Author Archives: Paul B Brown

We are big believers in taking advantage of our friends’ expertise. So, we need your help, once again. The folks at Harvard Business Review Press are eager to design the cover of our book and to do that, we need … Continue reading →

“But why are you changing the title?” We got that question in several difference forms, after our last post saying we were looking for a new sub-title for the updated version of our book. The short answer is our publisher, Harvard … Continue reading →

We need your help. We are working on a completely revised version of our book that will be published by Harvard Business Review Press. We have a title we like–Just Start–but we are struggling with the subtitle. The following will … Continue reading →

As some of you know, we have been working diligently–I would have said like a dog, but have ever actually seen a dog work; mine sleeps a lot–to create a radically new version of our book Action Trumps Everything.  (It … Continue reading →

We need your help. As we said from the beginning of both the book (Action Trumps Everything) and the blog, are very much a work in progress. Here’s today’s case in point.  We have talked at length about how much … Continue reading →

If you are reading this, the world hasn’t ended. The folks who said the Rapture was coming, said it would happen today and as of now, at least, my extremely mortal soul is still here. But thinking about the Rapture … Continue reading →

The big story in New York sports this morning involves Jorge Posada, the border-line Hall of  Fame catcher who is fading rapidly before our eyes. The Yankees, who were concerned about Posada’s age–he’ll be 40 in a few months–turned Posada into … Continue reading →

As wonderful as it, CreAction (creative action) simply doesn’t work if you need huge sums of money to get underway.  Clearly you can use the principles of affordable loss to help you determine if you are truly committed to starting … Continue reading →

The Monday after the NFL draft is typically when football geeks tell you which teams picked well and who didn’t.   Well, we didn’t have any offiical selections, but still we conclude Action Trumps Everything had a pretty good showing.  Consider the New England Patriots … Continue reading →

Not everything works. That is inevitable if you act quickly with the resources at hand. As we said repeatedly, failure is not a bad thing.  But–and we are guilty of not stressing this enough–you need to cut your losses as quickly … Continue reading →