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Have you ever been distracted by the plank in your eye? What about the fly stuck your ointment? I have. And so has every business owner I know! We all need tools that both highlight our blind spots and assist us work around them. To take action, we all benefit from the catalyzing effects of clarity and simplicity. I had a BFO last Wednesday. Facilitating the TiE Rockies Entrepreneurial Roundtable (click for upcoming offerings), I discovered firsthand why a Crankset Group tool--the Bottleneck Exercise--works so effectively to highlight a business owner’s blind spot and allow us to truly take the...
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If you are a baby boomer or have boomer parents, you’ve probably come across this ad: The Crankset Group has dubbed these Blinding Flashes of the Obvious. BFOs are epiphanic moments of “seeing” something essential for the first time or perhaps recalling something foundational that we’ve neglected or forgotten. Why is it so important to highlight BFO’s? Consider: Vince Lombardi, legendary 1960s coach of the Green Bay Packers, used to begin preseason practice with these five words: “Gentlemen, this is a football.” John Wooden, “The Wizard of Westwood,” coached UCLA to an unprecedented 10 NCAA national basketball championships in 12...
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What is money? Perhaps it’s the liminal space between what you have today and what you want and need “tomorrow.” Economists will tell you that money is a “store of value.” Ben Franklin told us that “Time is money.” George Herbert said, “A penny spar’d is twice got” (c. 1633). So why do we experience such ambivalence about money and allow it to hold so much power over us? Why do we tell ourselves, “I’ve got to hang onto this job I hate because I need the money?” The simple fact is that our actions have created a tyrant whose...
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Last week I suggested that supporting your favorite non-profit or donating a vehicle can help lower Colorado’s unemployment numbers. This week, I’d like to introduce a way every one of us can address the equally painful human face of underemployment statistics. How? Help a Colorado parent make a difference for his/her kids this holiday season. Kids are the ones who, through no fault of their own, are impacted by the dreary underemployment numbers. Many parents may not qualify for governmental assistance but are far from comfortable enough to provide the “extras” for their kids for at Chanukah and Christmas. In...
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