Challenge In The News

Lisa’s great at reporting, but a little Christmas-challenged.
KRTH Radio
Holidays can be challenging, with family and travel situations out of your control. Reporting is a learned skill. Christmas is supposed to be full of priceless memories of the unchallenging kind.

... alum enjoys challenge, culture of museum management
To enjoy a challenge is to look forward to a conclusion to the challenge. You are aware, interested in and motivated by the challenge. It takes time and energy to become part of a culture, but once you speak the language, others will communicate with you as one of their own.

“There are some interesting challenges in the East Bay for this project.”
What, there are no interesting challenges in the West Bay? Does the project create or solve the challenges?

“Then there are technical challenges, such as how to present the works in a visual culture.”
You’ve heard this before, “The photo doesn’t do it justice”. There’s nothing like seeing the works in person and experiencing the visual impact. Technology now allows us to get much closer to the real experience. In the future, technical abilities will help us to feel that we were really there; especially, when they add digital smells.

Faced with the largest challenge of his career ...
... he/she rises to the challenge or not. Facing the largest challenge of your career is career-building. Solving the largest challenge of your career leads to advancement and the next largest challenge of your career.

“I suppose any industry presents comparable challenges.”
Every company in every industry faces comparable challenges – the need to make money to stay in business and all that process entails. Positioning is a challenge for new companies, products, services and newsmakers. Industry leaders create challenges for their competition. Upcoming industry leaders introduce ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’ to challenge the industry and their competition.

“An important challenge we faced was helping people understand all we do and how we make money.”
There can be no conflict-of-interest if all the cards are on the table. People have enquiring minds and want to know, “Why do I need to understand what you are doing?” Once we understand, then we can make a decision on what course of action, if any, we wish to take. We all know it takes money to make money.

“One example involves the discussion of silicon chip manufacturing and related technical challenges.”
Technical challenges with silicon chip manufacturing is one of my favorite topics for discussion. Then again, once I read the example I might find that a related technical challenge applies to my line of work and even helps me to move forward on a path I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise. The challenge is to take the time to learn and apply someone else’s learned experience, which they had to pay for in time, energy and dollars.

“There have always been a variety of interesting challenges to tackle at Morningstar.”
Another way said, “At Morningstar, we love to work on challenges.” This is not a problem if by tackling the challenges, Morningstar creates challenges for its competition. Tackling doesn’t mean solving, there is a difference. The fishing was good and the catching was great.

“It is tough to follow a legend. That is Bernanke’s greatest challenge.”
Brian Rogers
So don’t follow. Bernanke’s greatest challenge is to lead and become the new legend. By allowing a continual comparison to the outgoing legend, there is no room for the new legend to develop. After 18 years, we need a change with someone who will meet and exceed the challenges and our expectations.

U.S. Faces Another Challenge
How many challenges is that so far? Probably, in the gabillions. Facing challenges is what Americans do best. What’s another challenge or two?