The Jim Bouman Experience – Podcast

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What superpower would you want? A question I was asked every now and then growing up. Usual answers were of course powers like teleportation, flight or time travel. Being a bit older, and hopefully wiser, I would now go for the superpower of “consistency”. As in: “making progress every single day”. Why do I pick

“The responsibility of business is to use its will and resources to advance a cause greater than itself, protect the people and places in which it operates and generate more resources so that it can continue doing all those things for as long as possible. An organization can do whatever it likes to build its

Life is a matter of choices. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Gratitude is a choice. Attitude is a choice. You want a different life? A different outcome? A different set of circumstances? Time to start making different decisions. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on

Everyone joins an organisation for his/her own unique reason. Everybody is unique after all. Understanding why people work for you is the manager’s role. Aligning those motivations with the company’s goals and vision is also the manager’s role. Once you can do that well, growth and high performance will be nearly automatic. So how do

To what extent is education via traditional means still necessary? When nearly all knowledge is at our fingertips. When tutors and mentors are available 24/7 in the form of YouTube tutorials, ebooks, podcasts and blog posts. When anybody can learn practically any skill, wherever and whenever they want, given they put in the time (and

Facebook. Instagram. Twitter. LinkedIn. TikTok. YouTube. Podcast. Blog. Website. Amazon Alexa. Name any platform and there are opportunities to build awareness of your existence (aka grow a brand). To create a business. To change your life. All you need is content that provides value for others. Provide it often. Be patient. The opportunities exist in

How to convince someone: 1) Know your audience 2) Know what your audience truly wants 3) Align the story you want to tell with the audience’ desires, make them imagine it and take away their concerns And the good thing is: every audience is different so you’ll have to craft a new story time and

Regret not what you have done but what you could have done. Don’t let testing an idea for Product-Market-Fit be one of those. Find out whether the idea you have is a gold mine. Even if you haven’t defined your niche or customer base yet, you’re always able to get the feedback loop and market

We all love the planning stage. We’re excited about this new idea we have. We imagine a beautiful future. We’re writing down the steps it takes to get there. We pitch and get some feedback from others. We make our revisions. And it totally flops. Or we don’t give it enough time. Or, even worse,

Keeping information from people in your organisation is not protecting them. It’s simply giving you the feeling you’re taking care of them and making you feel important. Once upon a time I had to inform a third of my colleagues that they would no longer be working with us a month later. Well, I can

Time magnifies the margin between success and failure – Atomic Habits by James Clear If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference for the show. Consider including your Twitter or LinkedIn handle so we can