Comments for http://thriveal.com Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Blow Stuff Up by Tim http://thriveal.com/2012/02/15/blow-stuff-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4028 Tim Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:14:29 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4665#comment-4028 Been using it for a couple of years now. Totally agree that it was hard to visualize WHAT we wanted it to do at first. The iPhone app is invaluable, as is faxing, which is awesome b/c I love to fax! just kidding. Right now everyone has IP phones and I'm thinking of ditching that and maybe using Google voice numbers instead of extensions. Who knows?! Been using it for a couple of years now. Totally agree that it was hard to visualize WHAT we wanted it to do at first. The iPhone app is invaluable, as is faxing, which is awesome b/c I love to fax! just kidding. Right now everyone has IP phones and I’m thinking of ditching that and maybe using Google voice numbers instead of extensions. Who knows?!

]]> Comment on Blow Stuff Up by thriveal http://thriveal.com/2012/02/15/blow-stuff-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4027 thriveal Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:24:42 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4665#comment-4027 Ha! We're using RingCentral.com too! Really good program. Pretty complicated to get used to, but it does so much. Became our fax too. You likey? Ha! We’re using RingCentral.com too! Really good program. Pretty complicated to get used to, but it does so much. Became our fax too. You likey?

]]> Comment on Blow Stuff Up by Tim http://thriveal.com/2012/02/15/blow-stuff-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4026 Tim Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:42:43 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4665#comment-4026 Jason! Great post. Thinking about blowing up our own phone system when we move offices. We're using RingCentral VoIP right now (which was a blowup from AT&T landlines), but there is a HUGE pause when clients dial extensions, and then they get confused and hang up. Are you using Grasshopper? Also thinking about blowing up our mail system, meaning, our assistant walking to the mailbox, opening a bunch of envelopes and recycling a bunch of junkmail. Jason! Great post. Thinking about blowing up our own phone system when we move offices. We’re using RingCentral VoIP right now (which was a blowup from AT&T landlines), but there is a HUGE pause when clients dial extensions, and then they get confused and hang up. Are you using Grasshopper?

Also thinking about blowing up our mail system, meaning, our assistant walking to the mailbox, opening a bunch of envelopes and recycling a bunch of junkmail.

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by thriveal http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 thriveal Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:31:11 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4020 I like Strawberry Shortcake. Did you know that if you smell the doll's hair, that it smells like strawberries? I like Strawberry Shortcake. Did you know that if you smell the doll’s hair, that it smells like strawberries?

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by Greg Kyte http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4019 Greg Kyte Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:18 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4019 What I may not have driven home is that it's impossible to communicate your "why" in a manner that is both succinct and effective. The only way to communicate it effectively is to describe it and illustrate it in different ways at different times, and to explain what it's not. If someone else knows your "why," they really know YOU. The "why" is illuminated as the relationship grows. My short-answer "why" is "To be unexpectedly entertaining and to make boring things hilarious." But that sucks. For you to really know my "why" in a robust way, we've got to hang out and work together. What I may not have driven home is that it’s impossible to communicate your “why” in a manner that is both succinct and effective. The only way to communicate it effectively is to describe it and illustrate it in different ways at different times, and to explain what it’s not. If someone else knows your “why,” they really know YOU. The “why” is illuminated as the relationship grows.

My short-answer “why” is “To be unexpectedly entertaining and to make boring things hilarious.” But that sucks. For you to really know my “why” in a robust way, we’ve got to hang out and work together.

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by Peter Wolf http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4018 Peter Wolf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:27 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4018 Finally!!! you wrote a good article, Greg. I knew the countless years of reading your stuff would pay off if I gave it time. I almost gave up back in 2009 but I'm so glad I didn't quit you! 100% agreement on your point - most businesses have interchangeable messaging because they don't really have a purpose driving them. It's especially sad these days on the Internet where even the folks with one in a million ideas have a thousand or more people with the same message. I wrote a different take on it here: http://summitdiary.com/2012/02/05/are-you-guilty-of-killing-your-business-without-realizing-it/ Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to meeting you in person Wednesday night in Chicago. Finally!!! you wrote a good article, Greg. I knew the countless years of reading your stuff would pay off if I gave it time. I almost gave up back in 2009 but I’m so glad I didn’t quit you!

100% agreement on your point – most businesses have interchangeable messaging because they don’t really have a purpose driving them.

It’s especially sad these days on the Internet where even the folks with one in a million ideas have a thousand or more people with the same message.

I wrote a different take on it here:

http://summitdiary.com/2012/02/05/are-you-guilty-of-killing-your-business-without-realizing-it/

Keep up the good work and I’m looking forward to meeting you in person Wednesday night in Chicago.

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by chris http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4017 chris Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:59:48 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4017 Why's, visions, and strawberry shortcake dolls may suck, but I know I am only CPA in North Florida talking about them. There is only so much you can say during a sales meeting about "Oh yea, I can do that in QB" or "Ipad, schmipad." Its fluff Greg, FLUF.....say it with me, f-l-u-f. Some people see right though it, but the majority eat it up. The reaction I receive is ahhhh this CPA has a pulse, thats nice. Keep on rock'in your WHY's folk's, I know I am. Why’s, visions, and strawberry shortcake dolls may suck, but I know I am only CPA in North Florida talking about them. There is only so much you can say during a sales meeting about “Oh yea, I can do that in QB” or “Ipad, schmipad.” Its fluff Greg, FLUF…..say it with me, f-l-u-f. Some people see right though it, but the majority eat it up. The reaction I receive is ahhhh this CPA has a pulse, thats nice.
Keep on rock’in your WHY’s folk’s, I know I am.

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by Patti Scharf http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4016 Patti Scharf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:07:07 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4016 Is this where we sign up for the free cookies? If I'm not mistaken, it's Girl Scout cookie season. I'm just sayin'.... Great article, Greg. I'm curious... what's your Why? Is this where we sign up for the free cookies? If I’m not mistaken, it’s Girl Scout cookie season. I’m just sayin’….

Great article, Greg. I’m curious… what’s your Why?

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by Jonathan Godwin http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Jonathan Godwin Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:37:08 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4015 Greg, you made my "why" feel bad. I do like the cookies idea, though. Kevin, send me some as well, please. I can't agree with Greg and Kevin more. I have had more freedom to let work go that doesn't fit my firm's "why" and I have been preaching this to clients non-stop. If you don't have your "why" figured out in such a way that you can communicate it effectively, you really should take time to hone it. I learned more about my business after I constructed my "why." Greg, you made my “why” feel bad. I do like the cookies idea, though. Kevin, send me some as well, please.

I can’t agree with Greg and Kevin more. I have had more freedom to let work go that doesn’t fit my firm’s “why” and I have been preaching this to clients non-stop. If you don’t have your “why” figured out in such a way that you can communicate it effectively, you really should take time to hone it. I learned more about my business after I constructed my “why.”

]]> Comment on Your Vision Statement Sucks by Kevin McCoy http://thriveal.com/2012/02/05/your-vision-statement-sucks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4012 Kevin McCoy Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:41:18 +0000 http://thriveal.com/?p=4627#comment-4012 A lot of talk about sweets in this post, Greg. I'm sending you a box of cookies. Seriously though, searching for and figuring out your Why not only expresses to others what motivates you but it also frees you to turn down work that doesn't suit you. A lot of talk about sweets in this post, Greg. I’m sending you a box of cookies.

Seriously though, searching for and figuring out your Why not only expresses to others what motivates you but it also frees you to turn down work that doesn’t suit you.

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