Chad Blodgett

I was listening to a podcast from BusinessJive by Mark Norquist and have thought a lot about one comment that he made…

“There are no ordinary people, only ordinary choices.”

I have been trying to make bolder, more heroic choices in my day to day business dealings since pondering on that comment. Life is too short for the ordinary choices, the choices that limit or the choices that enslave.

Why can’t we make the unordinary choice?

I think this is a good time to insert one of my favorite quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…

The Heights by great men reached and kept,
were not attained by sudden flight,
but they while their companions slept,
where toiling upward in the night.

Anyway - I love the businessJive podcasts that are put out - check them out and learn from them.

Let me know what you think about the above comment “no ordinary people, only ordinary choices.” Thanks.

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Yep - thats right, this is post #2 in as many day! Hows that for goal keeping danny!

I just stumbled upon Google Reader and I am in Love!

I am starting to bring together all the blogs and podcasts that I like to read and listen to, and Google Reader lets me do that all from a single page. No more going out to numerous sites, or having a “favorites” list in my browser that is a mile long.

I think it is important to spend time at the beginning of the day reading what is going on in the world and in business. I want to know about the newest opportunities and keep my brain running. Google Reader will help with that.

I know Yahoo and other companies have similar products, but i am going to try Google’s’ out.

Ask me later what I think of it.

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It happened again, but this time with a phone order placed at Cafe Rio. My wife and I rolled up to the Cafe Rio in American Fork 10 minutes before our order was to be done - our goal was to avoid the CRAZY lines. It didn’t work - we stood in line for 20 minutes to get our food (that was getting cold).

I don’t understand the craze behind Cafe Rio. Is it REALLY that much better than the alternatives? To me - no, it isn’t. But to most people that I talk to they swear that the food is SOOOOO much better.

What is interesting about Cafe Rio is how their good name has spread through word of mounth advertising, and, as a result they have long LONG lines.

To Cafe Rio’s credit they gave us our drinks for free in an effort to win our business again. I like that gesture, and may brave those lines again.

In the olden days products and services that solved problems or created great pleasure got talked about and eventually purchased.

I am reading “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin and he argues that marketing to the masses is not the way to market anymore - that products and services that aren’t remarkable have become invisible to us.

WeightLossWars, I believe has a remarkable product and service that creates a buzz and stands out - like a purple cow. My challenge has been to get the word out so people can begin talking about this service. Just like the good old days.

So, post your comment about Cafe Rio. Is it really that much better? Has the popularity and long lines added to the craze so people THINK that the food is better when it really isn’t?

Let me know what you think!

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There is so much to do - and there IS a lot of time to do it in! I think that accomplishing the work that we need to get done and that we want to get done can happen with this attitude…

“The beauty of work depends upon the the way we meet it, whether we arm ourselves each morning to attack it as an enemy that must be vanquished before night comes - or whether we open our eyes with the sunrise to welcome it as an approaching friend who will keep us delightful company…” - Lucy Larcom

I love my job and the work that I am doing. It is so fulfilling, challenging, rewarding and frustrating all rolled up into a bundle of chaos! I can’t wait for morning!

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