How to Strengthen Your Goals

Dream Big…Dream Big…
But focus small!

That’s the sage advice from ABC News
Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts
during her recent Master Class appearance on the OWN network.

Robert’s recounts how and why early in her career
her philosophy and strategy, which included turning down
a prized offer from ESPN, eventually helped her achieve
her dream goal.

Sources:
www.own-masterclass/Oprahs-Master-Class-with-Robin-Roberts http://www.asdreams.org/

Dee Adams’ Online Class
Can you answer the following three questions?

• When a bored, restless barrel maker used his innate ability to observe, that talent helped start a company that would come to be known internationally. Who was the barrel maker? What was the industry he pioneered?
• Which sporting industry evolved from illegal activity?
• Agatha Christie submitted her first mystery novel to a publisher in the early 1920’s, and the company loved the manuscript.How much would you guess she was paid for the book in British currency?.
  

  2,500.oo
  250.00
  25.00
  25,000.00

Answers

Allan Pinkerton changed his career from barrel maker to founder of the National Detective Agency.
Source: BookTV.org
The Hour of Peril…
http://tinyurl.com/lj38bka

NASCAR evolved gradually as the result of moonshiners transporting alcohol and trying to outrun federal agents in their autos.
Source: Travel Channel.
Aoltv.com
http://tinyurl.com/kh4gfvl

25 pounds
Source: Extraordinary Women PBS
Agathachristie.com
http://www.agathachristie.com/christies-work/stories/the-mysterious-affair-at-styles/41

How observant are you? If answering the first question was a challenge, did you note all the questions in this quiz had an underlying theme which provided a clue?

Did You Know – The following celebrities very likely share a particular aptitude that many people don’t have. Can you guess what the common aptitude in question may be?*Comedian Jay Leno *George Clooney *Olympic skating champion, Brian Boitano *TV’s Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Jane Seymour

• What successful playwright wrote 5 novels, but publishers wouldn’t buy them?

Answers 

• Structural Visualization: the ability to imagine solid objects in 3-D.- Leno has mechanical ability exhibited when he tinkers with his classic cars.  Clooney appears to have the aptitude when he refers to his ability to see scenes play out when he’s directing a movie,  recently recounted on a PBS interview with Charlie Rose, Seymour is a successful painter and sculptress and Boitano’s design and architectural project in restoring his ancestral family’s home also points the evidence of the same inane ability.
• George Bernard Shaw: take away lesson here is that different genres of writing have different aptitudes.

Thinking Critically
Consider, “the only president measured tested subjective
with high ideaphoria and inductive reasoning and low structural visualization. His educational background was not in law,” according to Margaret Broadley in Your Natural Gifts How would you make an educated guess as to which president the author meant? Hint: All clients of JOCRF are confidential, so Goggling the answer will not work. Using a checklist method, indicate how you might crack the case. What sites might contain clues?

Note: Your Natural Gifts is out of print but used copies
are found online. But you don’t need to buy the book to tackle
the puzzle. The entire mention on the subject of the book
is quoted in the first paragraph of this post.

An Answer
If you read the post last week and noted there
was nothing online on the topic, and so you didn
‘t attempt to check for yourself …insert buzzer. It took awhile,
but I turned up one article that included mention of the mystery
president and JOCRF testing.

D magazine  featured an article that mentions the topic:
“It’s rumored that, years ago, one son in a large,
politically oriented family (Johnson O’Connor won’t give out names)
tested out below average in every aptitude and was found to have
an extremely “objective” personality — attributes common to managers.
Armed with that information and higher-than-average ambition,
he pursued his perfect career path, culminating in the
ultimate manager’s job: president of the United States…”

* Article originally appeared in D magazine.
Quote used with permission.
Note the description of the mystery president’s
personality in the article differs from
Margaret Broadley’s description.

2. Start with the obvious clues: The book Your Natural Gifts….
When was the book first written, according to the copyright notice? Disregard revised additions. Use the date the book was first written as an end cut off point, And use the date JOCRF was established as a starting point.

3. JOCRF established 1922
Your Natural Gifts was written 1972 (with a year or two before for lag time.)

4. Using a list of U.S. Presidents between 1922 and 1970, or so, eliminate the lawyers and the remaining names are your best bet. Also were any in attendance with Johnson O’Connor at Harvard?

Do did any of them fit the profile of the son of a large politically oriented family? (If the description in the rumor is accurate.)

Finally, there is a possibility that somewhere exists a news story about Johnson O’Connor and a U.S. President and that might be a telling clue perhaps. As would outright mention in presidential papers.

Somewhere in that pared down list of names is the president who was tested
And that as Sherlock Holmes would say is elementary.

 References
Whitehouse.Gov/Photos
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/the-presidents

Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation
http://www.jocrf.org/

D Magazine.com
Born to Succeed October 1992
http://tinyurl.com/mbjegrv

Amazon.com
http://tinyurl.com/lxoqjzw

The Big Valley
This 1960s western can be found in reruns on nostalgia TV, and a particular episode had me shaking my head ran recently. You what had happened was… a large Berkeley holding, a Gold mine flooded and the solution is for a family member to travel across country to a government auction to buy a special pump. Without that machinery the mine will be lost.

Auction’s Opening bid: $5,000. But it’s the weekend and they don’t have cash on hand but they are able to borrow $5,000 from the bartender in order to get to the auction and get the equipment. The family believes they will be the only bidder for the equipment and so they will only need $5,000, a sum mentioned continuously throughout the show.

Take Away Lesson: In real life this would be a situation ripe for Murphy’s Law.
Because in real life, someone else could unexpectedly join the bidding… and
that $5,000 would not be enough… Hard to believe they would travel across country without making allowances for that issue.

Finally, probably the most implausible business related plotline comes from
The Cosby show spin-off about the students of an African-American college.

A Different World
Episode: Don’t count your chicken before they’re axed, 1992.
Consider:

Whitley Gilbert-Wayne remains in school an extra year to gain experience and study the business side of art acquisition, a field she knows and loves. She is determined to become a buyer for the corporate arena. And she is an excellent student.

Newlywed, she spots a painting that she is positive will increase in value, and she persuades her math PhD., always cautious with a buck, always researching the angles husband to co-write a check for several thousand dollars so that she can make the purchase. They buy the artwork, Whitley is laid off soon after, and when the couple returns from dining out, they discover burglars had been there before them.
No TV,
No Stereo
No Microwave
No Computer…which Whitley’s husband named Poindexter
No Designer Clothes from Paris,
and with a wail, Whitley discovers her mink coat is gone, too.
And..the couple stare at the blank walls and realize…
No investment painting…

Take away lesson: After interviewing an insurance agent recently, the plot line is even more ridiculous, (the episode aired recently) when you consider that an inexpensive renters’ policy would have protected the investment artwork that Whitley knew would increase in value.

People do make mistakes that outsiders find difficult to understand, but no way Whitley Gilbert would have failed to take out renters’ insurance to protect at least her treasured coat and designer clothing.

References

The Big Valley
IMDB.com
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058791/

A Different World
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0560134/

Amica.com
http://www.amicaconnections.com/Home.aspx

Entrepreneurial Lessons from Film & TV
Failure to look before leaping is a common theme often played for laughs in Hollywood.

Consider

J.C.Wyatt graduates from the top of her class at Harvard with an MBA. She develops a reputation as a savvy businesswoman, and climbs the corporate ladder in New York. But she’s forced out of her job and decides to buy a 200 year-old farmhouse in Vermont… sight unseen…

After moving in, day by day, Wyatt discovers she’s apparently bought a
turkey of a property, which is draining her bank account because of expensive repairs.

Wyatt briefly considers arson… her funds are drying up fast, and she’s unhappy in her new environment, which is worlds away from the hustle and bustle of New York City.
Then she finds an entrepreneurial niche… and success making natural baby food.

Takeaway Lesson: Research: Research, Research.
Hard to believe that a character nicknamed the Tiger Lady would have bought a house on 65 acres of land without first checking the business particulars of her decision and learning beforehand what exactly the getting into involved.

Note: Arson in Vermont is punishable by fine and anywhere from two to 10 years depending upon whether the act is intentional or negligent.

Reference

Baby Boom 1987
IMBD.com
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092605/

Wordplay: Create Personalized Anagram

What do Dream and Vision mean to you?
Create your personalized anagram using the lists below for inspiration.

Dream
Dedication
Development
Direction
Drive
Desire
Definitive

Resourceful
Reflection
Resolution
Relentless
Relax
Research
Resolve
Readiness
Renew

Enterprising
Enthusiastic
Enthusiasm
Envision
Enlightened
Eagle Eye
Earnest
Elixir

Accountability
Achieve
Audacious
Achieve
Adaptable
Artistic
Assured
Ambitious
Attentive
Apropos

Meaningful
Micromanagement
Micromanage
Mindful
Mastery
Motivation
Memorable

Vision
Visualize
Venturesome
Veracious
Vertex
Vibrant
Vigilant
Victory
Valiant
Valued
Variety
Virtue
Vista
Vow

Independence
Iconoclast
Imaginable
Inspire
Illumination
Insight
Improve
Incandescent
Incentive
Incisive
Incite
Incredible
Ingenious
Inkling
Innovation
Insightful
Intellect
Introduce
Intriguing
Intuition
Invincible
Iridescent

Scenic
Serenity
Sparkle
Star
Start
Strategic
Street-Smart
Strength
Stride
Success

I

Onward
Oath
Objective
Open-Minded
Opportunity
Originality
Outstanding

Now
New
Novel

Dee Adams is the ayhor of Finding Your Niche :Discover…
https://nichecreativity.com/finding-your-niche-ebook/

Biz Quiz
1.Which of the following inventions were created for safety reasons?
a. Life Preservers
b. Band-Aids
c. Condensed Milk
d. Portable Heart Defibrillator
e. Safety Pin

Research 101
2. What Activity is Often Mistaken for Research?
a. Investigating
b. Critical Thinking
c. Reading
d. Writing
Answers 

1. All except for Band-Aids. Technically, that product was invented
for ease of use. When the newlywed wife of a salesman kept cutting and burning herself during her daily cooking chores, her husband invented  a disposable bandage that could be easily applied to her fingers as she prepared meals.
* Descriptions of her constant injuries are hair-raising.
It appears that barring her from the kitchen might have been the best safety measure.

Lesson: If you first glanced at the list, a-e, and decided the answer was obvious, that may indicate a tendency to make make snap decisions without gathering facts.

2. Research 101
Reading
The activity is merely an element of research.

Intercultural Communication
How social, cultural and political conflicts can disrupt vocational goals or destroy a business  are featured themes in the films Cool Runnings and Mississippi Massala.

Two reviews, which I wrote for class assignments, are posted in Adobe PDF.
Concepts of Intercultural Communication allows for better understanding of other people’s cultures, point of view and their experiences.

References
Intercultural Communication Class 12

IMBD Cool Runnings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611/

 IMBD Mississippi Massala
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102456/

Common Inspiration
The three inventions listed have one major thing in common.
Can you figure out what it is?

1. Chicken & Waffles
2. Levi Strauss Blue Jeans
3. The Point Reyes Blue Cheese Company

Dyslexia & Ability
True or false?
People with the disability dyslexia
gravitate to the performing arts industry and tend to avoid business start-ups.

Travel Agents & the Nursing Profession
These vocations share the same important aptitude necessary for success in
the travel industry or nursing profession. What is it?

Superman’s Worth
True or False?
The teenage creators of Superman were paid, in today’s dollars, about $15,000
for their idea for the comic book superhero.

Gender May Determine Research Strategy for Aspiring entrepreneurs 
True or False?

True or False?
According to research, since students spend 85 percent of their
waking hours outside of the classroom much of their learning
takes place in the real world.

References
New York Daily News
Chichen * Waffel Drama
http://tinyurl.com/munt73z

Levi Strauss & Co.
http://www.levistrauss.com/about/heritage

Point Reyes Blue Cheese
http://pointreyescheese.com/

Answers

Common Inspiration
All created to solve a problem. Levi Strauss invented jeans that would
allow prospectors to store heavy gold ore in their pockets without the fabric tearing
Chicken and waffles were the answer for meals demanded at an odd hour.
and environmental issues triggered the idea for the Point Reyes Blue Cheese product.
The dairy had to decrease their herd, which meant they needed an idea that would produce enough income to compensate for a smaller herd.

Dyslexia & Ability
False. in fact, people with dyslexia have a very high rate of entrepreneurship, according to Ben Foss, former CEO of Intel
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/disability-advocate-ben-foss/

Travel Agents & the Nursing Profession
Graphoria: High-level ability to handle paper work skillfully,
reports the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation
http://www.jocrf.org/

Superman’s Worth
False. When last I checked, according to the bureau of labor statistics, the creators of Superman, who received the whopping sum of $130, which translates in today’s prices to  $1,639. 38.

Gender May Determine Research Strategy for Aspiring entrepreneurs
True. Boys favor questioning business owners while girls tend to read more
for their instruction, according to the Kauffman Foundation
http://www.kauffman.org/

True or False?
True