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Via Negativa: What NOT To Do build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia. 

Imagine that you had no word for ‘blue.’

Here’s an extract from a story shared by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book, Antifragile.

“We know more about what something is not than ...

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How to Predict the Wrong Future build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia. 

Your Personal 'Star Chart'

In the year of my birth, Robert McNamara became the US Secretary of Defense, and he remained in the post for several years until 1968.

McNamara was ob...

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Feeling a Little Lost? Start at the Very Beginning build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia.

In the October issue of Create Evolve Overcome Magazine, we opened up the discussion around Asking Better Questions and saw how this singular skill helped Billy Beane, the GM of th...

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How to Rig an Unfair Game build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia.

 

Life isn't fair. Get used to it! ~ Bill Gates

Whatever you think about Gates, the Billionaire's statement about Life might, at first blush, sound a bit fatalistic, like you're ...

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Crazy ❌ Busy like a fox build your brilliant business dino tartaglia the workroom

 By Dino Tartaglia.

In the mid-80s, an American drama-cum-sitcom, very much of the style of that era, hit the airwaves.

It was named after the classic expression ‘Crazy like a fox’, which gained cur...

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What’s YOUR Exit Plan? build your brilliant business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia.

There are TWO questions I have in mind whenever I’m asked by a business owner to help them (or, more usually, a person who IS a business owner but calls themselves by what they DO,...

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Character Trumps Mindset build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia mindset the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia.

At Success Engineers, we’re all about:

  • Simplicity not Complexity
  • Brutal Honesty (with kindness) not Fluff and Platitudes
  • Tailored advice not ‘Blueprints’ designed for only one
  • ...
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Finding Kansas build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia.

In the classic film, The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland’s character, Dorothy, finds herself and Toto, her pet dog, in a mysterious and often dangerous land, having been whipped away by...

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Climbing the Right Ladder is Not Enough build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia 

For the first quarter of 2021 (Jan-Mar), we looked at a bunch of things to help you build your business more effectively, following the simple 3-Step System we use at Success Engin...

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A Different Twist on ‘Cinderella Syndrome’ build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia 

 

I’m pretty sure that there’s almost no one left in all-but the most remote corners of the planet who doesn’t know the wonderful fairy story of Cinderella, the beautiful girl who...

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Do You Have a Plan? build your brilliant business business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll tells of a situation where Alice encounters the Cheshire Cat. It's a piece I use a lot to talk about ‘Strategic Direction’, or sim...

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What Matters Most To You? build your brilliant business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia

Last month, we started working through our super-simple 3-Step process to help you Build a Joyful, Dependable Business around Being Brilliant at What You Do, so that you can get clo...

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Do You Really Need A Bigger Boat? build your brilliant business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia.

In the gripping 1975 film Jaws (well, it was gripping if you were a teen in 1975 ), there’s a scene where Chief Brody, played by Roy Scheider, is rocked by the sheer size of th

...
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The Powers (And The Dangers) Of Following Your Own Path build your brilliant business dino tartaglia the workroom

By Dino Tartaglia

Ever felt hidebound or constrained by what you’re supposed to do? Being told that what feels aligned to you ‘isn’t what works’ or ‘isn’t the way to be successful’?

If you’ve follow...

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