Comments on: The NEW Business Metrics

By: Diane Corriette

Diane Corriette — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:32:49 +0000

Thank you for the reminder Dr Mani
My personal measure is seeing my children grow up and being at home when they put their key in the door (the thought of them coming home to an empty house scares me!)
My professional measure is to make a real difference in the life of anyone who reads what I write or who takes a training session with me. I want them to leave feeling as if that was definitely time and money well spent.

Knowing that and reminding myself of that will help me to stay focused on what I want to achieve rather than what the “gurus” tell me I should be looking to achieve!
Diane

By: Money.Power.Wisdom

Money.Power.Wisdom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:44:27 +0000

Thanks, Julie.

I’m often reminded of the memorable words an accountant spoke at a conference for non-profits I once attended. He said:

“When I work, I don’t see the rows and columns of figures – I see the faces of the children we are helping. And that makes my work interesting, meaningful and worthwhile.”

It shifted a paradigm and changed my perspective on a lot of things since!

Dr.Mani

By: peoplemapsjulie

peoplemapsjulie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:13:34 +0000

I loved this post drmani – so many things seem to be conspiring to clarify our reasons for business;

Just recently I read Three Cups of Tea, then Let My People Go Surfing, and this was a quote that I took from the latter

“…business can produce food, cure disease… employ people, and generally enrich our lives. And it can do these good things and make a profit without losing its soul.” Yvon Chouinard founder and owner, Patagonia. And of course, Patagonia does wonderful things with its profits )

Then yesterday we listened (again) to Tony Robbins Lessons in Mastery series, then Seth Godin’s Tribes – and I was thinking of your work many times. Just a quick post from you here or there, and you help fine tune our thoughts and philosophies just by being so inspiring! Thank you …