Bryan Willmert

A blog about whats going on in and around my mind.

Building Bikes with Customer Connection

March 21, 2012 — Leave a comment

Today we can do a lot of our tasks online. We can go grocery shopping. Do our banking. Shop for furniture. Essentially, most tasks in life can be done so without the true human interaction. Even buying a bike. I love “window shopping” online for bikes, but I have to be honest, as I go back to the times of managing a bike shop, I loved the one on one interaction with people to help them find the right bike for them. Nothing can take away the true, genuine human interaction.

718 Cyclery in Brooklyn, New York has found this touch to connect in with people and help them find the perfect bike for their needs. Their approach to open communication as they go through the process is inspiring and we could all learn a bit from them! Check out this video featuring their shop!

The Inverted Bike Shop from Show Love on Vimeo.

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In Leadership 718, 718 Cyclery, Bike, biking, business, customer attention, customer service, cycling

How To Be Successful

January 25, 2012 — Leave a comment

Here is a little look from Tyler Perry on “How to be successful”

What do you think?

In Brilliance, Leadership business, movies, Successful, Tyler Perry

How Is Your Company Culture?

December 29, 2011 — Leave a comment

What is your company culture like? Does your culture drive the companies direction and interaction or does something else drive it?

Look at what Tony Hsieh has to say about Zappos company culture. Do you agree or disagree? Would the same philosophy work in your company?

In Leadership business, Company Culture, tony hsieh, zappos

Failure is one of the greatest fears of my life, next to drowning or being trapped in an extremely tight place. Failure has never been acceptable. Going back to sports, I’ve always had to win and to be honest, I have done a decent job with it. I haven’t been a big time “winner”. You know that guy, he wins everything and every opportunity. But for me, I hate failure. I hate it to the point that I will lose sleep, dream about my job, and over process everything to the point where I will fight and work hard not to fail.

This has been a crippling thing to me at times, and even so to the point that the fear of failure has crippled me from winning so then I end up playing it safe. I am working very hard to run with my instinct and intuition. Quite frankly, I am not satisfied to just make it through ok, but I want to run hard and be in that place that resonates with every part of my make up.

Seth Godin challenges us to fail.

I found this video in an article on Mashable. Check it out.

I love this type of stuff where it challenges me to step out and get to the core of who I am. Be a risk taker. Be innovative. Don’t take no for an answer. Fight for the best.

Side bar thought: why do these types of things always come from guys who seem to be in a secure place in life? I’m just saying… i want to see an interview with someone in the middle of it and see their perspective.

Too Big To Change?

July 11, 2011 — Leave a comment

“A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it’s harder to turn quickly.”

-Tony Hsieh

If you have worked for a large business, then you know how true this is. If you haven’t and you think I am wrong.. then you need to work for a large company!

In Leadership, Thoughts business, change, Leadership, thoughts, tony hsieh, zappos

TED Talk of the Day!

July 5, 2011 — Leave a comment

I have taken a short hiatus from the TED Talk of the Day.

I needed to view a few videos and prepare for the next stretch of the videos. Today we launch out with Tim Ferriss. Tim wrote the book “The 4-Hour Work Week”.