Have you noticed lately more and more stores are closing, shutting down all operations, packing up shop and saying its been a good run but we unfortunately can't continue to operate under these circumstances?
Seems to be a reoccurring thing lately in this era we are in. Many blame the economy and how the internet and the digital era seem to take business away from them because now many of the clients, customers, consumers, the people that keep there businesses afloat can get alot of what they offer now online at a lower price and faster timeframe. Have you all heard that before or recently? Remember when Goldblatts, Venture, Circuit City were around just to name a few? Some of you probably were either babies at that time or never even heard of those places before. Like the cassette tapes for the walkman, the VHS movies, 56k modem for dialup internet with Americaonline? Remember the CDs you would get to have dialup internet on your Windows computer and the 56k modem and when you logged in the ringing it would do and the You've got mail sound? Remember that era?
My how time has changed and really it hasn't been that long of a timeframe but its far more advanced now than it was back then don't you agree?
Now my opinions on these companies and industries closing and laying off workers are on a 50/50 scale so when they say the internet and economy is reason for their closing, my answer is yes and no really and I will share with you why. It's amazing when your bodies internal clock wakes you up at a certain time and then that's the time you have your aha moment or lightbulb moment and that's why I'm writing this down on my online notepad so I don't forget and can post it later. It's 245A.M. CST Saturday March 8th, 2014. (Updated on Monday April 7, 2014 at 10:25A.M. CST)
Now I want to post this disclaimer before I share my opinions and I want to all those who are reading I am not a project analyst and the only compensation I get if any is more from the monetization side I have setup with my Blogger account so any suggestions or advice I give I do not get paid from those that I share in this post and I do not criticize, condemn, complain or bad mouth any company or industry that is falling into this category or may fall into this category. This is just my opinions nothing more, nothing less. Fair enough? Okay let's begin.
It's 2014 and society and technology has far more advanced than it was 10 or 20 years ago. With what I call the Digital era many people in the world are turning to the internet for just about everything (food, jobs, clothes, paying bills, buying stuff). Many companies are trying their best to compete with the Digital era and many accept it more and make the modifications to meet supply and demand and grow to a new level than they were 10 or 20 years ago. However, some companies can't keep up with the pace and the way the economy is and end up closing shop. Just look at the news recently. Staples closing, Radioshack closings, Sears closings of locations, you name it more and more are either closing completely or laying off workers and shrinking their facilities. They blame the economy the way it is, how the digital era changes the game.
I agree and I disagree on that and while many parts the facts can say yes these companies are right about their views. My opinions on this is this. Yes and no. Let me cover the no part.
Why I don't agree on this is this. If you want to change the way a company is structured you have to change the way you think. Meaning getting outside the corporate mindset and outside the micro management and into the leadership mentality. A true leader. One that takes the blame rather than blame someone else and that treats their worker's with a leadership mentality rather than a micro manager mentality and demonstrates it to their workers in a positive way rather than negative way.
Leadership is influence. Nothing more, nothing less. To develop the leaders within you and around you there is some training you have to go through and it doesn't happen overnight. You aren’t born a leader right from day 1 you have to develop the skillset and to develop the skillset takes time, work, effort, and determination. Read books, listen to audio, watch videos on leadership or even attend events with leaders and motivational speakers and learn how they do it. My favorite is John Maxwell. People have a different way of internalizing these types of skillsets and methods it all depends on which one works for them. Just one final thought knowledge is power was a quote said by Albert Einstein. Many people know that famous quote but not many know that the only way knowledge can be power is if you apply the knowledge you acquired. If you just get all the knowledge and don’t take any action with what you learned it really isn’t power is it? So to revise the quote knowledge is power only if you apply what you’ve learned.
So will you be applying what you learn and make it powerful or will you let it slip away? Doing the same things over and over again is what we call insanity. If you want to have a leadership mentality then you have to take the tips from those that are leaders and applying it to what you currently do. Whether you are the owner of a big corporation or the owner of a small business with 1 or 2 employees or even if you are just a male or female that wants to learn how leaders do what they do and how they become successful then I suggest surround yourself around those already doing it and those with the influence. Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.
