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Random but authentic takes on business, sports, politics and daily life from a Southern, Conservative, Shotgun-owning, Tennis-playing, Free Market-loving, Dad, Husband, Executive, Writer and Gardener.
About Me
- JON LINZEN PRITCHETT
- Executive with 20+ years of experience in a variety of sports, media, recreation and communications companies. Happily-married, father of four, living in Raleigh, North Carolina with an appreciation for the Southern Life...especially GRITS (Girls Raised In The South).
Posts
My Perspectives
Links
- Acton Institute
- American Thinker
- Americans for Legal Immigration
- Americans For Prosperity
- Bernie Reeves in METRO NC Magazine
- Business of Baseball web site
- Carl Scheer article (Mentor)
- CLUB9SPORTS site
- CMO Executive Network
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Dick Morris
- Fast Trac
- Fiscal Accountability
- Forbes
- French West Vaughan Agency
- Friends of Science
- GARDEN & GUN
- Heartland Institute
- Heritage Foundation
- Horrow Sports
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- John Locke Foundation
- Junk Science
- Karl Rove
- LinkedIn Profile
- NC Chamber
- Paladin and Associates
- Prometheus Capital Partners, LLC
- Raging Elephants web site
- Real Clear Sports site
- Sbonello Scholarship Foundation
- Science and Environmental Policy Project
- SmartBrief
- Smirov, The King of Vodka article from WSJ
- Southern Proper
- The Free Enterprise Nation
- The Gipper Review
- The Young Conservative Coalition
- Tobacco Road Capital
- YOCEO web site
Twitter Updates
Pritchett Family Crest
Labore et fide (by faith & works)
Downtown Raleigh
The past and future of NC
Tobacco Road Capitalist
PRITCHETT's PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS LEADERSHIP (21 ways to lead your team)
+ Focus on the Big Picture(feed the flowers, not the weeds)
+ Clearly communicate your philosophical approach
+ Hire competent, loyal people - really good at what they do
+ Work at a TEAM on the strategy for achieving success
+ Delegate execution of the strategy to the competent leaders
+ Set clear, measurable goals and deadlines
+ Reguarly measure the progress against the goals
+ Celebrate & reward the success(finanacial & personal terms)
+ Give others the credit
+ Replace the bottom 10% every year(see GE's A's, B's & C's)
+ Hold people accountable to the company culture and values
+ Take full responsibility for mistakes as the leader
+ Learn from, improve upon, but do not repeat mistakes
+ Foster a loyalty to the organization - not just its key people
+ Pay people well and give them space to achieve
+ Have fun, work hard, play hard(driven staff need downtime)
+ Never doubt your ability to succeed(expect to persevere)
+ Care...about your spouse, children, pets, friends, employees, customers and suppliers
+ Exercise daily
+ Read broadly
+ Sleep enough
PAM-R Plan, Act, Measure - Report
MARKETING BOOKS EVERY SR. MANAGER SHOULD OWN:
1) Positioning: The Battle For Your Mind by Al Ries and Jack Trout
2) The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries
3) Good To Great by Jim Collins
4) Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith
5) The Power of Simplicity by Jack Trout
6) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell
7) Rhinoceros Success by Scott Alexander
CONSERVATIVE QUOTES OF NOTE
“Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.”
“There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.”
“I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.”
“A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling "Stop!"”
“Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.” William F. Buckley
“When you are up to your armpits in alligators, remember you came here to drain the swamp.”
“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”
“Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.”
“To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.”
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
“Man is not free unless government is limited.”
Ronald Reagan
"Work hard, play hard, live free."
Unknown
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it"
Thomas Paine
"If I didn't know better, I would be tempted to say that "entrepreneur" is another word for "American."
Ronald Reagan
"Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self."
George Bush
"Any government big enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take away everything you have."
Gerald Ford, 1974
+ Focus on the Big Picture(feed the flowers, not the weeds)
+ Clearly communicate your philosophical approach
+ Hire competent, loyal people - really good at what they do
+ Work at a TEAM on the strategy for achieving success
+ Delegate execution of the strategy to the competent leaders
+ Set clear, measurable goals and deadlines
+ Reguarly measure the progress against the goals
+ Celebrate & reward the success(finanacial & personal terms)
+ Give others the credit
+ Replace the bottom 10% every year(see GE's A's, B's & C's)
+ Hold people accountable to the company culture and values
+ Take full responsibility for mistakes as the leader
+ Learn from, improve upon, but do not repeat mistakes
+ Foster a loyalty to the organization - not just its key people
+ Pay people well and give them space to achieve
+ Have fun, work hard, play hard(driven staff need downtime)
+ Never doubt your ability to succeed(expect to persevere)
+ Care...about your spouse, children, pets, friends, employees, customers and suppliers
+ Exercise daily
+ Read broadly
+ Sleep enough
PAM-R Plan, Act, Measure - Report
MARKETING BOOKS EVERY SR. MANAGER SHOULD OWN:
1) Positioning: The Battle For Your Mind by Al Ries and Jack Trout
2) The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries
3) Good To Great by Jim Collins
4) Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith
5) The Power of Simplicity by Jack Trout
6) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell
7) Rhinoceros Success by Scott Alexander
CONSERVATIVE QUOTES OF NOTE
“Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.”
“There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.”
“I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.”
“A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling "Stop!"”
“Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.” William F. Buckley
“When you are up to your armpits in alligators, remember you came here to drain the swamp.”
“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”
“Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.”
“To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.”
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
“Man is not free unless government is limited.”
Ronald Reagan
"Work hard, play hard, live free."
Unknown
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it"
Thomas Paine
"If I didn't know better, I would be tempted to say that "entrepreneur" is another word for "American."
Ronald Reagan
"Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self."
George Bush
"Any government big enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take away everything you have."
Gerald Ford, 1974
Followers
AFCA Dinner in Nashville
The Mayor of the World
NC State Flag
The Old North State
SC State Flag
Palmetto Tree and Crescent Moon
Blount Street Commons
Uncommon architecture
Blount Street Commons
A porch made for sweet tea and conversation
Cherry Blossoms
Pink on a Carolina Blue Sky
Phlox in Full Bloom
Spring Arrives
Azaleas in April
Must Be Masters Time
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