Be Different By Being Better

by GRTaylor2 on January 15, 2012

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Today, I finished reading Mark Cuban’s new book – How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It Be Different By Being Better. It’s a good, short collection of blog posts assembled into an ebook.

Real quick, I have always been a fan of Mark Cuban and his passion. I don’t know if I agree with everything he does, but I know his actions come from passion — which I like. I met Cuban at a Suns vs. Mavericks game last March, when we sat in a section close to the Mavs bench. We went back and forth with c0mments supporting our respective teams in fun, and shook hands afterwards. We had a quick exchange about it on Twitter the next afternoon.

The new book blew me away. It may have been the best business book I’ve read in a long time — definitely check it out.

As I’ve learned from running a failed digital marketing agency with a partnership that fell apart, a company in the skateboard industry that I was forced out of and now with Marketing Press (a WordPress Design Company) it’s not enough to be good — you have to be different. You need to be different by being better.

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My Theme For 2012: Simplify

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eBook Readers: Kindle or iPad

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Sometimes I adopt technology early, sometimes admittedly I am late to the party. When Apple announce their tablet platform – I was all over it. My Apple iPad has been used in my house more than anything device. Kristina and I use it for watching Netflix, Hulu and simple web browsing. At first I thought it [...]

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