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The most popular, and presumably most useful, MOXIE posts from the past year are presented below.
1. How to eat a five hundred pound marshmallow.
The vast gorge that lies between noble intent and significant achievement is, of course, quite real, and widely documented. Lofty goals are commonplace. Noteworthy achievement? Not so much. And this is particularly true for entrepreneurs and their ambitious startup plans. (More...)
2. Four really useful habits.
I'm pretty darned sure that these four things will take most anybody a long way down the road to achievement and contentment: clarity of vision, commitment to relevant action, adherence to noble principles, and focus. (More...)
3. Success - Ten Traits Supporting Four Fundamental Factors."Success or failure of a new venture is determined very early, on the strength or weakness of only a few fundamental factors, four to be exact. Those four factors are Moxie, Market, Magic, and Mentors." (More...)
4. I'm not losing. I'm learning.For a scientist, an experiment that does not confirm the hypothesis is not a failure. It is a useful stepping stone to a fresh hypothesis. For a musician, a bad review provides clarity on how the performance can be improved. For an entrepreneur, a rejected product is a clear message about the true needs of the marketplace. (More...)
5. Secret Revealed! How to Get What You Want...One of the most common reasons given for pursuit of entrepreneurship is the need for autonomy, the need to be in charge. Over and over again, unfortunately, I meet people who have become slaves to the businesses that were supposed to give them freedom. That's just plain sad. (More...)
6. The inconvenient truth about competitors.A sadly pervasive startup mistake is the presumption that a market leader will not react forcefully or cleverly to the entry of a fresh competitor - or that there will not be yet another entrant, complicating the situation even further. (More...)
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