Business

If you put bananas and money in front of monkeys, the monkeys will choose the bananas because they don’t know that money can buy many bananas. In fact, if you offer work and business to people, they will choose to work because most people don’t know that a business can generate more money than a salary. One of the reasons why the poor are poor is because they are not trained to recognize business opportunities. They spend a lot of time in school and what they learn in school is to work for a salary instead of working for themselves. Profits are better than salaries because salaries can allow you to make a living, but profits can generate you a fortune. – Jack Ma

The four steps for solving problems under extreme pressure. – Jonathan Mond

1. Stay Calm: Control the Room to Understand the Situation
2. Get Real Data: The Foundation of Good Decisions
3. Focus on What’s Working: A Positive Approach to Problem-Solving
4. Create Priorities: Define What Matters Most

A four step process to 10x your business. – Ben Hardy

1. Stabilize: Make the business functional and compliant.
2. Optimize: Standardize key processes and diversifying revenue.
3. Grow: Building relationships and connections with other parties based upon the company’s core strengths. These are the “whos” that drive the business.
4. Transform: Establish a self-managing company. Letting go of the day to day of the business so that the founder can focus on learning, growing and innovating.

The whole point of democracy is the demo! – Scott Galloway

There is a long list of intelligent people who failed at their jobs simply because they were not properly trained. – Dad

I’ve found it important to be able to perform every job in my company. Not because I need to do the work, but because it helps me understand the demands on my staff and optimize their roles. – Dad