 10 – I will pray for guidance.
The full text of the book is available at Archive.org
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What is this “Adaptation” of which you speak?
I’ll pick this up in another blog but, put simply, there are four questions to ask yourself and your senior management team:
- Do we accept that rapid advances in technology (e.g. artificial intelligence, blockchain, Moore’s Law, virtual reality, hyper connectivity) are imminently set to challenge most of our basic working assumptions?
- Do we believe that total innovative disruption to our industry is highly likely (or even inevitable) at some point in the next three to five years?
- Do we think Facebook, Apple or Amazon will probably try to eat our lunch Deliveroo style?
- Are we urgently deploying significant resources towards adapting for the new era?
If the answer to any of the above is “not really”, your Tuesday afternoon could be about to get interesting!
In conclusion…
Change is upon us! Of that there is no doubt. The only question is how we handle it. One approach is to embrace it full on. To understand that massive disruption approaches and that, if we adapt and get involved, it will be innovative and empowering. This is the means by which we shall dramatically improve the futures of 100 million people and more. Technology cannot do it all. Judgement, Experience, Instinct and Compassionate Sacrifice are inherently human qualities. There will always be room for those.

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