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The best phablet available!!

Samsung continues to prove that Steve Jobs’ attitude toward innovation is the best way to approach life in the technology industry. How, you ask?

Samsung as released an app that allows people to try out the Galaxy Note 3’s platform BEFORE they buy the phablet.

This would make Steve Jobs extremely proud because his main focus was creating incredible products that people would be very proud to own and Samsung is demonstrating that they are more concerned with customer satisfaction than sales by releasing this preview app.

Samsung consistently releases excellent products and they’ve demonstrated that they are committed to perfecting the great flagship devices they’ve made.

Can’t wait to get my Note 3!!

Sour Apple: Are the Lawsuits Tarnishing Steve Jobs’ Legacy?

Apple has a long history of challenging its competitor’s devices, specifically Samsung, on the basis that they’ve violated technology patents held by Apple.

I won’t go into the details here. Instead, I’m just going to say that this lawsuit is utterly RIDICULOUS!! I understand that one of the arguments Apple is making is that they are protecting the legacy of Steve Jobs, but are they really??

From my limited understanding of Jobs’ personality and work ethic, I see him as a pioneer who welcomed competition because it forced him to stay on his toes and constantly think of new and innovative things. Would he really approve of these ludicrous tactics?

I highly doubt it. Technology patents are pointless, in my opinion, because as soon as you reveal whatever breakthrough technology you’ve worked hard to develop, people in the industry are going to analyze it and think of their own technologies to outshine yours. This is the way of the world.

Think about it for a second. What if Henry Ford’s supporters had done this shortly after his death and had been successful at it? We wouldn’t have the many different car dealerships that give us the freedom to choose the best car for us as individuals.

I think Apple is acting like a 5-year-old who just got punished for doing something wrong. Yeah, losing Steve Jobs when they did was a tragedy. No one in their right mind would deny that. But they are truly insulting him with these lawsuits. Competitors besting your technology should be used as motivation to stay at the top of your game, and not as fodder for frivolous billion-dollar lawsuits.

Mobile Internet is the new ATM

As an entrepreneur, I’ve been listening to different coaches talk about various aspects of business, but one person’s advice has resonated the most; his name is Larry Broughton. Larry is a the owner of several very successful business that have made him an entrepreneur with a net worth in the 9 FIGURES! That’s someone I want to learn from!

Larry is a former US Army Staff Sergeant, serving 8 years on Special Forces A-Teams (commonly known as the Green Berets). He has successfully parlayed the lessons learned from his time in service to his country and applied them to the business world. If you want to learn more about Larry, you can visit his website: www.broughtonadvisory.com, but I really want to share with you the two bits of wisdom he passed on to me I feel should be repeated more often.

The first wise thing he told me was actually a quote from the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius famously said that “The art of life is more like wrestling than dancing.” Basically, we have to accept the fact that life is not easy and we are going to face stressful events that will push us to the brink of insanity; the key is to know that these setbacks are TEMPORARY and that our RESPONSES to these challenges will be what shapes our lives.

The second morsel is a quote from General George Patton which states that “A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan next week.” In essence General Patton was saying that life is far too short to be trying to craft a perfect plan that crosses all of the Ts and dots all of the Is. You have to know what the facts are and run with the best plan that keeps the facts in mind because any plan is bound to encounter speed bumps and the longer you wait to act, the more regrets you’ll have at the end of the day.

I know you’re probably wondering how this all relates to mobile internet. My goal with this blog is to get as many people comfortable with our new reality and that reality is the fact that mobile internet IS OUR WAY OF LIFE!!

Here are some stats to back it up (for individuals):

• Smartphone usage has INCREASED by 57% from 2012 to 2013.

• Smartphone owners can’t function without their phone – 80% WILL NOT leave home without their device.

Here are some business-related stats:

• When people search for information on mobile they are…

  • 57% More likely to visit a store

  • 39% More likely to call a business

  • 51% More likely to make a purchase

As a society, it’s normal to be afraid of change, but to resist change is a futile effort. We need to shift our mentality from resisting change to EMBRACING change. Change is scary, but it will always bring more positives into our lives, if we are open to making the right changes at the right time. A flower is the perfect illustration. Changes are analogous to the seed because they are small changes that need to be planted in our minds and hearts BEFORE they can be nurtured. The end result is the beautiful flower that comes from the seed.  It takes a good amount of work to get the flower to blossom after we’ve planted the seed, but planting the seed and taking small steps to nurture the seed will always result in a beautiful flower.