1-on business managment Flashcards
What you measure improves
x
A’s hire A’s, B’s Hires C’s
x
Don’t avoid sharp edges , occasionally they are necessary to leadership
x
if you are not being criticized, you may not be doing much
x
The road you don’t travel is always smoother
x
Develop a few key themes and stick to them, it works, repetition is necessary, quality customer innovation services safety you pick
x
test your idea in the marketplace you learn fm hearing a range of perspectives
x
be aware when an idea is promoted as bold , innovative and new, they might also be foolish
x
trust your instincts, success depends at least in part on the ability to carry it off, there should be no let up
x
when starting at the bottom be willing to learn frm those at the top
x
the tesion between short term and long term can be constructive but there will be no longterm wo a short term
x
the worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall
x
if you don’t know where you are going perhaps any road can get you there
x
there is nothing more difficult to take in hamd more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in introduction of a new order of things.
x
So think plan develop launch and most importantly tap good people to be responsible, give them authority and hold them accountable
trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck
do not over control like a novice pilot stay loose enough so you can observe and calibrate
c
what we anticipate seldom occurs what we least expected generally happens
x
it is not the most strongest nor the most intelligent of the species that can that survive but the one most responsive to change
charles darwin
if you don’t like change you become irrelevant sooner than you know
x
where there is no continuity there can be mo accountability
x
nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first
x
nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable concensus
x
Lawyer are like beavers they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up
x
leave all the options on the table
x
never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do
x
Nothing ages more quickly as yesterday’s vision of future
x
there are many people who can make things better but there are a precious few able to identify what is missing
x
Sometime it is necessary to kill the chicken to frighten the monkey
z
I am unable to distinguish btw the unfortunate and the incompetent and i can not afford either
x
luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
x
the first preparation of meeting is to call one at all
x
in unanimity may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking
z
if you can find something that everyone agrees on,it is wrong
z
you can not reason a man out of something he did not reason himself into
w
nothing betrays imbecility so much as insensivity to it
x
trial and error are the essence of discovery
x
common understanding and clarity creates trust, confidence and unity
when a problem can not be solved enlarge it
x
with any problem 80% is known rapidly, but the remaining 20 percent takes forever
x
most people spent their time on urgent rather than on important
x
if you expect people be in landing include them in the take off
x
new ideas often receive a negative reaction regarding their values
c
avoid making bad decisions simply because the best option is presented by someone who may rubs you the wrong way
x
if a plan can not be explained clearly. it probably has not been well thought through
x
if you don’t know your top 3 priorities you don’t have priorities
x
the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal share of blessing… socialism the equal sharing of misery
x
underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself
x
our current strategy represents our policy for all time, until it is changed.
x
encourage people to voice their opinion even if they may ruffle further some time
x
people
think that focus means saying yes to the things that you have got to focus on, it means saying no to hundred other good ideas out there
z
if you want traction you must first have friction
x
don’t allow size to mask poor performance
x
the way to do
well is to do well
x
operation drive out planning
x
once someone starts building a temple unto himself it is the beginning of the end
x
