|
|
|
|
When I write about linchpins and people on a mission, I often hear from bosses who ask a variant of, "Any idea how I can find people like that for my business?"
It's unreasonable to expect extraordinary work from someone who isn't trusted to create it.
It's unreasonable to find someone truly talented to switch to your organization when your organization is optimized to hire and keep people who merely want the next job.
It's unreasonable to expect that you'll develop amazing people when you don't give them room to change, grow and fail.
And most of all, it's unreasonable to think you'll find great people if you're spending the minimum amount of time (and money) necessary to find people who are merely good enough.
Building an extraordinary organization takes guts. The guts to trust the team, to treat them with respect and to go to ridiculous lengths to find, keep and nurture people who care enough to make a difference.
[You're getting this note because you subscribed to Seth Godin's blog.]
Don't want to get this email anymore? Click the link below to unsubscribe.
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis |
About that Trade Deficit "Improvement" Posted: 03 Jun 2015 12:17 PM PDT John Hussman just pinged me with this Trade Deficit Tweet in response to my post Second Quarter GDP Estimate Gets Lift from Reduced Imports. @MishGEA ... except that current account "improvement" typically matches weak gross domestic investment. (Hey Mish!) Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Second Quarter GDP Estimate Gets Lift from Reduced Imports Posted: 03 Jun 2015 11:38 AM PDT Last month imports surged in the wake of the West coast port strike settlement. This month imports declined, pretty much as expected. Since exports add to GDP and imports subtract, second quarter GDP estimates get a lift. Let's take a peek inside today's Census Bureau report on International Trade in Goods and Services for April. Exports and Imports Highlights
Year-To-Date
Year-Over-Year
Trade Balance Second Quarter GDP Gets Lift Year-to-date the deficit increased slightly from the same period last year, and year-over-year the deficit decreased slightly. Simply put, there is not a lot happening in the way of trade on a smoothed basis. However, the month-to-month improvement was bigger than expected, so the second quarter GDP gets a lift in the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow Forecast. "The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2015 was 1.1 percent on June 3, up from 0.8 percent on June 1. The nowcast for the contribution of net exports to second-quarter real GDP growth increased from -0.6 percentage point to -0.2 percentage point following this morning's international trade report from the U.S. Census Bureau." Consumer spending and home building will drive the results for the rest of the quarter. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Global Bond Rout in Pictures: Draghi Says "Get Used to Higher Volatility" Posted: 03 Jun 2015 10:32 AM PDT Bond Rout in Pictures German 10-year bonds hit a yield low of .048% on April 16. Since then it's been a pretty steep uphill climb in yield (down in price). Germany 10-Year Bond Yield Spain 10-Year Bond Yield Yield on the Spanish 10-year bond hit a preposterously low yield of 1.052% on March 11. It now sits at 2.136%, a rise of 108 basis points. US 10-Year Bond Yield Get Used to Higher Volatility Bloomberg reports Draghi Says Volatility Here to Stay as Global Bond Rout Deepens. With an insouciant turn of phrase, Mario Draghi whipped up a frenzy of selling in government bonds that left German securities on track for their worst two-day slump in the history of the euro era.US Yield Curve Curve Watchers Anonymous puts the bond rout in proper perspective with this chart. click on chart for sharper image Comments
These actions are in line with what one would expect on the short end, presuming the Fed is going to hike. Yet, if the economy was really ready to lift off as the Fed thinks, yield on the long end would be rising faster than it has. Will the Fed hike this year? It's still data dependent. The Fed certainly has a rosier forecast for the economy than I do. The wild card is the Fed may very well decide to hike anyway, having yapped about doing that for years. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
You are subscribed to email updates from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States |
Damn Cool Pics |
Paris Has Removed Thousands Of Padlocks From The Pont des Arts Bridge Posted: 03 Jun 2015 12:25 PM PDT The Pont des Arts bridge is one of the most romantic landmarks in the world but Paris is now removing all the infamous love locks from the bridge. The city was concerned that the weight of all the locks was putting too much stress on the bridge and decided to remove them all. City workmen spent a lot of time using bolt cutters to remove the locks and even took out sections of the fences to haul them away. |
You are subscribed to email updates from Damn Cool Pictures To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States |