The Example of Edwin. C. Barnes

In the book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’ author Napoleon Hill writes about the assistant of Thomas Edison, Edwin C. Barnes in reference to ‘thoughts becoming things’. Edwin C. Barnes had a burning desire to work alongside Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was a great inventor with obvious skills but Mr. Barnes had an idea which prompted a desire to partner with Mr Edison.

That partnership was sought after with a focused determination by Mr. Barnes, both men eventually partnered and saw both men achieving apart from great riches also being well known and respected.

The author in his book used this story to illustrate how thoughts become things but there is a most powerful lesson inherent that can be missed. The importance of matching, collaborating or partnering with people and entities having complementary strengths. Thomas Edison had the ideas and discipline to create inventions but Edwin Barnes had the ability to sell and network. Arguably, both needed the strengths of the other man to achieve what they did during that time in history. Additionally, global technology got an update and addition which also spurned the development of other inventions to create ecosystems and prototypes.

If we learnt at least one thing from the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic we are definitely stronger and more effective when we work together.

Contact us for your team building sessions or to do a networking analysis which can inform a strategy and framework to consciously guide how you work within and outside your sector.

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So, over the years we have tried all types of tools to help with work organisation to ensure deadlines are met within time and budget, additionally, ensuring protocols and policies are observed while working within the frame of an organisation. It can be plenty!
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Some of the tools are among:
1. Good stationery – great writing pens, highlighters, post its, writing paper – first and foremost.

2. Evernote – for taking notes at meetings and writing minutes and follow-up items quickly.

3. Trello and Asana – for task-oriented projects and overall one-on-one client management.

4. Visio – Process maps are friendly – you can map an entire process which can help to create standard operating procedures quickly.

5.Toolkits/ Manuals/ Books/ Frameworks – for training and completing important deliverables that are specific in a content type.

6. Microsoft Suite – all of it.

7. MUSIC and it is in caps for a reason.

8.Vision book/ board - keeping ideals visible so at any time there is a reminder of what the why.

9. The mobile phone – appointments, calendars, grocery lists, voice notes.

10. BOOKS another caps.
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While tools are great, having an approach to work helps. Doing the recurring stuff every single day (call, add your entries on the finance spreadsheet, put in your deliverables, update, check dashboard). Soon you will have a system with a logical flow, triggered by one action to the next.
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Having a process and a system has helped to free up time for creativity and brainstorming and it is easy to delegate eventually. When things don’t go as planned, having a system and process helps so tweaking is easy to suit the situation.
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Punctuality is the soul of business.

- Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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This virtue is a sore point for quite a few people. On a personal level, it communicates a message that you may be unreliable. On a professional level, someone or an entity not being on time might affect productivity, their reputation and eventually their bottom line.

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As we close this week, do a check-in with yourself and observe whether this is something you need to try a little harder on, and make an effort to have it rectified.

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At Uwàmìto Consulting punctuality is a gloss that improves our service provision. We start and finish on time.

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We also work with people to improve their acumen and punctuality is an area we pay attention to.

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