Starbucks, Tai Chi, Halo 3, Baby And Basketball

In each incident and encounter we have, there are lessons to be learned – whether we take the time to look at it or not. Here are 5 observations and lessons that I like to share with you...

Starbucks 10 Seconds Rule

Do you know that Starbucks coffee baristas are instructed to throw away the coffee prepared if it's not being used within 10 seconds? So let's say you ordered a latte but somehow, he got delayed to mix the milk with the coffee. Bzzz, time's up. After 10 seconds, that coffee cannot be used anymore.

I believe this is one of the reasons why Starbucks coffee brewed is always fresh and it's maintained that way because they have a system. Yeah, the 10 seconds system. If you don't want to trade time for money, then you need to have a system or use someone else that is already proven to work.

Tai Chi Movement

I've started learning Tai Chi martial arts lately. One of the techniques I’ve learned is this-- no matter how hard you grab my hand, with the movement of my body, I will be able to break free easily. The reason is because I use leverage combined with a specific technique. When running your internet business, you MUST use the leverages that are available in front of you-- you can either waste hours to send out emails manually or use an autoresponder to send automatically. Leverage can do more than that-- Even if you're working at home alone, you can appear to be a million dollar company.

And just like Tai Chi, you got to apply the right techniques at the right time. Then you'll have a winner.

Xbox 360 – Halo 3

If you have no clue what’s Halo 3, it's a very well-known video game and you can check out their site at www.halo3.com. Once I started playing it, I couldn't stop because it is very addictive mainly because I want to know "what's next" after completing a level. Try playing it and you'll agree with me later on.

There's a very powerful marketing lesson to learn from it- the only way how you can get your prospect to read your salesletter or marketing messages 100% is to make it 'addictive'-- make your reader want to know more about your product by creating a sequence of "what's next". This should be applied to product launches as well.

What A Baby Wants

My brother's baby is 9 months old now. One thing I realize about babies- they know what they want and they'll do what they can to get it! That's the ultimate focus.

Once you found out what you want to do online, stay focus. Or if you're planning to learn a new business, then complete it 100%. I mean, did you see that a baby will ultimate gets what he/she wants with the intense focus? (smile)

Shooting Hoops Is Easy

Last week, I was playing basketball alone in my court, shooting the hoops. It was easy but after 30 minutes, it gets really boring because there's no competition. When someone's blocking me to shoot, it'll get MORE difficult and there's where the fun begins. Conclusion, games or sports are not fun if there are no challenges.

I used to whine when I'm facing obstacles for my internet businesses but when I start taking the metaphor of playing a game, I’m no longer that frustrated anymore. If you can treat doing business like playing a game, will you see things differently now?

You might think that this is like lying to yourself but if you just try it out, you'll soon realized that you're less stressful and better results will start to appear with a healthier mind. Look-- whether you're going to use the metaphor or not, you are STILL going to face those obstacles. They're unavoidable. So why not make the best out of it since there's nothing to lose.

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