Derek Sanders's Page

I heard Dave Ramsey use this term in regards to personal finance...I like to think it works for our business today. What does it take for the Gazelle to escape the Cheetah? I continue to ask the question, what will you do different this year? I hear business owners and their management staff say that they are going to try to survive for the next few months and just see where they're at. Hmm, do you think the Gazelle has that same lazy thought process? What does it really mean to survive anyway?… Continue

A recent emergency landing in the Hudson River, as seen by those on the ground, CNN and computer animation, displays a great example of the type of fitness required to survive. While the landing appears to have all the traits of a normal touchdown, the passengers filing out on the wing and the rising river tell another story. When the pilot of Flight 1549, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger flipped the switch to “survival mode”, he didn’t use his muscle to… Continue