Über-blogger Liz Strauss did the kind of thing today that consistently separates Liz from the rest of the pack: She reached out to 21 successful entrepreneurs and inquired about the most important decision they’ve made in 2010 to keep their businesses growing even in a tough economy.
Liz, you see, is a connector extraordinaire and by shining a light on others, she shines even brighter herself.
She compiled the responses into a must-read post full of nuggets, like this gem from entrepreneur advisor Carol Roth:
Let myself take a few steps backwards in order to build a foundation to make leaps and bounds forward. In concrete terms, this meant not taking on a few very lucrative clients and projects in order to invest more time and effort in a foundation that will allow me to achieve the next level of goals for my business. As difficult as it was to let the proverbial bird in the hand (or should I say “Benjamins” in the hand) go, the potential ROI from the investment more than makes up for that risk.
Liz and Carol are both, by the way, featured speakers at the Mediation Business Summit. Boy, I love being able to say that.
I’m one of the entrepreneurs Liz approached for the article (thanks, Liz!) and I’m delighted to be in such good company. Find Liz’ post here: 21 All-Star Entrepreneurs’ Best Decisions to Grow Their Business.
Mediate.com Featured Blogger Interview
It’s been a week of features, a very nice thing. Mediate.com was kind enough to include me in their Featured Bloggers series yesterday, with an interview you can find here: Mediate.com Featured Blogger Interview: Tammy Lenski.
I answer some questions about good blogging practice and how I think mediation will evolve. My gratitude goes out to Jim Melamed and John Ford for featuring me among giants on the online site that started it all.
Tammy, Nice interview of you on mediate.com. Couldn't resist commenting about your thought re: future of mediation, and a new term (needed) for the 98% of mediators who are not into legal usurption of the term 'mediation'. This sounds like a contest in the waiting, the branding of a new field of work. Exciting.
Thanks for all the retweets, everyone!
Ben, I love the idea of a contest to drum up some great ideas for avoiding legal usurpation of the ageold term, "mediation"! It would be fun to figure out a way to get some real traction on creative brainstorming — maybe at ACR in September. Any chance you'll be there?
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@tammylenski has written a great profile on @caroljsroth for our Mediation Business Summit http://bit.ly/aGZdyn
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