The Top Sellers On eBay & We Can Learn From ThemWritten by Sydney Johnston
A fascinating eBay case study is number one seller on eBay, a little outfit called Marie's CDs, but is better known under its old name "1 Cent CD." Jay and Marie, current ID "jayandmarie", are an institution on eBay and are a big part of what makes eBay such an amazingly popular phenomenon.This little company is literally an eBay dream come true. They started small out of their home in California in 1999 and began growing quickly. To date they have completed over 1 million auctions on eBay and have a feedback rating of 177,018 with 99% satisfaction from their customers! When I say grow, I mean it in a Jack and Beanstalk kind of way. Their business started out as a little fly-by-night outfit and has now sold over 1 million dollars (yep, that's $1,000,000) annually for past three years... Let me repeat that: over a million dollars in sales each year for three years running! Now THAT is growth! They employ several people, have three small buildings in southern California, and ship items all over world (mainly CDs). They got their fame from their auctions for CDs that start at only a penny...
| | Career Executive Coaching Article -Motivator, Discipline and DesireWritten by Ruth Zanes
"There is a certain combination of desire and discipline in way I work. Discipline by itself simply is not enough in creative process." - Robert De NiroMany of us think of discipline as a highly positive characteristic. When we fail to keep our resolve to take actions that lead to success, we point to our lack of discipline with regret and disappointment. Human beings really like focus and structure of imposing discipline on themselves to achieve specific outcomes. But discipline implies that you have to push through something unpleasant to achieve outcome you are after. Pain, suffering and struggle seem to be present when we invoke discipline. Most of all it takes mental self-control to be disciplined.
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