A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

The topic that has been discussed on my twitter and Facebook since Sunday, 11/13/11 is "elegance." Here is today's blog. There are no coincidences as there are many people working to achieve this. Since we are all a work in progress, I hope it helps. "Elegance" is about how you decide to stand in the spaces that life presents professionally and personally.  Both scenarios are like a glass floor. You exercise grace, care and caution as you walk across it and even when you are  standing still. The greatest and optimum success of your work life will not be determined by your credentials (MBA, PhD, JD, CPA or whatever else): the fact that you know more than others, that you have "backing", or marketing or system building techniques. While these can all be important to  have or cultivate, they alone do not amount to success. It will be determined by your ability to suspend your ego and adopt and authenticate the vision behind the business you ...

    1) Thoughts on efficiency: It is a by product of hard work and in fact a bonus that comes to stakeholders and customers - The world may get excited about it, but efficiency should never be the core goal. Take for example... Google searches. They made looking things up extremely efficient, since you don't have to drive to the library and look through a card catalog and deal with the aggravation of y our local library not having what you are looking for. Google is super efficient ; you can search the world of information, but that's secondary to the business of connecting advertisers and users, which is "the right thing to do" in addition to being a case of  "doing things right." What is right and validates efficiency is the ability to earn revenue from it. 2) There is a natural impulse to compete for a win and everything is designed that way. Relationships, business partnerships, media, vendor services, social media. The sooner ...