Why are you waiting?
During the past several months I have been done several sales presentations to organizations about the services my company, Knowledge Capital Advisors, can offer them. While they all agree we have a compelling story, and our services would help them enormously, they all stop short of signing on the “dotted line”. The mentality in today’s economy is that companies are only willing to invest in services and products that will become revenue generators for them. Companies are not willing to spend money on services or products they perceive to be an expense – even if those products and services have a proven ROI. In today’s world, companies are only investing in products that will enhance their top line growth, while at the same time they are cutting expenses to achieve bottom line growth. Unfortunately, you can’t save your way to prosperity.
From a sales perspective, I found it frustrating that companies wouldn’t spend money for products and services that would increase their bottom line by giving them more effective and efficient processes. But as I thought about it, my perspective on their reluctance to spend on these services went from frustrating to perplexing. I couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t invest in something that would increase their productivity and margins.
Then it dawned on me - companies are not interested in putting forth a concentrated effort that will give them more effective and efficient processes. While they are willing to do the “easy” stuff, like cut hours, reduce marketing costs, and stop investing in new equipment; they are very reluctant to invest time and energy in making fundamental changes to their workflow and processes that could make them more competitive and efficient. And...
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... The article’s premise is that to sustain a healthy economy there needs to be a certain amount of money flowing through the system, and the only ways to achieve the right amount of money flow is by moving money faster (velocity) or increasing the money supply (printing it). The article’s premise is that today’s poorly performing economy is a function of the lack of velocity of money and not its supply. If we don’t increase the velocity of money then we need to print more of it – which will lead to inflation. The article was advocating increasing the velocity of money through consumer and especially through business spending.
So now it’s the perfect time for a company to invest in its future by transforming itself; while many think it’s a contrarian maneuver to invest during a down economy, I think it’s the smart, forward looking thing to do.
What do you think?
teenager, but I'm not going into that because most everybody knows the reasons. I am, instead, going to tell you about three of the more interesting things I truly hate and believe deserve be banished to room 101. One of these things is the waiting room. As the name suggests, waiting rooms involve waiting until your appointment time. Unfortunately, there are more to Waiting rooms than this. Waiting rooms are cleverly designed by doctors to keep the sick close to each other. The doctors want us to infect
Samuel Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot between October 1948 and January 1949. Since its premiere in January of 1953, it has befuddled and confounded critics and audiences alike. Some find it to be a meandering piece of drivel; others believe it to be genius. Much of the strain between the two sides stems from one simple question. What does this play mean? Even within camps where Waiting for Godot is heralded, the lack of clarity and consensus brings about a tension and discussion that has lasted
In any given time it seems as though we are always waiting. Waiting for someone or something, waiting to hear news, whether good or bad, waiting for a time to go and do something, and waiting to see test results. In novels, plays, and movies a common theme of waiting, is waiting for someone or something. In The Great Gatsby, Mr. Gatsby is waiting for Daisy similarly how in Waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot. Waiting is something everyone does and it can have its own meaning
purpose, requiring one to make their life how they want it to be.In the play, Waiting for Godot, an absurdist drama published in 1952, human suffrage is exemplified by constant monotonous “waiting”. This constant waiting for a deity, who could or could not be real, generates a deep thought process in Vladimir and Estragon, who question their own existence and purpose (existentialism). As a result of Vladimir and Estragon’s waiting, the inaction of the two characters creates evidence that they act as one
In Waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon spent the entire play waiting for a man named Godot. Upon hearing that Godot will not come, they agree on going somewhere, yet they simply stay still and do not move. The abrupt ending to the anticipation that is built up in the story of James and Irene justifiably would draw critics to call it a point-less story. Waiting for Godot may also be perceived to be a pointless story with no meaning; however, unlike the story of James and Irene, the ending of
sitting in a waiting room. That visit to your doctor, the nail shop, the dreadful dentist office, nerve wreaking job interviews, or any type of government offices that typically require you to wait before you get called back. That wait can expose you to some very irritating habits of other people. In every waiting room you tend to encounter at least one of these groups of people. You have the cell phone talkers who don’t have a problem sharing their personal business with everyone; you have those
go grab a couple drinks at Jimbo’s, a local bar. As we walked in we headed to the bar to order some drinks. As we were waiting for our drinks, I noticed a man sitting to my left, all by himself at the end of the bar. He was roughly in his mid to late thirties, wearing a button up shirt and tie, cleaned cut and cleaned shaved. Sitting alone, my first thought was he was just waiting for a girlfriend, or friend that was running a little late. I thought nothing more of it, grabbed my drink and went and
CHAPTER TEN THE WAITING AND PATIENCE KEYS (THE POWER OF WAITING PATIENTLY) I have combined these two powerful golden master keys because they are used together. They are called the twin silent keys. You don’t do any action when you wait patiently for something. However, you can loose everything and receive nothing if you do not know how to wait patiently. The most difficult thing to do in this world is having the patience to wait. So many people have failed to use these powerful golden master keys
present. By examining the works of Samuel Beckett, evidence of existential thinking will be brought forward proving the progress of this philosophical movement. It will illustrate how existentialism has influenced Beckett, especially through his play, Waiting for Godot. The Theatre of the Absurd is another theatrical concept being examined proving that Samuel Beckett integrated the philosophy into his works through the Theatre of the Absurd. Whether or not Beckett justified existentialism or remodelled
love one were faced with a life or death situation, you would do everything to help. Of course, the answer would be yes. Sale of human organs is a popular topic of ethical discussions that exhibits a polarized debate that offers no compromising solution. The arguments for and against of human organs has many justifications and the government has not fully accepted. There are thousand of individuals waiting to get their organ transplant, but the waiting list is extremely long. We have taxpayers spending
All of the characters in The Plague and Waiting For Godot exist in their fictional worlds. However, none is able to explain why. Neither work gives the reader an explanation of human existence except to say that humans exist. Providing an answer to the question of existence would constitute a paradox. To an existentialist, if you answer the question, then you've missed the whole point. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a
That pain is waiting. This reality is made clear in Dorothy Parker’s short story A Telephone Call. In this story, a woman is waiting for the call from her lover. She waited nervously as she promised to be phoned at 5. This woman knows that the anxiety that she felt was not needed, but she couldn’t restless. Parker uses the literary tools of irony, repetition, flashbacks, hyperbole to portray this hurting, yet loving scene. The first element Dorothy Parker uses to establish the waiting in A Telephone
Everything Comes to Those Who Wait When Alan Schneider put the first American performance of Waiting for Godot, he asked Beckett who Godot is or what is Godot, Beckett said: “If I knew, I would have said so in the play.” This is a useful warning to anyone who is coming to the Beckett’s play with the intention to find the key to understand and accurately identify the meaning. However, it is not surprising that the plays written in this unusual and mysterious manner are perceived as if there is a particular
- What you waiting for? -I'm waiting for Godot This little dialogue sums up this piece of Nobel prize winning author Samuel Beckett's most popular absurdist play, Waiting For Godot, which is one of the first examples of Theatre of the Absurd. It begins with two lonely tramps on a roadside who are awaiting the arrival of a figure referred to as Godot and ends with the same scene. The sheer emptiness and randomness of the plot causes the audience (or the reader) to wonder if anything is going to
opens with a close up of a man's face. For nine long seconds, all you can do is look at him, gaze into his eyes and wonder why he's just standing there, what he's going to do, and why he