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Building a successful business can take a village.

Whether it's your employees, executives, advisors, family members, spouse, or friends – finding your support system is fundamental in achieving anything extraordinary. Learning to ask for help and building meaningful relationships is the most critical business skill.

Find your community. Build your vision. Do the extraordinary.

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I'm excited to be sharing some "BIG as Texas" news with my network. You can read more about the changes I'm making in my career and life in my post.
https://www.foreveryoung.agency/post/everything-really-is-bigger-in-texas

What can companies learn about the future? Ask younger generations what they think. One great idea is shadow boards, a concept explored in the Harvard Business Review article “Why You Should Create a “Shadow Board” of Younger Employees.” It’s our latest reading recommendation for leaders seeking ways to blend generations to keep their enterprises thriving and adapting.

https://hbr.org/2019/06/why-you-should-create-a-shadow-board-of-younger-employees?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

Why You Should Create a “Shadow Board” of Younger Employees Lessons from four companies that tried it.

Who hasn’t read Covey's famous “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”? Like this quote, his time management matrix is spot on! You can spend time on useful or useless things. Invest your time in something that has value and importance for you, like your family, your education or your company. Define your goals so you make time you spend an investment, not an expense!

Forever Young Agency is really excited about the Flipbird Films journey over the past few months. The pandemic has shaped this talented team into a leaner and more focused creative machine. We're proud to be a part of their new brand and launch.

Like so many, COVID-19 had wreaked havoc in our lives. We battled with securing our family and team's safety and well being. And like so many other small businesses we faced an incredible decrease in business. In addition, new, pending and current projects were take longer to close. It all became very hard to understand how to best navigate during these uncertain times.
We're proud to say that we worked through the uncertainty, even as doubt mounted, and doubled down on ourselves. We learned a ton about our core and what made us tick. It's like the saying, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going". We dug deep and built a strategy to win - no matter what. Through this difficult time we learned more about ourselves than during the good and we used that to build a new and improved Flip Bird Films.
We're excited to say that 5 months after Shelter in Place mandate we are proud to be launching our newly branded website with half a dozen amazing clients also fighting the good fight. Take a look and let us know what you think. If you know anyone we can flock with give them a tag in the comment below.

www.flipbirdfilms.com

Cars are like companies. You have to change gears to implement change.

In the latest blog ‘Change Gears to Implement Strategy,” FYA Founder Young Han explores how his change from a Pathfinder to a Prius relates to the most important part of a strategic plan - implementing it.

The bigger the change, the harder it is to make it stick. Check out his “COG” checklist for essential strategic steps for sustaining lasting change.

Check out Young’s ideas and share your questions!

https://foreveryoung.agency/get-your-strategy-in-the-fast-lane

Get Your Strategy in the Fast Lane | Forever Young Contact When I’m not on BART or my bike, I drive a hybrid. Good for the environment. Good for my pocketbook. But, before my hybrid days, I regularly trekked to Tahoe in my gas-guzzling Pathfinder. That sweet ride was “pimped out” with tinted windows, subwoofers and an awesome snowboard rack. W...

This month, Forever Young Agency’s intern Tiffany Cha graduated from college. She is one of about two million new grads who face career uncertainty due to COVID-19. This quote from Ursula Burns, American businesswoman, former CEO of Xerox and former leader of the STEM program of the White House (2009 to 2016). She captures my feelings about new grads’ dilemma. Things are a mess right now. You are not the mess.

Your future is bright, if somewhat delayed. Like Ursula also said, “If you don’t transform, you’re stuck.” Unstick what you CAN control. Tiffany has been learning a lot of new jobs skills online and through experimentation. You should too. Focus on learning things and building your network!

What’s to be learned about business from a work of science fiction? Plenty, according to Forever Young Agency Founder Young Han! In his latest blog, “Business Lessons from Science Fiction,” Young details that he learned that adversity is a powerful teacher, the value of engaged leadership, the importance of trusting team dynamics and more.

As Young says, “Audacious goals require great dedication and even greater sacrifice. You must keep your end in mind!”

https://foreveryoung.agency/business-lessons-from-science-fiction/

Business Lessons from Science Fiction | Forever Young Contact Journey with me into the world of science fiction – digital space, if you will! “Ender’s Game” is my all-time favorite book. Written by Orson Scott Card and first published in 1985, this book is entertaining beyond belief. I think all business people should read it. Why? Because you ...

Perfection paralysis is real. Achieving your goals is a lot easier if you don't over process. In his latest blog “Chasing Amy: ENACT a Plan,” Forever Young Agency Founder Young Han encourages leaders to avoid hand-wringing and test new ideas. Outline your success criteria, don’t over process, gauge progress as you go, and keep trying!

https://foreveryoung.agency/chasing-amy-enact-a-plan/

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Chasing Amy: ENACT a Plan | Forever Young Contact Chasing Amy: ENACT a Plan Photo Credits: I’m a lucky guy. I married the love of my life – Amy. This month – June 2020 – marks our fourth wedding anniversary, a decade since we first met. When I was single and dating, I had an idea of what a “perfect” woman for ... Read ...

What happens when a startup invests 100% trust in a college intern? Magic, at least it was at Forever Young Agency! Tiffany Cha has been our intern for her university senior project. She gained business experience and we gained her intelligence and determination to succeed. Read more about her reflections and discoveries about business and herself in her blog.

https://foreveryoung.agency/a-graduates-self-exploration/

Whether you are running a nonprofit, leading a startup, or managing thousands of employees, empowering others is one of your greatest challenges and gifts. Believe in your people!