Being challenged


Challenging your customers' belief system... that's a hard pill to swallow.

If customer is king, why would you challenge them, right?

Well, what if you challenge them to think different? To think big. To see things from an outside perspective.

Because then, maybe they'll start seeing what new opportunities they could take. What new ways they could better serve their market. What things could be done different in their market.

And you know what else? The bar is SO low, that doing that minimum of change, will make them be seen different.

And that's staying ahead.

Rod Aparicio

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