1-on business managment Flashcards

1
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What you measure improves

A

x

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2
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A’s hire A’s, B’s Hires C’s

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x

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3
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Don’t avoid sharp edges , occasionally they are necessary to leadership

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x

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4
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if you are not being criticized, you may not be doing much

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x

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5
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The road you don’t travel is always smoother

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x

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6
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Develop a few key themes and stick to them, it works, repetition is necessary, quality customer innovation services safety you pick

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x

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7
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test your idea in the marketplace you learn fm hearing a range of perspectives

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x

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8
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be aware when an idea is promoted as bold , innovative and new, they might also be foolish

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x

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9
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trust your instincts, success depends at least in part on the ability to carry it off, there should be no let up

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x

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10
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when starting at the bottom be willing to learn frm those at the top

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x

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11
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the tesion between short term and long term can be constructive but there will be no longterm wo a short term

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x

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12
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the worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall

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x

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13
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if you don’t know where you are going perhaps any road can get you there

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x

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14
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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.

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x

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15
Q

So think plan develop launch and most importantly tap good people to be responsible, give them authority and hold them accountable

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trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck

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16
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do not over control like a novice pilot stay loose enough so you can observe and calibrate

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c

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17
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what we anticipate seldom occurs what we least expected generally happens

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x

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18
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it is not the most strongest nor the most intelligent of the species that can that survive but the one most responsive to change

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charles darwin

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19
Q

if you don’t like change you become irrelevant sooner than you know

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x

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20
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where there is no continuity there can be mo accountability

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x

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21
Q

nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first

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x

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22
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nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable concensus

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x

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23
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Lawyer are like beavers they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up

A

x

24
Q

leave all the options on the table

A

x

25
Q

never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do

A

x

26
Q

Nothing ages more quickly as yesterday’s vision of future

A

x

27
Q

there are many people who can make things better but there are a precious few able to identify what is missing

A

x

28
Q

Sometime it is necessary to kill the chicken to frighten the monkey

A

z

29
Q

I am unable to distinguish btw the unfortunate and the incompetent and i can not afford either

A

x

30
Q

luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

A

x

31
Q

the first preparation of meeting is to call one at all

A

x

32
Q

in unanimity may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking

A

z

33
Q

if you can find something that everyone agrees on,it is wrong

A

z

34
Q

you can not reason a man out of something he did not reason himself into

A

w

35
Q

nothing betrays imbecility so much as insensivity to it

A

x

36
Q

trial and error are the essence of discovery

A

x

37
Q

common understanding and clarity creates trust, confidence and unity

A
38
Q

when a problem can not be solved enlarge it

A

x

39
Q

with any problem 80% is known rapidly, but the remaining 20 percent takes forever

A

x

40
Q

most people spent their time on urgent rather than on important

A

x

41
Q

if you expect people be in landing include them in the take off

A

x

42
Q

new ideas often receive a negative reaction regarding their values

A

c

43
Q

avoid making bad decisions simply because the best option is presented by someone who may rubs you the wrong way

A

x

44
Q

if a plan can not be explained clearly. it probably has not been well thought through

A

x

45
Q

if you don’t know your top 3 priorities you don’t have priorities

A

x

46
Q

the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal share of blessing… socialism the equal sharing of misery

A

x

47
Q

underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself

A

x

48
Q

our current strategy represents our policy for all time, until it is changed.

A

x

49
Q

encourage people to voice their opinion even if they may ruffle further some time

A

x

50
Q

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

A

z

51
Q

if you want traction you must first have friction

A

x

52
Q

don’t allow size to mask poor performance

A

x

53
Q

the way to do
well is to do well

A

x

54
Q

operation drive out planning

A

x

55
Q

once someone starts building a temple unto himself it is the beginning of the end

A

x