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The Land of Ideas & Decisions

Written on August 11, 2009 – 11:39 am | by Steve Yastrow |

Want to be more successful in a time of economic mayhem?  Focus on the place where ideas and decisions are made.

Today’s newsletter, The Land of Ideas & Decisions, focuses on this simple truth.  It’s simple, but it is easy to overlook as the media and conversation bombard you with bad economic news.

You can’t change macroeconomic trends, but you can influence the (microeconomic) decisions that your customers make.  Learn from the “Land of Interpretation,” but then focus your action in “The Land of Ideas & Decisions.”

Please comment on the newsletter here.  Do you see people missing the chance to affect their lives and businesses, because they are “wallowing” in bad economic news?  Are you? What kinds of ideas could your form, and what kinds of decisions could they make, that would improve your business results?

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