Timothy Birch’s blog

Who is this 'Murphy' guy anyway?  Guy has more Laws than Congress!  Anything that can go wrong will.

Little history digging and you find Captain Murphy, USAF was a 'Rocket Scientist'. Victim of his own law!
A wiring harness was messed up.  Murphy states any wiring system that can be wired incorrectly will be wired incorrectly.  Too wordy.  If it can it will.

How to prevent Mr. Murphy from joining your show.  design everything so it can only go together one way.  Inside your computer there is a lot of wire.  The ends are 'keyed' to only fit in the right way in correct spot.  Not alt always been that way.  Oh the dread sound of the Mother Board popping(frying, not scrap)

Think ahead.  "how can this go wrong?"  What can I do to prevent it?  Pack things you hope you'll never need.  Duct tape, have a roll in your trunk and other places.  Prior planning prevents...

This is a start.  Here is a more complete list to lift from.  http://www.murphys-laws.com/

Tim

Planning.  Bring the future into 'now' so you can affect it.  "What do I have to do?"  I hear Kevin Hogan screaming now " Do, no! get it done!"  The voices in my head are loud!

Long a go when I was getting my SCUBA qualified.  The phrase was "Plan your Dive, dive your plan." Simple, yeah right.  Sixty feet down on a wreck I got distracted.  Failed to follow the 'plan'.  Ok, Steve get ready to wince.

The only air underwater is what you bring.  It is measured in PSI, basically pounds(.5 Kg) of air.  Tank holds 2,000.
Safety is you hit 500 it is time to start heading up.  Tim, was young and stupid.  Ready, I had 5 PSI left in my tank!!!!!
Major suckage.

Signaled the Dive Master(guy in charge) I was surfacing.  Proceeded to do a 'Emergency Assent' Straight up, no stopping.  Why is this a big deal?  It is called the 'bends' It hurts a great deal and if bad enough you die in agony.
Worst of all I would not pass the course!!!

"If you fail to plan you have planned to fail." Have a good plan then follow it and get feedback(look at gauges!)

I lived and got my rating. (never gonna screw up like that again!)

Tim

What did you do or say to 'deserve' x?  "Why I deserve(demand) your vote..."

Sounds like a cross between begging and entitled.  I prefer things I earned.  "What is received with ease is esteemed lightly"  attribute to a dead guy.

The reverse can also be true.  "You didn't deserve to get fired for that." 

What does the Dictionary give us?

Wait for Amazon to ship.  Go to Borders for a latte and a bestseller?  Ever buy used?

Abebooks, 10,000 book stores combined with plenty of used books.  Amazon Marketplace too!

Myself, I am hunting at the Library Book sale. Always surprised by the finds.  Bought a book for $1, sold on eBay for $61 to a nice fellow in London.  He was happy and so was I.

Currently have seventy plus boxes of books in storage awaiting a better catalog and sales process.  Most will never get to the net since I value them so highly.

Happy treasure hunting!

Tim

Let's meet for lunch at 11:00.  Simple.  Clear.  Concise.

What time do you get there? Fifteen minutes early, ten, or at 11:00 precisely?
Lateness: when do you feel you are late? 1 minute after, fifteen or when you get there?

Do other people: set their watch by you, or just know you'll be there when you can.

Has this cost you in the past?

What is your driving metaphor on timeliness?  Insight to my head: "If I am late someone may die!"  With that in your head wow do you freak when someone else wanders in whenever for a meeting!

Edward T. Hall addresses this in his book on time.  Culture plays a role.  My friend raised in Africa can not understand my 'Prussian' time.  Show up have a drink play the drums 'Its all good' attitude.  Whereas I want the train now!

Some seminar leaders have their own clocks and they just start late and run you in the ground.  In the 'work' world the factory clock rules.  Three lates in a year and you're fired!  Low level jobs in cube farm.

So when are you late?

Tim

What are thew rules to your 'game'? Keeping score?

Started a call with this question, and the answer threw me.  Geosh replied with his Myers-Briggs score.  Turns out a Project Manger introduced himself with his score so my friend did the same.  I will not tell you mine!

Information is power.  When the other side has inside info you are going to lose.(my world view)  Why would you give them a stick to beat you with?  "It helps us communicate, so you like see where they are coming from."  Don't fall in this trap.

Reduce the information you give away.  Kevin tells us to reduce our scent signature.  Dress in the right clothes for the correct setting.  Take down the personal stuff off the desk.  Put up books up that fit your business.  That Covert  Hypnosis manual needs to hide.

Read about a 'Web Guy' who spends 20 hours a day on the Net.  He keeps score by Page Ranking and Profits.

"What shall it profit a man..."

Balance your 'game' with a 'life'

Tim

“How can it be better?”

 

Everybody’s job is problem solving.  That is why you get the big bucks. As long as your job title is not 'drone'.

Elusive Answers.  That is what I do!  The game I play is 'watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!'  Call it the 'hot seat' others problems are my fun.  Not a gloating thing at all.

Take Kevin Hogan as a example: I asked where are the check lists?  Kevin says OK Tim create them. Ever find a index in a Hogan book?  I am locating a index writing program to further organize the data.  Have a action step?  Sometimes.  Kevin pours pure gold in front of us everyday.  Do you have a bag to put it in?

Another example: Tony Robbins.  1988 I changed my life .by reading and applying Unlimited Power. 350 page tome. I highlighted and refined it to 18 pages!  Mr. "Stuffy" aka Dr. Wyatt Woodsmall, agreed that was about correct.

Since he helped write the book in the first place!

I am a information treasure hunter.  The joy is in the discovery(for me).  You want to know something cool.  I want to find it.  You go out and use make money fine by me.
My wife wants to figure a way make money solving the problems.  Any suggestions are welcome.  Billing by the hour?  X amount per problem?

Pricing a computer repair is easy.  $100(old price) bucks I get it back to you Monday.  Then if I run into a real head scratcher I can research and get the darn thing fixed.

Jazzed up and going!

Tim

Talked for three and half hours.  He came up with that I shouldn't be pushing 'sales' as much as creative problem solving.  His head was reeling with new ideas.

Thought start your presentation with X.  He had already done X+100!!!!  He's gotta tell you the story.

If you have two problems, have them solve each other.  Neat trick.  Showed him how. 

Wished I'd taken notes.  Glad Matt did.

So I will hang up a shingle as a 'Problem Solver' not a 'sales trainer'.  So much more fun!

Tim

Website resources: Free

 

www.clusty.com    Put in your keyword search.  Left side cluster is where they are.  Gets you thinking of more things.

partners, advertising etc  find for cross promotions

look laterally, conversations.  Who is talking about what, cheap market research.

 

www.serph.com  Sounds like 'Surf'

discover conversations

 

Find people looking for partners.  Cross Promotions

www.introniche.com

The Web is deep as well as wide.  This a some more drill bits for the collection.

Tim

P.S. Expect more tools and links with ideas for use later.

Thank you Stephen Peirce

I am a idiot.

All Cat5 cables are the same right?  No, Network cable is not the same as a 'cross over' cable. Different configurations!  Fits the same hole, just does not deliver the goods. (Put that way for you April)

Old Router was a gift.  Figured it was the problem.  Bought new.  It failed.  Examine the pieces, and lo the yellow cable was labeled 'cross over', change the cable and "Surfs Up!" 

Now can go wireless, or have Four PC's online at once!!  no more sharing time, and pasting the rj-45 around!

What this means to you is I can go back to work!  My wife has been on the couch with my cable signal.

Happiness and Joy!!!

Tim