Author: Роман Петров — 786
A word about peer-to-peer finance.
How was it? When several hundred years ago, the peasant Ivan Pasyuk came to another peasant, Peter Vydryhaylo, and asked to borrow an axe in exchange for a sack of…
Reckonism vs. Totalitarianism
There is a thesis that goes like this: “ Reckonism implies that society must be absolutely homogeneous and share the same views on moral and legal issues. This is unrealistic,…
An apple for Snow White.
P. Drucker in his article “The Next Information Revolution” (Forbes ASAP, August 24, 1998) noted that: “The dissatisfaction of top management with the data provided by information technology has triggered…
About Reputation
Necessary public goods When we talk about public goods, it’s important to understand that public goods are what bring people together, as well as the “added value” that members of…
A couple of anecdotes about security systems.
Fable One There’s some kind of security conference going on. They’ve gathered some real nuts, for whom getting a chip implanted under their skin is a childhood dream. And now…
The Future of History
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA Professor at Stanford University. CAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY SURVIVE THE DECLINE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS? Published in the journal Foreign Affairs , No. 1, 2012. © Council on Foreign…
Why doesn’t democracy work?
The answer to this question is simple – most people are not competent to make the right decisions. But that’s just the first part of the answer. The second part…
Understanding Happiness
To understand how to be happy, we need to dig a little deeper and grasp what distinguishes humans from animals. After all, only humans can truly feel happiness and unhappiness.…
100 things I will do when I become the Dark Lord.
Peter Ansprach «The Top 100 Things I’d Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord» Origin: http://minievil.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html Translation by Mikhail Vershkov (mikhail.vershkov@ru.arthurandersen.com) Being a Villain is not a bad career…
About changes in the organization
In any organization, there is always a reason to make changes. If we ask the leader of any business if they are satisfied with their sales figures, they will say…
Leadership · Marketing · Sales
New product
Let’s say you’ve decided to launch a new product. The reason for this doesn’t really matter; most likely, you just looked at your competitors, who in turn looked at customers,…
On the structure of sales management
It is unlikely that MLM leaders will agree with my further statements, and they have valid reasons for that. The fact is that I focus on methods of operation that…
Management · Motivation · Sales
On the Right Motivation for Salespeople
This will be a text in several chapters, in which I will explore some aspects of salespeople’s motivation.This post will be about the horizontal career as a means of motivation.…
Sales structure
To fulfill their functions in managing salespeople, a manager at each level should not only monitor the level directly below them but also the level that is one step lower.…
About motivation
Strangely enough, this guy (I’m talking about Ted Pink and his… video. ) did not reveal anything new 🙂 Back in the 1950s, Mr. Frederick Herzberg developed what is known…
Management · Motivation · Sales
About the stars and what to do with them
There are two types of stars:— those who truly work the best, and we will consider the effect of the star seller in this aspect.— We will examine the causes,…
On the Right Goals in Life
We have all come across calls in email newsletters to attend “personal growth” or “how to become successful” training sessions.Many people worry about whether they have the right goals in…
How to cope with fear
As Mao Zedong reportedly said: To swim, you have to swim.I will give what may seem like a completely obvious and utterly ineffective piece of advice, but here it is:…
First steps
First step Now let’s imagine that we are dealing with a business organized by the will of a single individual. He does not have the ability to divert funds from…