The Multiplier Mindset Blog

Author: Dan Sullivan

  • Simplification Is The New Wealth

    The very nature of a multiplier is that it dramatically simplifies some aspect of life. This perfectly fits my definition of productivity: Productivity means getting something done faster, easier, or cheaper. People who achieve this productivity say things like, “Before, I was doing ten things; now, I’m doing one thing but getting the same results”…

  • Four Questions For Finding Multipliers

    I have a formula that anyone can use to discover the multipliers in their business or their life. It starts with looking at any activity and asking yourself four questions: 1. Is there a way we can do this 10 times faster? 2. Is there a way we can do this 10 times easier? 3.…

  • Your Factory-Installed Multiplier

    I like having a big company. Many fun and exciting possibilities open up at this level. The only challenge is that I don’t like the feeling of big companies. I don’t like bureaucracy. So how do you run a growing company yet keep the feeling of a small company?

  • Millions Of Small Solutions

    Over the next 10 to 20 years, one of the biggest areas to get hit in the marketplace will be the public sector. There’s a real value to service, but what this value looks like is going to change dramatically, and the answer to our needs won’t be what most people want — which is…

  • Why You Don’t Have To Fear Imitators

    There’s a story about World War II that I like. It may or may not be true, but it illustrates a good point. The Second World War was tremendously costly to the Russians, and as the war went on, they were forced to reach further and further out for conscripts, even toward the Pacific, into…

  • The Multiplier Effect of Operating Systems

    As you’ve probably gathered, I’m enjoying my iPad. In fact, we use Apple computers throughout Strategic Coach’s three offices. I’m a big fan of Apple’s operating systems because they’re just so easy to use. As you’ve probably gathered, I’m enjoying my iPad. In fact, Strategic Coach uses Apple computers throughout our three offices. I’m a…

  • What’s Good About A Recession

    Last week, a number of articles popped up in relation to some new statistics from The National Bureau of Economic Research declaring that the recession in the United States officially ended in June of last year. Added to this news was that this was the longest recession since World War II. There are a lot…

  • Units Of Innovation

    I’m amazed at the profound effect Apple’s iPad has had in the short time since it was introduced — not only as a platform, but as a multiplier of the idea introduced through the iPhone about how to organize and transmit human knowledge in the form of very small programs or “apps.”

  • Who’s In Charge Here?

    In the last post, I talked about using a bank machine in a foreign country as an example of cooperation among strangers. Transactions like that happen a billion times a day, and all this activity seems to take place without anyone controlling it. To me, that’s a modern miracle. To people who believe somebody needs…

  • The Essence Of Business: Innovation And Marketing

    I consider the ATM a miracle. Let’s say I’m traveling outside North America — at an Israeli outpost close to Lebanon, for instance — and I run out of cash. I look around and find a store down the street that has an Automated Teller Machine. I stick my card into it, choose between English,…