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Erfolgreich in Finanzen investieren: Nein sagen, Geld verdienen - Innere Unruhe und Tagesnachrichten sind schlechte Ratgeber. Die Angst dominiert. Dabei ist der Schlüssel zum Geldverdienen leicht zu finden: das Wort »Nein«.

Das meiste Geld verdient man mit dem Wort »Nein«

Ob man nun kauft oder verkauft. Die Versuchungen liegen am Wegesrand. #DrMarkusElsässer #Fail #Finance #Intelligence #PositiveMindset #Strategy #WarrenBuffet

berufebilder.de/finanzen-inves

“In the face of uncertainty, most managers cut. But leaders build.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

Anyone can cut costs. Slash and burn. Downsize staff. Close divisions. And in an economic downturn, that becomes the norm.

But there are only a few who can do the opposite - focus on growth.

After nine days of exploring how to lead with resilience, innovation, and momentum, one truth now takes center stage: Growth isn’t a result. It’s a decision.

And in moments of deep uncertainty, the best leaders choose it - on purpose.

Back in 2009, I spoke at a lot of corporate events amid the global economic downturns and witnessed firsthand how different organizations were dealing with it. I vividly remember the message the CEO of one global organization delivered at their leadership summit, sharing their recession roadmap with perfect clarity: “Our strategic priorities: survive, innovate, grow. We’ve done survival. Now we’re focused on building.”

That’s the growth mindset that is needed today. While others pull back, delay projects, freeze spending, and wait for signs of recovery, real leaders are moving forward. Fast. With intent. Because they understand that growth doesn’t happen after the storm passes. It begins now.

Around that time, in an interview with FoodProcessing.com, I shared the story of a global restaurant chain CEO who spoke just after the 2008 financial crisis; I was to follow him on stage for my message on the importance of innovation and looking forward. He opened with one minute on the dismal economic conditions and then spent the next nineteen minutes outlining eight clear growth opportunities.

He didn’t dwell on uncertainty. He obsessed over what came next.

This is how bold leadership sounds.

And in 2025, it’s exactly what’s needed. You might not see it, but this is what is happening in some organizations right now. And maybe it's the precise mindset that you need at this very moment. Right now, some leaders are:
investing with precision — not across-the-board cuts, but selective spending that seeds future wins.

The question isn't: “Will the economy recover?” It's: “Will you be ready when it does?” Or "Will someone else have already captured the ground you hesitated to take?”

So ask yourself: Are you leading from fear? Or building toward growth?
Because in the face of uncertainty, managers cut.

But leaders?

They build.

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Futurist Jim Carroll knows that history shows us that 10% of organizations become breakthrough performers in times of economic volatility.

**#Growth** **#Leadership** **#Uncertainty** **#Building** **#Innovation** **#Mindset** **#Resilience** **#Opportunity** **#Future** **#Strategy**

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decodin

Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games recently revealed that the game has managed to hit a huge milestone on Steam, plus the final episode of the Noclip documentary is out now.
gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dwar

GamingOnLinux · Dwarf Fortress hit a huge new milestone on Steam, Noclip documentary now completed
More from Liam

If someone is doing something more successfully than you are, it makes sense to look over their shoulder and see what you can learn from them. Benchmarking is a way of doing that. The purpose of benchmarking is to improve efficiency and quality, to determine and promote best practice, to maintain competitiveness and to focus people on the need for change and improvement.

Explore how to do it. Visit: sajal-ghosh.com/blog/benchmark

"What good is a strategy when the conditions we're operating in just keep changing?"

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all this.

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Google software engineer Addy Osmani shares an approach one can take to complete software development pre-production tasks such as initial user requirements gathering. He suggests using First Principles Thinking (FPT) to achieve these goals.

"First Principles Thinking for Software Engineers"

addyosmani.com/blog/first-prin

For every rule, an exception. Here's Cedric Chin's take on FPT vs. Pattern Matching.

"How First Principles Thinking Fails"

commoncog.com/how-first-princi

This is a fantastic interview about successful messaging in the face of #Fascism and #authoritarianism. Pedro Telles co-founded Quid, a communications organization in Brazil focused on fighting right-wing extremism, which was instrumental in defeating Bolsonaro’s reelection bid in 2023.

There are so many nuggest of wisdom in the interview, such as the “three levels of influence”—local groups, followed channels, friend-followed channels—that shape a person’s mindset, and how opposition communication needs to use that to their advantage.

The success of Quid seems based on deep study and extensive (and expensive, I think) action that successfully infiltrated the media landscape to neutralize right-wing messaging. It’s their nontraditional, cool-headed, strategic methodology that makes them as formidable as Fox News.

It’s quite a read. I don’t know if anyone has risen to the challenge quite to this extent in the US.

#resistance #extremism #communications #media #strategy

wagingnonviolence.org/2024/08/

Waging Nonviolence · How a strong messaging strategy helped defeat Brazil’s BolsonaroPedro Telles explains the communications strategies that rallied Brazilians against authoritarianism.