As a CEO, I’ve discovered that simple honesty and transparency are two of the most powerful tools I can use to make strong, lasting connections.
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Victory against superior numbers depended on suprise.
Read more from this book →Don’t let the perfect get in the way of excellent.
Read more from this book →It can be valuable to analyse what went wrong in the past but it is far more important to develop the capacity to think in the moment.In that way you will make far fewer mistakes to analyse.
Read more from this book →Being a fast follower can work brilliantly, so long as you know what you are doing.
Read more from this book →Attention to the details of the present is by far the best way to crowd out the past and forget the last war.
Read more from this book →When a competing company beats you to market with a better offering, fight! Take it as a challenge. You may have lost round one, but rounds two, three, and beyond are waiting for you to seize.
You may think that what you'd like to recapture from your youth is your looks, your physical fitness, your simple pleasures but what you really need is the fluidity of mind you once possessed.
Read more from this book →“The dollar is round.” This was one of my grandfather’s adages, a Mortonism that people inside and outside Premier have shared and repeated over the years. It’s a reminder that money has a way of rolling in and rolling out. It definitely applies to challenges like innovation, when it can be easy to turn on the money spigot in hopes that just a little more investment will push your project over the top and turn an apparent failure into a success. Yes, you have to spend money to make money. But you’d better make sure that there’s a clear purpose for every dollar you spend,and a likely payback coming. Since the dollar is round, you never know when it will bounce your way or roll away, out of sight. So when you are lucky enough to have it, use it wisely, save some of it for tomorrow, and give generously to those in need.
Read more from this book →Do not waste time on things you cannot change or influence. Just keep moving.
Read more from this book →Sometimes it’s incredibly helpful to enlist a smart outsider to help you think about the future of your business. A person with no direct relationship to your company and with no skin in the game can provide an outside perspective that helps you see things you might otherwise overlook.
Read more from this book →By constantly adapting and changing your style, you will avoid the pitfalls of your previous wars. Just when people feel they know you , you change
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