13 March 2007

The Seven Levels of Preparation

“Hi. My name is Mike, and I’m a prepaholic.” If there was a support group for people who over-prepare, I would be a charter member.

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Much of my job involves making presentations—to boards, banks, investors, authors, agents, customers, employees, vendors, the media—you name it. Each one of these represents an opportunity to make a “brand impression,” for myself and for the company I represent.

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I am the Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S.

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  • Time to go to bed. I have an early morning run scheduled with my training group. 7 hrs ago
  • Two weeks from tomorrow, Apple launches the iPad. Not that anyone is counting! 7 hrs ago
  • Great blog post: “The Death Of Social Media” by @MitchJoel. The perils of ghost blogging and Twittering: http://bit.ly/ck5EOC 7 hrs ago
  • Looking forward to an evening with @GailHyatt: dinner, church, then @RandyElrod’s “book tasting.” Yum! 11 hrs ago
  • I finished my last project ahead of schedule, so I am calling it quits and catching some of the sunshine! 13 hrs ago
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