Nurturing Success
Saturday, September 15th, 2007On September 14, The New York Times article by Miguel Helft, Rental Building’s Good Karma Nurtures Success, describes how two guys who sell rugs, invested in startup companies and provided rental space to startups such as Logitech and Google.
‘Their investment fund put $400,000 into Danger, and the Amidis gave the company a discount on office space. Mr. Amidi says the decision was more a bet on Mr. Rubin’s abilities — as demonstrated during negotiations over the rug — than on the technology itself.
“Any time you do a financial transaction with someone, you get to know how they think, how they negotiate, what are their parameters,” Mr. Amidi said. “We kind of value that as a big advantage.”’
Many people notice their success in one area of life — such as selling rugs — but don’t apply that same success to other areas of life — such as investing in startups.
When I coach people and teams, my favorite approach is “strengths-based” or “Appreciative Inquiry” — what are you great at, and excited by, in any specific area of your life? And how can you apply that strength and success to other areas of your life?
I think of my exciting strengths as my “wow themes” because they are the themes in everything that makes me go wow in life.
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