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Not quite the normal fare for ubercharged, but this is pretty cool all the same.

Shawn Kinkade has written an article on what Team Fortress 2 can teach you about running a business. Maybe there are a few aspiring entrepreneurs out there that would benefit from this.

Just like this sniper is about to learn the hard way, if you don’t keep your head up and look around, bad things can come up and give you a nasty surprise!

A lot of people I know are what I would call ‘crisis junkies’. They thrive on finding fires and do a great job of managing those fires and putting them out…then they move on to the next fire. Sometimes, when there’s not a fire, they’ll start one just so they can put it out.

It’s a great skill set to have, but if you can’t pull yourself away from the details on a regular basis and look around you, you are going to have problems. It’s not easy to do, but it’s the single best thing I know of that will help you consciously grow your business.

There’s not necessarily anything wrong with starting fires though. I reckon the other thing to learn from TF2 is that a lot of the time sneaking up behind your competition, running in, setting everything on fire, causing chaos and confusion, then getting out quick can be quite fun and productive.