In August, for my 70th birthday, my son Michael took me to Lima Peru and to Machu Picchu. To say that it was an awesome trip is an understatement. The people of Peru are friendly and helpful. Always glad to try to talk with us. Very industrious in all activities. To us some people appear to be very poor (and I'm sure they are) but they live in pride and work hard to manage.
About 2 hours flight in a brand new boeing 757 wide body to Cusco got us on our way. The adventure began.
Machu Picchu is now a wonder of the modern world. We stayed at Cusco for 1 day at a 5 star hotel and the 1 day at Aqua Caliente, the town at the community of Machu Picchu. The 4 1/2 hr train trip was very interesting. Almost 1 hour of that time was to negotiate the hill to get out of Cusco and over the mountain top. Several switchbacks back and forth up the mountain. Then it was on through hand manicured farm lands (no machinery) and through the rugged lands and rivers. The spectacular high snow covered mountain peaks and glaciers. I was suprised to see them. They look like the Rockies.
Lots of people get off at Ollyantambu and take the 4 day Inca Trail, Some get off closer to Aqua and walk for about 8 hours on the last part of the trail.
From Aqua, we took a modern Mercedes bus up to the mountain city. Everything that had prepared us for the actual sight was not enough to really describe what there is to see. The terracing is every where, not just on the mountain top but on other mountains along the train trip as well.
We couldn't get over the fact that these Incan's had built this city out of the land, right on top
of the rugged mountain tops at Machu Picchu. They needed to build in such a way as to protect themselves against any attack. They made it virtually impossible for anyone to invade or attack. They worked together, they probably had incentives and they certainly had leaders and community.
I've written before about comparing your business efforts with the efforts of the Incans.
Did they have a plan? Take a look at these 10 topics I've written about and see how you or the Incans may have used them.
10 Great Topics to help you with your business.
-The Ideal Customers
-The Theory of Recognition
-Timing, Timing, Timing
-The Next Great Idea
-Inspired
-Need to Succeed
-Networking
-Ideaspotting
-How to differentiate yourself
-It Takes a Community to Build a Business
I keep thinking that there has to be more to it
but I think if you keep doing the right things,
your business will grow.
Focus on your business. Don't get strung out with
more new ideas than you can handle with ease.
Have fun, network, get other people to help you
while you are helping them.
Build your community.
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