Posted in Business, Entrepreneur, Marketing and Branding, Sarkari Speaks on Feb 7th, 2010
I recently discovered that I had made one of the biggest errors one can make when forecasting any strategy for your product or service.
When it comes to our products or services, we are more attached to the value of them then our own clients are. That being said there are times that there is [...]
Posted in Business, Entrepreneur, Marketing and Branding, Sales on Jan 27th, 2010
What is the difference in creating a brand like Coca-Cola and one for your everyday entrepreneur?
My parents moved into a new community just prior to me visiting them during this holiday season. Every time we walked by a new neighbor, my mom would introduce me.
“This is my son, he is an inspirational speaker and an [...]
Posted in Business, Inspirational, Relationships, Sarkari Speaks on Jan 1st, 2010
This year my Christmas Eve was filled with more adventure than I ever expected. Infact, this is my 4th year spending Christmas Eve on the streets and it has always been the greatest life lessons but never have I faced such adventures.
My last great awareness experience taught me the valuable lesson of respect in our [...]
Posted in Business, Leadership, Sarkari Speaks on Dec 10th, 2009
One of the most critical elements of growing a business for the long term is knowing how to strategically plan for or make decisions about the future.
Igor Ansoff born 1918 in Russia is considered the grandfather of Corporate Strategy.
Igor identified 4 standard types of Corporate Decisions – Which I believe stand the test of time [...]
Posted in Business, Leadership, Relationships, Sarkari Speaks on Dec 7th, 2009
The majority of our day is spent trying to communicate our message or to understand the relevance of a message from others. The question we need to consider is how many hours a day do we waste in frustration and ineffectiveness because we do not seem to be able to get on the “same page” [...]
Posted in Business, Inspirational, Relationships, Sarkari Speaks on Nov 30th, 2009
What a perfect moment I experienced today.
We were sitting on our surfboards waiting for the next magical wave as the sun was blaring on our sore muscles. Just as I thought to myself of jumping into the water to cool my body off, we started to experience sun showers. And than there it was the [...]
Posted in Business, Relationships, Sales on Sep 29th, 2009
There are so many networking events in Kelowna that one can easily get lost within them all. It almost becomes a habit of showing up, meeting people, changing cards having some appetizers and then forgetting it all until the next one.
Last week I experienced what networking is all about. I attended the OBRG event in [...]
Posted in Business on May 19th, 2009
I just got lectured by a little bird.
We were sitting on the patio on a beautiful day in Scottsdale Arizona having lunch. Actually it was about 104 deg. but the water misters were right above us so it felt like the perfect day.
During the end of our lunch we started noticing a few little birds [...]
Posted in Business, Leadership on Jun 7th, 2008
Technology can be our best friend as well as our worst enemy.
I remember when Paul walked in with his mini briefcase. We all sat there with amazement as he unzipped the case and plugged in the first Motorola cell phone into the power pack that lay within the brief case.
At that point in time only the [...]
It is ironic how people in the service industry at times haven’t a clue about what service really means. so many seem to be clueless about how the little things that they do and say have the greatest impact in their business.
We all know that in our personal relationships it is all about the little [...]