Sunday, April 15, 2012

Robert Campbell?

I heard a story about a man named Rob Campbell. He designed and developed powerpoint and file maker. When he was a young man and eager to develop software, he interviewed with 3 companies. He asked them each what that company believed the future of the computer was. Company #1 said they believed that the computer would be on everyone’s wish list for Christmas, company #2 said they believed the computer would raise their stock from $1 to $2. The third company said they believed that computers were going to change everything. Which company do you think he went with? Company 1 quickly went out of business. Company #2 was the Commodore. Company #3 was Apple.

Which company had the biggest vision? Big visions of positive change attract people who want to do something with their life. What was wrong with company # 2? They only wanted to increase their value. This question challenged me. Am I only looking at the people that I want to recruit so I can increase my stock or am I recruiting them to change the world? I realized that I need to get a bigger vision and be bolder about sharing it. 

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