Apr 28 2009
Choose the Right Tool
Published by Tom Volkar under Business Coaching | 
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My Dad subscribed to the brute force method of fine carpentry. He believed everything could be fixed with a big screwdriver and a hammer. If a door frame wasn’t quite plumb, just loosen it with the screwdriver and give it a couple of whacks.
Business can be like that. If something isn’t quite right we can often force it into place with a few good whacks of hard work and effort. But these quick fixes in business and carpentry often come back to haunt us because we were addressing only symptoms.
You have an authentic edge that’s based on who you are, where you are in your business development and what you’ve experienced. That edge drives your personal power. It’s your natural positional advantage in the marketplace and you’ll struggle to the degree that you fail to exploit it. 
I was eleven years old, watching The Three Stooges, on a fall afternoon. I heard a loud insistent knock at the back door and, upon opening it, I saw my neighbor, Little Larry, all out of breath and crying. A hunter mistakenly shot his dog Lobo. Lobo was suffering and needed help.
