When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.
I don't personally follow trends; I don't even like the idea of trends. I think it's kind of absurd that you have to change every six months, so I always try and buy things that hopefully I'll like forever, and resonate with me.
For years and years, people would say, 'The business is changing.' And I would say, 'The business is not changing. It's exactly the same as it was in the '70s, the '80s and the '90s.' But all of a sudden, the business changed, and it really did change.
I don't like the idea of 'trends' at all. If you follow trends, then everybody looks the same. The best shopping experiences are in local markets, especially in foreign cities.
It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.
Things get much easier if one jumps on the bandwagon of existing trends.
In business it is most often all about getting your foot in the door and once you do, everything opens up and things start to naturally progress into bigger and more opportunities.
What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing what's next and not following the trend of what's now.
Trends don't mean very much.
I don't keep up on a lot of the business trends.