http://competitiveadvantageblog.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:47:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The term "competitive advantage" has traditionally been associated with the world of business, but this is no longer the case. Competitive Advantage 2.0 is all about the individual human being in the new economy. Information technology, the internet, and globalization have increased the level of competitiveness dramatically in ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/23/how-to-become-a-maven-in-any-market/ Business on the internet is extremely competitive, much more competitive than the offline business world, in my view. In fact, it is about as close to perfect competition as a market can come. This makes it very difficult to create any kind of a sustainable competitive advantage in the Web2.0 ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/22/the-difference-between-competitive-advantage-10-and-competitive-advantage-20/ The term “competitive advantage” has traditionally been associated with the world of business, but this is no longer the case.  Competitive Advantage 2.0 is all about the individual human being in the new economy.  Information technology, the internet, and globalization have increased the level of competitiveness dramatically in ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/21/competitive-advantage-20/ For a long time I felt there was something wrong with me. I could not figure out why I was not achieving my goals. It was not for lack of determination or knowledge, I had a lot of both, but so does everyone else. I started to ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/20/how-to-be-better-than-everyone-else/ Positive thinking and determination are no longer any guarantee of success. They are now merely entry fees to play the game of life. For you, the individual human being, success now requires that you find a way to leverage what I call your "individual culture." For an individual person, the integration ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/19/discovering-your-individual-culture/ There was a time in my life when I felt trapped in a "mental prison" of my own making. Do you feel, as I once did, that your mental processes are "narrow minded" and dogmatic? If so, you may be trapped in an inefficent mental prison. If you are ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/18/breaking-out-of-a-mental-prison/ Bruce Lee had it, Tiger Woods has it, and so do the best Pick Up Artists. So do successful entrepreneurs as well as the greatest leaders throughout the history of civilization. Any business that has been successful over time has it as well, just in a different way. I ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/17/bruce-lee-had-it-tiger-woods-has-it-and-so-do-the-best-pick-up-artists/ One of the books that had a big impact on me was The New Barbarian Manifesto (2000), written by Professor Ian Angell. In this book he discusses how we have entered a "new elite cosmopolitan age where knowledge workers have become the real generators of wealth... It is now abundantly ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/16/becoming-a-new-barbarian/ Do you feel like you are out of alignment? When an individual or organization is not in tune with their competitive advantage, life becomes a struggle. We feel awkward, out of alignment, and out of tune with our life's purpose. This leads to unhappiness and misery for the ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/14/do-you-ever-feel-out-of-alignment/ Are you determined to succeed? So what, everyone else is too…. So what separates the winners from the losers in life? Of course, determination and persistence play a role, but everyone else also has those qualities. They are a given, like showing up to the Olympics in great physical ... http://competitiveadvantageblog.com/13/how-to-stop-living-a-mediocre-life/