The strange thing about so many businesses is that the successful and unsuccessful both start with the same entrepreneurial zeal to look for something unique in the way of an opportunity. The truly persistent (and, they’ll admit, lucky) win not only because they focus on the one thing that makes them successful, but also by accumulating and protecting profitability.
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Sifting through my inbox lately leads to a lot of despair. Fuel & Jet-A malaise, the economy, the climate, the dwindling US Dollar, the tragedies never stop. News and media folks (myself included I suppose) are more drawn to dark stuff. Frankly, it sells better. Because of this trend, there is a whole new generation of millennials who were born into an era where the news is always bad and everything is shocking so that at the end of the day, nothing is really that shocking.
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I don’t know why Andy Rooney bugs me so much, but a recent airline bashing piece finally brought my Rooney focus into better and more obvious light.
Andy is upset about the airlines - so are we, we get that. The problem of running an efficient, profitable, and “expectation exceeding” airline is not an easy one to solve. The problem with rants of this sort is that as old as Andy is, he is beginning to suffer from simple amnesia.
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