Success: Fail often
Jim Estill said it again - Fail often, fail quick and fail cheap.
That was his advice to entrepreneurs in achieving success.
He should know. He started his business from scratch by selling computer parts out of the trunk of his car. Today he is CEO of Synex Canada a computer distrubuter approaching 2 billion in sales.
This advice is so powerful because so many are afraid to fail. Failure is normal. Failure is part of the learning curve. Failure is the only way to grow.
Just ask Donald Trump. He was once 2 billion in the hole.
So - the question for you - did you fail recently and what did you learn from that?
If you are not failing enough - you might not be growing.
George Torok
Canadian Business Speaker
Canadian Motivational Speaker
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Success Myth: Success is complex
Success Myth: Success is complex
One of the myths about success is that Success is complex.
This myth is supported by people who believe that they are not successful because they do not understand the complexity of success.
The reality is that success is simple.
The mistake that people make is that simple is not the same as easy.
Success is simple but not easy.
There is a world of difference between simple and easy.
George Torok
One of the myths about success is that Success is complex.
This myth is supported by people who believe that they are not successful because they do not understand the complexity of success.
The reality is that success is simple.
The mistake that people make is that simple is not the same as easy.
Success is simple but not easy.
There is a world of difference between simple and easy.
George Torok
Saturday, August 23, 2008
What is the Secret to Success?
What is the Secret to Success?
I have interviewed over 400 business leaders over the past decade on my radio show, Business in Motion. The guests include entrepreneurs, corporate executives and business authors.
I keep searching for answers. Answers to questions like, "What is the secret to success?" Although the answer comes in different words, the common message is: Success comes from doing little things consistently well over time.
Think about that. Success is about the small stuff. Yes, you do need to sweat some of the small stuff – if you want to be successful. "Don't sweat the small stuff" was not written by or for business owners.
Success demands that you sweat the small stuff. Just ask any Olympic althlete. Not all of the small stuff – but the right small stuff. The secret is in finding and focusing on the right small stuff.
Good luck.
George Torok
Motivational Business Speaker
Canadian Business Speaker
I have interviewed over 400 business leaders over the past decade on my radio show, Business in Motion. The guests include entrepreneurs, corporate executives and business authors.
I keep searching for answers. Answers to questions like, "What is the secret to success?" Although the answer comes in different words, the common message is: Success comes from doing little things consistently well over time.
Think about that. Success is about the small stuff. Yes, you do need to sweat some of the small stuff – if you want to be successful. "Don't sweat the small stuff" was not written by or for business owners.
Success demands that you sweat the small stuff. Just ask any Olympic althlete. Not all of the small stuff – but the right small stuff. The secret is in finding and focusing on the right small stuff.
Good luck.
George Torok
Motivational Business Speaker
Canadian Business Speaker
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Business in Motion on Google Maps
You can use Google Maps to find directions to the 93.3 cfmu radio studio at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Business in Motion is the weekly interview program featuring 30-minute interviews with business leaders every Friday at 12 noon on 93.3 cfmu FM.
Your radio host and creator of Business in Motion is George Torok. The radio show has been going strong since September 1995.
If you are a business owner you should list your business on Google local business now. It is a powerful search engine tool.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Radio Show Guest: Bay Gardens
Radio show guest: Bay Gardens My radio show guest today was Jan Nichols, President of Bay Gardens Funeral Home. I first invited Jan to join me on Business in Motion three years ago when he opened a new funeral home in Burlington, Ontario. I was intrigued by the playful open-house invitations. Listeners of my radio show learned that Bay Gardens was a pioneer – not a copycat. Three years later and they are opening another new funeral home in Hamilton. That suggests that what they did is working. Successful entrepreneurs learn from the successful buisnesses around them - expecially from other industries.
There were a lot of powerful lessons and tidbits for entrepreneurs in this interview:
When entering a new market don’t follow the leaders, instead discover what the customers really want and deliver that. And it’s not that hard to “discover”. You only need to ask and listen.
When entering a competitive saturate market you must be different - very different.
Big surprise – people like to eat – even – especially at funerals. So Bay Gardens planned and built proper kitchen facilities into their new funeral homes. As you can imagine there are some real and perceived health issues about serving food in a funeral home. At Bay Gardens you won't find the – move the body out of the room and let’s eat now.
The funeral business has been a stodgy business steeped in taboos and silence. Even though we all will die – we don’t want to talk about the details. Silly but true.
The best way to build a business in a competitive market is by building relationships.
Little details are important.
Listen to your customers.
Listen to your staff.
Train your staff and give them the permission to do what you preach.
Ask for the business.
Train your staff to ask for the business.
Do things that your competition hasn't or won't do.
Be bold and don't apologize for it.
Be willing to annoy the competition.
As you can guess, it was another wonderfully instructive interview on Business in Motion. Thank you Jan Nichols, President of Bay Gardens.
George Torok
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