Friday, October 26, 2012

Is Notoriety worth it?

Often times we are faced with a situation which sounds too good to be true. We all know you get what you pay for, but what about when someone offers you a deal that on the outside looks good?

Is it in your best interest or is there a different angle to view it in?

Abraham, before his name was amended so here is called Abram, recognizes that a bounty coming his way may not go down so well in history. He would rather not have his name besmirched with the King of Sodom, and knowing what happened to Sodom, can you be surprised? Sodom's reputation was well known and evidently what happened in Sodom did not stay in Sodom.


21. And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the souls, and the possessions take for yourself."   כא. וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְסְדֹם אֶלאַבְרָם תֶּןלִי הַנֶּפֶשׁ וְהָרְכֻשׁ קַחלָךְ:
22. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Who possesses heaven and earth.   כב. וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶלמֶלֶךְ סְדֹם הֲרִמֹתִי יָדִי אֶליְהֹוָה אֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
23. Neither from a thread to a shoe strap, nor will I take from whatever is yours, that you should not say, 'I have made Abram wealthy.'   כג. אִםמִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֹךְנַעַל וְאִםאֶקַּח מִכָּלאֲשֶׁרלָךְ וְלֹא תֹאמַר אֲנִי הֶעֱשַׁרְתִּי אֶתאַבְרָם:
24. Exclusive of what the lads ate, and the share of the men who went with me; Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre they shall take their share."   כד. בִּלְעָדַי רַק אֲשֶׁר אָכְלוּ הַנְּעָרִים וְחֵלֶק הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ אִתִּי עָנֵר אֶשְׁכֹּל וּמַמְרֵא הֵם יִקְחוּ חֶלְקָם:

Do not be in a hurry for any deal that comes to you without thinking it over pretty well. You may not have the stature of Abraham,but you certainly don't want to have the notoriety of Sodom associated with you and your teams.

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Parsha Lech Lecha in the book of Bereishit, 12:1-17:27 It is said that the Torah or Bible
could be interpreted in over 70 ways. More likely these days 100's of ways. In light of this idea, I am writing some posts that bring business sense to what we can learn on a weekly basis. Enjoy, Shabbat Shalom

Friday, October 19, 2012

Finishing Projects Early

Most of us learned long ago not to wait until the last minute to complete a task. Usually because more things get in the way unexpectedly the longer we procrastinate.

Planning as they say is everything. But what if you just go through the motions never expecting to really need to finish your project? Doesn't make you feel warm and fuzzy does it?

But what if you knew the world was coming to an end? Everything you saw, people you knew would soon be wiped out by a flood. What would you do? What if you had a hundred years to think about it and prepare for it? Would it make you feel any better?

This week's parsha has the story of Noach or Noah as most peple know him. Most people know the basics but did you realize he had over 100 years to build the ark and prepare himself and others?

Yet even after all of that he still only getst into the ark he built on THE day the rain began. How did he know that day was THE day and not just normal rain? Because the water started flooding and some stories say it was up to his neck when he decided to get inside finally. As the Hebrew says on that day during the day if you follow the Hebrew.

13. On this very day, Noah came, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, and Noah's wife and his sons' three wives with them, into the ark. יג. בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּא נֹחַ וְשֵׁם וְחָם וָיֶפֶת בְּנֵי נֹחַ וְאֵשֶׁת נֹחַ וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת נְשֵׁי בָנָיו אִתָּם אֶל הַתֵּבָה

And so if we learn nothing else in life, try not to put off what will become inevitable. Your client is waiting at the other end and making them wait is not in your best interest or theirs. Do your best to finish your projects early and not wait until it is too late.
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Parsha Noach in the book of Bereishit, 6:9-11:32 It is said that the Torah or Bible
could be interpreted in over 70 ways. More likely these days 100's of ways. In light of this idea, I am writing some posts that bring business sense to what we can learn on a weekly basis. Enjoy, Shabbat Shalom

Friday, October 12, 2012

Impress Yourself Every Week


Every project starts at the beginning. Every customer visit has a starting point.
In better businesses, you have a guideline or timeline for your efforts.

Get a lead, enter the lead in your CRM, start the sales team on calling, emailing, tweeting, track everything, and if all goes well, get through and then have a meeting. And on and on.

There are parts of the sales plan that are really great and exciting and there are parts that are not so exciting.
Your boss makes it a big deal when you accomplish something such as signing a new client, other times it is not so exciting and just part of business.

When God created the world, the intention was of course to set in motion a grand plan. A long range plan. And as God created the different pieces required, some of it was good, some of it was very good.

People and land animals were very good and were created on the sixth day. The last day of the work week, just prior to Shabbat when God rested on the seventh day, God impressed himself.

Every item created from day one leading up to the sixth day built upon itself, just as we do in business. And once the project or deal is done, you can breath a sigh of relief, take a quick vacation or a day off and then get ready to do it all over again next week.

Every week Shabbat comes, no matter if we are ready for it or not. Everything we do all week should prepare us for it. Sometimes, just like business, you have things happen which are beyond your control. By the end of your week, accept what was done, see it as very good in some way and gather yourself together to start again afresh next week.

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Parsha Bereishit in the book of Bereishit, Genesis 1:1-6:8 It is said that the Torah or Bible
could be interpreted in over 70 ways. More likely these days 100's of ways. In light of this idea, I am writing some posts that bring  business sense to what we can learn on a weekly basis. Enjoy, Shabbat Shalom