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Reverse Engineering

Posted on by Eric Merz

What’s the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer?
Mechanical engineers build weapons; civil engineers build targets.

“Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose.”

-Steven Pinker

Now that you have set your vision of what you want and visualized actually attaining that reality, it is time to figure out what steps to take in order to achieve it. Reverse-engineering is a method that helps us see what steps we need to take in order to achieve the goal. So, start with the actual destination. Then think what step would have been taken right before you arrive? Now visualize the location of the moment that step begins. Think about which step must be taken right before you are at that moment. You repeat this process over and over until you arrive at your present location or state.

 

  • Clearly visualize the desired state
  • Identify where you are right before that desired state
  • What had to happen to move you forward
  • Repeat this process as many times necessary all the way back to your current state

Is Your Vision Clear?

Posted on by Eric Merz

Husband-  “Do you really think I need glasses? I think I am doing pretty well.”

Wife-  “Considering you are putting Preparation H on your toothbrush, I do think you NEED! Glasses. And I don’t think that is going to work to keep you from being such an ar#$$, if that is what you are thinking.

“I think the greatest gift God ever gave man is no the gift of sight but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision a function of the heart.”

-Myles Munroe

What is your vision for your future? Your organization? Your family? Your community?

Pick a future date and jot down on a piece of paper your vision of the future in all of the above areas. Ask yourself these questions

  • What will be happening then?
  • Who will be there?
  • How will you be feeling?
  • What will be the results?
  • Why is this important to you or others?
  • What will others be saying about the situation?

Happy Envisioning!

Build Your Truth

Posted on by Eric Merz

After doing much soul searching, consulting clients and others along with some deep thinking about “what it is” that I actually do for my clients it is that I help them find “their truth”.  I started playing with the concept to build a new brand other than Eric A. Merz Consulting. So, the concept was that it was “your truth”, not mine or anyone else. I looked up the words for truth and yours in latin and it was veritas and tua. After playing around with them and working with my branding coach Dave Plivelich of Marcom Branding, we settled on Vertua Coaching. Thus, Vertuacoaching.com was born.

Thus, I am on a mission to help my clients discover their truth. What is it they want to accomplish? Why do they want to accomplish it? What is important to them? Who do they want to do those things with? Who is going along with them on the journey? What truths about themselves are relevant to the achievement of their vision? What might get in the way of their truth seeking? What is it going to look like, when they have achieved their true vision? How will they feel on the journey and beyond it? These are just some of the questions necessary to help the clients achieve their vision and mission.

As I continue on this mission, I will explore finding “your truth” in many different areas of a business’ path to success. In the areas of marketing, accounting, operations, finance, personnel, systems, time management, and sales we will break down the processes to finding “your truth (veritas tua)”, to pursue your vision.

Surviving The Covid 19 Pandemic: Take A Step Back Before Leaning In

Posted on by Eric Merz

Terror. That is what I am seeing all around me. Doubt, fear, uncertainty. Many people and businesses stopped cold right around Friday the 13th of March. I know my business activities changed drastically with the orders to stay in and social distancing. There were no more group settings to network or deliver value. No more face to face meetings were being scheduled.

If you are feeling the pressure in your life and your business, now is not the time to step back. It is time to step up. Get creative. Reinvent you and your business now.
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The challenge is that this is a truly difficult thing to do when you are anxious. Your mind in a whirl. Not wanting to get out of bed, unable to focus, genuinely frightened.  Step back before you start to lean in.

One thing that helps is to create a quick SWOTT analysis. That is what are your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats and Trends? And relate those to you people, products or services, processes, pricing. customers, competitors, current situation internally and externally.

I can help. At the rate of a great assistant you can have me full time as your consultant and coach. I have a plethora of strategies and tools at my disposal. If I did not put them out there at this time, it would be sin.

For those that don’t know me, I am passionate about helping small businesses thrive and grow. I love to uncover the potential and build plans that can be implemented immediately by motivated entrepreneurs.
Right now, I am taking on 10 coaching clients to help them deal with the current situation and come out on the other side.
If I get more than that, I have many buddy coaches that can help me. Now is the time to take action!
To get things started, I will give an initial analysis which takes about 90 minutes ($499 value) to anyone who will email me at eric@vertuacoaching.com and ask for it. It’s the least I can do.
Eric