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Integrity and Passion

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Passion is the strongest energy source in the universe. Beyond any other motivator is passion for doing a great job. I am currently training for a cycling event, Ride the Rockies, five days 412 miles! Training for a marathon, or mountain climb, or any major event teaches the power of passion.

Training for months every day gets monotonous, goals tend to fade as you one more time put on those sneakers and ride for 4 hours on a beautiful Saturday while your friends sleep in or plan a morning at the farmers market.

Passion is often understood as a high adrenaline short experience, not really. True passion can be enjoyed for months years and more. Passion extends for the entire time it takes to complete what you start.  

Integrity takes self-honesty and staying in line with commitments. Companies invest in new products and offerings all day long, they take risks based on returns to hire staff and return dividends or growth to investors. As shareholders or stakeholders we strive for success over time and to get there we risk responsibly then work hard.

Integrity in the market is rewarded over time, do what you say and say what you do. Risk and stay with you early customers and now you demonstrate passion and integrity. The market likes that! Risk and not stay with it and the market will never forget. Recently a business leader lightly remarked about being at it for 12 years. My comment in return was that is a short time.

Time is what it takes to win, maintaining integrity and passion over time is a winning business equation.

 BTW in physics the formula for Power is Work over Time!

P=W/T

Doing what you love! Natural Curiosity?

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Do you have any? What are you curious about?  The new Rim ads state don’t just like your job love what you do. In today’s world of tough to find positions and thin management layers having a position is to many a blessing.  Ok so you have a good position that challenges you but is not the greatest.  What do you do? 

Find the thing that is interesting; understand that if there is one thing you are in the right place! 

With that said I will start a focus on Mobile in this BLOG. I have been in Mobile Data for 20 years leading efforts with carriers and vendors both large and small. There is a new wave of Data and bandwidth emerging that 20 years ago was the fodder of “what if” meetings at Bell Mobile. 

Before anyone thinks I am ranting on Apple I want to take this moment to thank Apple and the iPhone that opened the collective market thought that the phone is a PC! Without that shift today would still be stitched together garbage on clamshells! 

I will leave you with one question? Would you be more willing to lend you phone to someone for a phone call or to use a data app? For me the answer is make a call but SMS, e-mail, Mobile Banking, Stock watch list…. These are my fingerprints,

 My phone is more me than my PC!