Month: May 2020

You can’t be normal and expect abnormal returns

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University has this quote, “You can’t be normal and expect abnormal returns“. The most basic truth is your inputs are very closely tied to your outputs. At professions, where inputs and outputs are highly connected, it’s very hard to create opulence for yourself in that process.Screen Shot 2020-05-12 at 6.22.26 AM

Remember there is a sense of hypocrisy when it comes to normalcy, some exhibits behavior that was precisely the opposite of what they advocated and also what they claimed they did. Those who have abnormal returns don’t act; those who act normal don’t have abnormal returns.

What’s your compass?

When crisis and disaster strike, don’t waste them. No problems, No progress. Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists.
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Don’t be on your deathbed someday, having wasted your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams. You need to know your personal philosophy of what makes you happy and what’s worth doing.

To be optimist, you just have to imagine improving your skill to solve problems. When you solve problems, and make it a dream come true for yourself, it’ll be a dream come true for someone else, too. Remember, the universe is conspiring behind your back to make you a success.

It’s the side of the mountain that sustain life, not the top

This quote used as title of the post is from Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values.

We were all fortunate during this COVID-19 pandemic to actually be able to take some time and unplug. To read. To think. And to Think what I/We do, and what we want to do.img_4944

Looking back at what I have done, and what I have done now for 20 years of my career, pretty much all my activities has been heavily focused on working with people and teams in an effort to help organizations grow and to create increasing enterprise values over time. Some have gone perfectly well, and some didn’t (to be honest). Each time we learn something new.

New set of things needs to become the right things to do well. Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition – or “ETA”  is the new pursuit.