February 13, 2012
Adaptable Business Concepts, Inc. is proud to announce that we have officially been accredited by Better Business Bureau. BBB was founded almost 100 years ago and has grown to be the leading resource for providing objective information about charities and businesses. This organization has eight standards of trust that they look for in a business, including trustworthiness and integrity. Although there are many requirements that must be met for a business to become BBB accredited, these standards of trust lay the foundation for those requirements.
Adaptable Business Concepts, Inc. is very proud and excited to be part of this organization. Our independently owned sales and marketing firm prides itself on the growth opportunities it provides for our employees.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Adaptable Business Concepts on Perseverance
October 1, 2011
It means repetition in the face of opposition. You keep doing the same small things over and over and over again. As you do the small things it produces the big things over a long period of time. Regardless of what comes against you, you keep on choosing to do the right small things. It’s literally putting one foot in front of the other every single day.
Small investments over time turn into huge rewards. You can’t lose weight overnight just like you can’t make up for the mistakes that you’ve made overnight either.
Small changes are what change you as a person over time.
Never Quit
September 28, 2011
Every successful person in the world has been through tough times and failure at some point in their life
-Albert Einstein was four years old before he spoke one word and seven years old before he could read.
-Sir Isaac Newton did poorly in school.
-Beethoven’s music teacher once said of him “As a composer, he is hopeless.”
-A magazine editor told Emily Dickinson she could not publish her own poems because they failed to
rhyme.
-Young Thomas Edison was told by his teachers that he was too stupid to learn anything.
-A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had “no good ideas.”
-Ted Turner was expelled from College.
-Michael Jordan was “cut” from the high school basketball team at the beginning of his sophomore year.
-As a young student, Martin Luther King, Jr. was told by a teacher that he would never be able to speak with enough emotion to inspire people to take action.
The point of this is obviously to never quit. If it was easy to be successful everyone would be doing it. Most great successful people that we look up to have failed at least once if not several times in their lifetime yet they persevered and became the great people we know of today. Never giving up ultimately makes people stronger and propels them forward to be amazing examples that people look up to. So tough times don’t last but tough people do.
Every successful person in the world has been through tough times and failure at some point in their life
-Albert Einstein was four years old before he spoke one word and seven years old before he could read.
-Sir Isaac Newton did poorly in school.
-Beethoven’s music teacher once said of him “As a composer, he is hopeless.”
-A magazine editor told Emily Dickinson she could not publish her own poems because they failed to
rhyme.
-Young Thomas Edison was told by his teachers that he was too stupid to learn anything.
-A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had “no good ideas.”
-Ted Turner was expelled from College.
-Michael Jordan was “cut” from the high school basketball team at the beginning of his sophomore year.
-As a young student, Martin Luther King, Jr. was told by a teacher that he would never be able to speak with enough emotion to inspire people to take action.
The point of this is obviously to never quit. If it was easy to be successful everyone would be doing it. Most great successful people that we look up to have failed at least once if not several times in their lifetime yet they persevered and became the great people we know of today. Never giving up ultimately makes people stronger and propels them forward to be amazing examples that people look up to. So tough times don’t last but tough people do.
AbConcepts’s Thoughts About Personal Finances.
September 27, 2011
Physical intelligence does not happen when you have money, it determines if you do. Usually when people have more money they seem to spend more too. The more you know about money the easier it will be to handle and organize your money properly. Studies show that a typical millionaire lives on 7% of their wealth. 80% of millionaires have not bought a car worth $35,000! The average household income (so in other words combined income of two people) is $31,000/year and recent reports have shown that the average American debt is over 10K!! Crazy right? Seems like the name of the game is saving money. The better you grasp the concept of delayed gratification, the better you will be with your money. Life is like a cafeteria not a restaurant. You have to pay for things before you enjoy them.
The financial decisions you make now will affect you later on in life. Financial freedom is created not handed out. You have to ask yourself how str
Physical intelligence does not happen when you have money, it determines if you do. Usually when people have more money they seem to spend more too. The more you know about money the easier it will be to handle and organize your money properly. Studies show that a typical millionaire lives on 7% of their wealth. 80% of millionaires have not bought a car worth $35,000! The average household income (so in other words combined income of two people) is $31,000/year and recent reports have shown that the average American debt is over 10K!! Crazy right? Seems like the name of the game is saving money. The better you grasp the concept of delayed gratification, the better you will be with your money. Life is like a cafeteria not a restaurant. You have to pay for things before you enjoy them.
The financial decisions you make now will affect you later on in life. Financial freedom is created not handed out. You have to ask yourself how str
Pain vs. Pleasure
September 23, 2011
All people take different paths and make different decisions in life but it seems that most people fall into these four categories of pain and pleasure…
1. Pain now Pain later- An example of this would be living off of minimum wage, living paycheck to paycheck and ultimately never taking your life in a different direction
2. Pleasure now Pleasure later -An example of this would be growing up with money, having a large inheritance or winning the lottery
3. Please now Pain later – An example of this would be the mortgage industry or getting laid off from your job that you’ve been successful at for years and having to start all over. Or perhaps college grads who decide to put off really working hard in their 20s and wait till they’re “done partying” to find their “perfect job” that they have no experience for; would also fall into this category
4. Pain no Pleasure later – An example of this would be working really hard for a few years for that really big promotion or for the opportunity to do what you want. So starting out in entry level and working your way up. Studying really hard in college for your masters. Going to law school or med school. Working really hard now so that you won’t have to later.
People are either going to be motivated away from pain or towards pleasure. But it seems that in these categories there are only two forms of pain, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Let’s take a look at working out for example. If you set a goal to work out in the morning and you decide to press snooze on your alarm, you would be left with the pain of regret all day long. If you decided to actually get up and work out you would have that pain of discipline maybe 1-2 hours but you would feel great about your decision the rest of the day.
Which one is worse?
It seems that there’s always going to be pain somewhere when it comes to decisions people make in life. Would you rather have pleasure now pain later? Or would you rather pay now and play later?
Either way you’re going to have to pay…
All people take different paths and make different decisions in life but it seems that most people fall into these four categories of pain and pleasure…
1. Pain now Pain later- An example of this would be living off of minimum wage, living paycheck to paycheck and ultimately never taking your life in a different direction
2. Pleasure now Pleasure later -An example of this would be growing up with money, having a large inheritance or winning the lottery
3. Please now Pain later – An example of this would be the mortgage industry or getting laid off from your job that you’ve been successful at for years and having to start all over. Or perhaps college grads who decide to put off really working hard in their 20s and wait till they’re “done partying” to find their “perfect job” that they have no experience for; would also fall into this category
4. Pain no Pleasure later – An example of this would be working really hard for a few years for that really big promotion or for the opportunity to do what you want. So starting out in entry level and working your way up. Studying really hard in college for your masters. Going to law school or med school. Working really hard now so that you won’t have to later.
People are either going to be motivated away from pain or towards pleasure. But it seems that in these categories there are only two forms of pain, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Let’s take a look at working out for example. If you set a goal to work out in the morning and you decide to press snooze on your alarm, you would be left with the pain of regret all day long. If you decided to actually get up and work out you would have that pain of discipline maybe 1-2 hours but you would feel great about your decision the rest of the day.
Which one is worse?
It seems that there’s always going to be pain somewhere when it comes to decisions people make in life. Would you rather have pleasure now pain later? Or would you rather pay now and play later?
Either way you’re going to have to pay…
Adaptable Business Concepts’ 90/10 Principle
September 22, 2011
10% of life is made up of what happens to you.
90% of life is decided by how you react.
What this means is you have absolutely no control over that 10% but you determine the other 90%
For example red lights would be something completely out of your control. You control your reaction to it. Do you stop at it? Do you run it? If you run it you would obviously be putting yourself at risk for getting into a crash which is where that 90% comes from. That situation could completely change the rest of your day week or even year. Is it the Red light’s fault for turning red? Or is it your fault for running it?
What if someone spills coffee on you? You obviously can’t control that. Say you decide to get really upset, you yell at your friend, child or significant other for spilling the coffee. That person feels horrible and is a little put off by your reaction. You let it affect your entire day. Is it the coffee’s fault for your bad day or is it your fault for reacting the wrong way to a situation you couldn’t control?
In business and in life in general , the happier more successful people are the ones who roll with the punches and are down for whatever. They know that there’s negatives, obstacles and uncontrollable.
Successful people have a “Im gonna make it happen anyway” attitude and aren’t affected by that 10% of what they ultimately can’t control.
What will you do with your 90% today?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you.
90% of life is decided by how you react.
What this means is you have absolutely no control over that 10% but you determine the other 90%
For example red lights would be something completely out of your control. You control your reaction to it. Do you stop at it? Do you run it? If you run it you would obviously be putting yourself at risk for getting into a crash which is where that 90% comes from. That situation could completely change the rest of your day week or even year. Is it the Red light’s fault for turning red? Or is it your fault for running it?
What if someone spills coffee on you? You obviously can’t control that. Say you decide to get really upset, you yell at your friend, child or significant other for spilling the coffee. That person feels horrible and is a little put off by your reaction. You let it affect your entire day. Is it the coffee’s fault for your bad day or is it your fault for reacting the wrong way to a situation you couldn’t control?
In business and in life in general , the happier more successful people are the ones who roll with the punches and are down for whatever. They know that there’s negatives, obstacles and uncontrollable.
Successful people have a “Im gonna make it happen anyway” attitude and aren’t affected by that 10% of what they ultimately can’t control.
What will you do with your 90% today?
Adaptable Business Concepts’ Tips To Being Your Own Boss
September 19, 2011
1. It takes 2-3 Years to become good at being a manager. So many people focus on the future too much. This is the time to practice becoming a good manager now.
2. Work hard. You HAVE to have a good work ethic
3. Save money. Figure out how to budget now.
4. You’re going to have to make some personal sacrifices.
5. Failure is quitting so don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
6. Accept help and advice from others.
7. Establish respect from other managers and leaders
8. Be confident and enthusiastic
9. Accept responsibility for everything
10. Troubleshoot and prevent. Be proactive not reactive
11. Keep things simple. Don’t overcomplicate things.
12. Give opportunity to other people. Pay it forward.
13. Go out of your way to help others
14. Build lasting relationships
15. Be humble. Have a student mentality
16. Be a leader. Don’t be afraid to lead from the front
1. It takes 2-3 Years to become good at being a manager. So many people focus on the future too much. This is the time to practice becoming a good manager now.
2. Work hard. You HAVE to have a good work ethic
3. Save money. Figure out how to budget now.
4. You’re going to have to make some personal sacrifices.
5. Failure is quitting so don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
6. Accept help and advice from others.
7. Establish respect from other managers and leaders
8. Be confident and enthusiastic
9. Accept responsibility for everything
10. Troubleshoot and prevent. Be proactive not reactive
11. Keep things simple. Don’t overcomplicate things.
12. Give opportunity to other people. Pay it forward.
13. Go out of your way to help others
14. Build lasting relationships
15. Be humble. Have a student mentality
16. Be a leader. Don’t be afraid to lead from the front
ABConcepts Leader of the Week, Jeremie Brettin!
September 16, 2011
ABConcepts Leader of the Week, Jeremie Brettin, knows a thing or two about hard work. His morning meeting on Thursday revolved around his experiences personally, academically and professionally that helped him build his strong work ethic.
As a child growing up in Port Huron, MI, Jeremie was always driven to reach the top of whatever he did. His pursuit to become an Eagle Scout was no exception. Initially, he thought the position looked very obtainable, and easily achieved. Not until he earned his 80+ merit badges, and did what less than 2% of Boy Scouts ever achieve, was he able to truly appreciate all the hard work that was involved. Jeremie said it was doing the little things on a regular basis that helped him achieve a long term goal.
Jeremie has transferred this persistence to his professional life. Consistently implementing the advise given to him from his managers in addition to constantly striving to succeed are traits that makes Jeremie our Leader of the Week!
“Some people dream of success… while others wake up and work hard at it.” -Unknown Author
ABConcepts Leader of the Week, Jeremie Brettin, knows a thing or two about hard work. His morning meeting on Thursday revolved around his experiences personally, academically and professionally that helped him build his strong work ethic.
As a child growing up in Port Huron, MI, Jeremie was always driven to reach the top of whatever he did. His pursuit to become an Eagle Scout was no exception. Initially, he thought the position looked very obtainable, and easily achieved. Not until he earned his 80+ merit badges, and did what less than 2% of Boy Scouts ever achieve, was he able to truly appreciate all the hard work that was involved. Jeremie said it was doing the little things on a regular basis that helped him achieve a long term goal.
Jeremie has transferred this persistence to his professional life. Consistently implementing the advise given to him from his managers in addition to constantly striving to succeed are traits that makes Jeremie our Leader of the Week!
“Some people dream of success… while others wake up and work hard at it.” -Unknown Author
Adaptable Business Concepts’ Leadership Characteristics
September 10, 2011
Leadership plays an important role in one’s life. To be a successful leader, one must demonstrate some or all of the following characteristics.
1. The ability to listen – Most leaders do too much talking but not enough listening.
2. The ability to acknowledge and change – People often refuse to change because it’s hard. They believe their way is best but often times being willing to change for the team makes the individual even more successful.
3. The ability to form one-on-one relationships – people will need to be able to relate with you. It’s important to be able to spend time with your people so that you can understand them better and know how to coach them well. Also your people need to know you so that they understand you and are able to trust your leadership.
4. Successful people make sure they surround themselves with like-minded people – this is not saying that millionaires should ignore anyone who might be “beneath” them financially. But you need to spend time communicating with like-minded people. You cannot be successful by yourself. By interacting with others you can motivate others as well as have the chance to be motivated by them as well.
5. The ability to know yourself – It’s very important to know what you’re best at, and what your weaknesses are. A business is a team sport. Often one cannot handle all the aspects of a business. You need to know when to seek assistance from others. There’s no shame in that.
6. Successful people display high levels of optimism and confidence – They believe in themselves and they are not afraid of failures. They see every obstacle as a stepping-stone to their success. They turn challenges into motivators and become their advantages.
7. People who are successful leaders are passionate about what they do- they know what they want and they openly talk about why with other people. Passion is contagious and the key ingredient to leading many people. You have to know where you’re going if you want others to follow.
Leadership plays an important role in one’s life. To be a successful leader, one must demonstrate some or all of the following characteristics.
1. The ability to listen – Most leaders do too much talking but not enough listening.
2. The ability to acknowledge and change – People often refuse to change because it’s hard. They believe their way is best but often times being willing to change for the team makes the individual even more successful.
3. The ability to form one-on-one relationships – people will need to be able to relate with you. It’s important to be able to spend time with your people so that you can understand them better and know how to coach them well. Also your people need to know you so that they understand you and are able to trust your leadership.
4. Successful people make sure they surround themselves with like-minded people – this is not saying that millionaires should ignore anyone who might be “beneath” them financially. But you need to spend time communicating with like-minded people. You cannot be successful by yourself. By interacting with others you can motivate others as well as have the chance to be motivated by them as well.
5. The ability to know yourself – It’s very important to know what you’re best at, and what your weaknesses are. A business is a team sport. Often one cannot handle all the aspects of a business. You need to know when to seek assistance from others. There’s no shame in that.
6. Successful people display high levels of optimism and confidence – They believe in themselves and they are not afraid of failures. They see every obstacle as a stepping-stone to their success. They turn challenges into motivators and become their advantages.
7. People who are successful leaders are passionate about what they do- they know what they want and they openly talk about why with other people. Passion is contagious and the key ingredient to leading many people. You have to know where you’re going if you want others to follow.
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Characteristics and Traits of Success
September 2, 2011
1) DISCIPLINE:
• This is the key ingredient for anyone who is successful whether it be a professional sports, music, business, being a parent, or anything and everything.
• Everyone has heard the phrase, “I’m going to give it my best shot,” or “Well, I gave it my best shot,” right? Well who are the ones who say that phrase? Is it the winners who came in first or the losers? It’s the losers or the 2nd place people, which in my opinion are the same. The winners talk about what they did to be a winner and the losers talk about they gave it “their best shot.” Are you kidding me?! Are you telling me that that’s your best? You are incapable of being a winner? No!
You just didn’t do the things that the winners did to win! Winners get the job done and they accomplish this through discipline and work ethic – this is the foundation for everything else I’m about to talk about.
2) BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GET YOUR ADVICE FROM:
• If you want to be a doctor, then you wouldn’t ask a retail clerk where to go to med school. You would ask a successful doctor, right? You also, wouldn’t ask a secretary about how to run a successful business…go to the source!
3) CONSISTENCY:
• Success is a combination of hard work & discipline.
You must be consistent at both 24/7 – whether you feel like it or not – but more specifically when you don’t feel like it. That’s what separates those who are successful and those who are not. Just like what separates those who are courageous and the cowards. The courageous ones just stuck in there 5 minutes longer than the rest.
4) YOU WILL BECOME WHATEVER YOU CREATE FOR YOURSELF:
• Easier = weaker and harder = strength and perseverance.
• Great (not good) habits are what will create your success! Anybody can be “good” which means you can only have what anybody else can have, but “great” habits is what separates what only few can have because only few are willing to develop those habits.
• Great habits cannot and will not wait until tomorrow! That is because whether you realize it or believe it, every action you do are the habits you are creating for yourself. Therefore tomorrow is always too late – they always begin right here, right now. (Use example of waking up at 5:30am instead of 6:00am to be the first to the office – it’s easier to hit the snooze button and say you’ll start tomorrow and you will be passed by the one who didn’t wait and started right here, right now.)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
1) DISCIPLINE:
• This is the key ingredient for anyone who is successful whether it be a professional sports, music, business, being a parent, or anything and everything.
• Everyone has heard the phrase, “I’m going to give it my best shot,” or “Well, I gave it my best shot,” right? Well who are the ones who say that phrase? Is it the winners who came in first or the losers? It’s the losers or the 2nd place people, which in my opinion are the same. The winners talk about what they did to be a winner and the losers talk about they gave it “their best shot.” Are you kidding me?! Are you telling me that that’s your best? You are incapable of being a winner? No!
You just didn’t do the things that the winners did to win! Winners get the job done and they accomplish this through discipline and work ethic – this is the foundation for everything else I’m about to talk about.
2) BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GET YOUR ADVICE FROM:
• If you want to be a doctor, then you wouldn’t ask a retail clerk where to go to med school. You would ask a successful doctor, right? You also, wouldn’t ask a secretary about how to run a successful business…go to the source!
3) CONSISTENCY:
• Success is a combination of hard work & discipline.
You must be consistent at both 24/7 – whether you feel like it or not – but more specifically when you don’t feel like it. That’s what separates those who are successful and those who are not. Just like what separates those who are courageous and the cowards. The courageous ones just stuck in there 5 minutes longer than the rest.
4) YOU WILL BECOME WHATEVER YOU CREATE FOR YOURSELF:
• Easier = weaker and harder = strength and perseverance.
• Great (not good) habits are what will create your success! Anybody can be “good” which means you can only have what anybody else can have, but “great” habits is what separates what only few can have because only few are willing to develop those habits.
• Great habits cannot and will not wait until tomorrow! That is because whether you realize it or believe it, every action you do are the habits you are creating for yourself. Therefore tomorrow is always too late – they always begin right here, right now. (Use example of waking up at 5:30am instead of 6:00am to be the first to the office – it’s easier to hit the snooze button and say you’ll start tomorrow and you will be passed by the one who didn’t wait and started right here, right now.)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
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