Doc is Blog-tastic! : #1 as the CEO of Me Inc.

 Guess who’s going digital? Now that they’ve teamed up with Ebay. An unlikely bond? Maybe GM sees a bigger universe. They’re adding web venues. Putting dealers and customers on notice. Launching a new sales profile. Starting a biz or partnership is like learning a new language.

GM continues to reinvent itself. Broadening its base. Narrowing its brands. Marketing a new game. Why this? Or why now? Changing demographics. The Internet is a growing cash cow. Milk is white but money is green. No matter who’s buying. So GMs following market-wise economics.

Business is bilingual. In customers and sales appeal. People respond differently. Some buy the product. The company. The brand recognition. How to connect? Know what works. Based on the difference between buyers and supporters. All buyers are supporters. But not all supporters are buyers.

Network for sure. Volunteer in another enterprise. As a board member. Or part of a mastermind group. Work with someone new. That could be the next breakthrough. Not every business idea is yours to keep. Sometimes it’s to share. Maybe even give away. It comes back to you with boomerang returns.

 Know how to speak profit & loss. Do the job. Understand the business. Fire-proof your career. Step outside your comfort zone. Try new things. Learn from the experts. Get to know the lingo. It’s a great feeling to see things come together. That started out as an infant idea. And flows like a complete sentence.

Hip Tip: Success with a new language, business or assignment is in knowing the lingo.

Blog Talkback: In starting a business which comes first? Chicken or egg? Hobby or hustle?

 Plaxico Burress is facing the lock-up. Brett Favre is on the ropes. But Michael Vick is on the mend. What do they have in common? Ok, NFL fans. These guys know about looking for work. They also got the #1 biz advice. For shifting careers and reclaiming the dream. It’s being a free agent.

Chained to the job with golden handcuffs? Become an expert or consultant. Change the script. Start a business. Get your hustle on. By how you sell the sizzle. Not the steak. Turn heartache into an escape. Have a Resume that rocks. Elevator pitch that wows. Shows you’re the best in town.

Good at what you do? Be a master blaster at doing what you do. By how you serve-up purpose and passion on a plate. Success secrets for doing you. Such that others might dig you. How you serve is part skill and part nerve. Wing it or bring it. So that the marketplace can’t get enough of it.

Executives would get golden parachutes. To leave quietly. Companies would give gold watches. For working a lifetime. Them days are over. The workplace is more and more like pro sports. You gotta brand your expertise. Stream your income. Reinvent your game. Stay relevant. Increase scores.

Burress could get jail time for weapons possession. Looks like a setback. Favre not coming out of retirement, again. His career’s entering a new season. Vick getting a second look. He’s poised for a comeback. What didn’t CNN show? These real life examples of another day at the office.

Hip Tip: “A free agent knows when it’s time to move on or up to bigger & better things in the workplace, or new & improved things in the marketplace.”

Blog Talkback: What should Burress, Favre or Vick do to show they’ve got the right stuff?

 Take this ?*@# job (or relationship) and shove it! Not to worry. Many have felt this way before. Career and business moves start here. Matchmaking too. Guess how? As just a side hustle. Going from hunch to the real thing. Step-up your game or blow-up your name? Channel frustration into invention.

Go to night school. Take a sabbatical. Work flex hours. Approach your hobby like finding a hubby. Jobs are like relationships. Sometimes you have to work on finding a better gig. Most times you have to work on self for a better match. No more drama at home or office? Turn passion into a money-making pipeline.

Coca Cola and the modern day Roller Coaster. Might have begun as experiments. Like how blind dates and affairs get started. Dot coms get loaded. Dreams get planted. Going from day job to play job. From idea to inception. Take it underground. Works for music artists and social networking superstars.

One wish for bliss? Turn fantasy into reality. It can take around three years. To get it right. Flush things out. Get past the fears. This could mean makeover or reinvention. Good for GM. And for M&M. Match lifestyle with passion at work. Or workstyle with your best life. Play job to dream biz?

Hustle and flow. What’s your brand? Niche? Delivery? Connect with the “who’s who” online and in primetime. Reinvention doesn’t mean reinventing the wheel. Just make sure style and substance bump your salary. It’s how stars are born, dreams are made and rollers get paid.

 Will Michael Jackson’s legacy live on? Could GM’s highs and lows explain how? Here’s a company that grew leaps and bounds. Then hit some rough road. But they quickly came out of bankruptcy. Wanna be startin’ something? That biz idea? Look at the man/woman in the mirror.

GM had to change or re-arrange to keep making the dough. What brings such change? The need for new money. Benji’s to spend. Passion at work. A good living. Ready to achieve the next goal? Becoming Layoff Proof. Career Makeover. Start a business. Reinvent or re-brand. Dust-off your dreams. Know the tradeoffs?

It’s like needing to lose a few pounds. Get back your six-pack. What makes someone change?  Maybe a blowout, burnout or bailout. You blow a tire, fuse, shirt size. You are sick & tired of being sick and tired. Maybe a jail-free second chance. A loved one passes on. Painful? Yes, these situations can cause a change reaction.

GM expects to thrive again. After making cost-cutting moves. Building a new business model. Taking calculated risks. It’s all in a day’s work. Not just for the Automaker. But also for the 21st century go-getter. Get back in stride again. Feel brand new. Step-up your game. Set-off your ride to fame. Don’t stop til you get enough. Or get it right. 

Change is not always radical. But it’s good to clear the air. Grow beyond your fears. Live each day smiling from ear to ear. Take a paycut? If it gets you out a rut or from a nut. Make six figures? Believe it then achieve it. Why you gotta change or re-arrange? Because success as a hot-stepper depends on it. So, good luck. And sweet dreams!