43 Priorities To Help You Survive In Today's Fast Changing Market Place - Steve Blacker

1 Creative and innovative marketing can overcome seemingly impossible obstacles2 Multitasking is fine as long as you are in control3 Often adversity can create new opportunities if you don39t give up4 Look for a good learning experience regardless of what field you go into5 Perception is often more important than reality6 Expect the unexpected7 Never let bureaucracy stand in your way8 Never assume you have job security9 Find out firsthand what works and why Equally as important you need to comprehend why what39s not working is not working10 One can often apply the successful marketing strategies of one category of business to another11 Always try to hire people who have the potential to become more successful than yourself12 Never assume that something that is doing well is being run properly13 What seems important may not really be so14 It is critical to be able to prioritize on a triage basis15 Rather than making it obvious that your selling someone something it39s more effective to make it seem as if you are doing someone a favor16 Don39t waste your time dealing with lowlevel bureaucrats Get to the key decisionmakers quickly and don39t worry about offending their underlings17 Don39t ever hold someone39s age against them18 There39s no such thing as a bad idea19 Honesty is always the best policy20 If someone is rude to you get up and leave21 Never be concerned that someone will steal your good ideas Your idea needs you to execute it22 Beware of quick fixes23 Never take on a job assignment when you know it39s going to be quotmission impossiblequot24 Strategies and tactics are quite different from formulas25 Contacts lead to contracts26 Today being proactive is the numberone job requirement27 Never check your Blackberry etc during a key meeting28 Never expect the people who created today39s business problems at your company to be the ones to solve them29 You need to be a risktaker when you believe in something Stand up for what you believe in30 Always believe that anything can happen31 Never compromise your integrity It39s your most important asset32 Have the humbleness to realize that no one person has all the right answers33 Realize that the only constant in business is change34 Question all assumptions Just because something has been done one way for decades does not mean that way is the right way35 Know your strengths and weaknesses36 Listen more speak less37 Always begin with an end in mind38 Leadership is the courage to admit mistakes39 It39s not about having all the answers It39s about being curious enough to ask the smartest questions40 Keep it simple Keeping it simple equates to being effective41 Understanding how to do something is sometimes more important than experience42 Asking the right questions is one of the most important aspects of business decision making43 Never change a product or service without obtaining a permission slip from the consumer via reliable researchSteve39s most recent book You Can39t Fall Off The Floor The Insiders39 Guide to ReInventing Yourself and Your Career chronicles his 50 year career working for over 25 different companies with 189 lessons learned and insider tips from Gayle King Cathie Black Chuck Townsend and 28 others Blacker is still going strong today as a partner in Frankfurt ampamp Blacker Solutions LLC His web site is blackerreinventionscom and email address is blackersolutionsaolcomRead all Steveamp8217s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Media ReinventionsCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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