{"id":19,"date":"2010-04-16T11:19:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T18:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:05:41","slug":"ira-isms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"Ira-isms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-328 size-medium\" style=\"margin: 20px;\" title=\"squaremelons\" src=\"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/squaremelons-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/squaremelons-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/irabryck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/squaremelons.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;If you think outside my box, <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>I&#8217;ll think outside your box&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> the antithetical pondering of Ira Bryck <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(feel free to quote, but give credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>What is the difference between your thinking when you feel at your best and at your worst?; and how can you hold true to what you think is truest?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your family business could more successfully navigate difficult discussions and make difficult decisions, how specifically might you be better off or different than you are today?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>How will you detect, immunize from, defend against, what is lurking in your blind spot?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What sport or game is your business most similar to? What other sport or game would it be more helpful to think of it as? (to be able to change the rules, the goals, the plays, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the big competitive advantage of the family members in your company? How can you leverage it better?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the big differences between how you see your company, and how your employees, suppliers and customers see it? What are the implications and consequences of those disparities?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What would you ask your future self (you, in 2017) so you could know now what you&#8217;ll know then?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If your company could have either super strength or invulnerability, which would you choose?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How bad does it need to get for you to say &#8220;it&#8217;s not good enough&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you challenge your assumptions and find out they&#8217;re all correct? Who can help correct that ironic flaw in your thinking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you could hire a magic genie, what would be his\/her job description?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What are you doing in your family business that is hurting your family relationships, that is then hurting your business, and how can you stop doing that?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill in the blank: &#8220;A (work task) a day keeps the psychiatrist away.&#8221; (also: What aspect of your job makes you want a shrink on retainer?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In what ways is your role in the business quite different than your role in the family? How are those differences both beneficial and detrimental?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What are you accidentally or unconsciously rewarding in your family business? 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