Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.
From Margaret Heffernan
Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.
Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.
In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.
If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great.
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.
Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.
What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow.
Customers who have to come back and spend, or customers who just don't want the hassle of leaving - those are the ones who are most worth attracting.
Business is not a science; it is not susceptible to experiments that can be controlled and replicated. Everything in business is too unpredictable for that - every business, employee, product, market is different and keeps changing.
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