Business

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

– Seneca

You don’t get what you wish for, you get what you work for.

– Daniel Milstein

“There’s no such thing as job security anymore. The only security is your own sense of self-worth and your knowledge about how to earn a living.”

– Norm Brodsky

Have a big decision to make? Sleep on it. Angry with someone? Write it down and set it aside. Most decisions are made in haste and our emotions get the better of us. When we put off the desire to react immediately we take our feelings out of the equation which can provide clarity to a more sensible solution. 

– Dad

In business, many leaders believe that their SOP is defined as “standard operating procedure”. When CEO Hubert Joly began Best Buy’s turnaround in 2012 one of his key executives challenged the team to revise their definition to “service over policy”. The decision to focus on the best interests of customers over company policy freed employees up to make decisions that encouraged brand loyalty and improved company culture.

– Dad

General Electric, once the world’s biggest company, is a fraction of its former self. Don’t make the same mistakes.

1. Don’t fixate on short-term profits. 

2. Make sure you’re hearing the bad news.

3. Whatever you do, don’t drink your own Kool-Aid.

– Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann