Did you get that last sentence? You must act like a great company (or a great entrepreneur/intrapreneur) long before you ever become one. Are you following? Let me explain. If you’re looking to disrupt an industry, you’d better be armed with the right story, right team, right data, and right strategies.” Ray Dalio, author of Principles: Life and Work and investor, on 2012 Time list of world’s 100 most influential people

If you have a plan in place for how to replace every key member of your team, you can handle an unexpected exit without missing a beat. Plus you’ll sleep better at night, knowing your next several moves are already planned out.” Other summaries give you just a highlight of some of the ideas in a book. We find these too vague to be satisfying.The ability to solve problems well is the ability to take a complex issue you’re facing and break it down into a step-by-step formula that helps you identify the root of the problem.” The ability to make effective decisions based on access to information at hand with the highest odds in your favor Your team judges you. They are seeing if you’re developing yourself and finding ways to take the company to the next level. If you don’t, they will leave. Create A Replacement Game Plan Another thing that the author does is to practice what he preaches about making lists. The book is full of what-to-do lists, presumably built upon the authors experience both in his own business and reading the extraordinary books he professes to read. Interspersed amongst the various lists for various environments a business entrepreneur is likely to find himself are many fascinating stories given as examples of what to do and not do. Shortform note: To tell your story effectively, consider using a time-tested storytelling formula, as Donald Miller proposes in Building a StoryBrand. Miller’s storytelling formula is specifically designed for marketing efforts, but it can also be applied to tell the company’s narrative. In the formula, you first describe your company’s desire, then the problem hindering you from achieving the desire, and finally how you followed a plan to avoid disaster and find success.) Negotiate for Sustained Success

In a November 2016 interview with Inc. magazine, Corcoran said that she had turned fury into her best friend. “The minute a man talked down to me, I was my best self,” she said. “I was going to get from that person what I wanted, come hell or high water…. He was not going to dismiss me. I would not tolerate it. I would say quietly to myself, ‘F@#& you.’?” In a November 2016 interview with Inc. magazine, Corcoran said that she had turned fury into her best friend. “The minute a man talked down to me, I was my best self,” she said. “I was going to get from that person what I wanted, come hell or high water.... He was not going to dismiss me. I would not tolerate it. I would say quietly to myself, ‘F@#& you.’” Finally, maintain momentum by planning for eventual future growth, advises Bet-David. Do this by first thinking about what the business might need or want in the future. Then, take calculated risks that increase the chances of achieving that future. For example, in the future, you’ll need to hire more employees to expand the business. You might thus hire an HR specialist now who can onboard future employees. I want to get my hands on every single strategy book out there to see the game from a broader point of view so I can learn how to minimize corporate bullying.A phrase I use all the time is future truth. It means to live in the present as if your future truth has already become a reality. Master three things you do better. Use your strengths to master three things Goliath can’t do and do them better than it can Selling is about believing in yourself, believing in your business, and believing in the value you can offer to the other person.” How fast you grow will be dictated by how well your team is working on your business. And to maximize results, you need to have mechanisms to hold people accountable.

In relationships, replace “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” with “Do unto others the way they want to be treated.” Our heroes inspire us. That’s why it’s so powerful to surround yourself with them. The more we see them and the more we see them looking at us, the greater our chances of acting heroically.Shortform note: In his book, Bet-David lists culture as the third step of creating a winning team, after retaining employees. However, others see establishing a strong culture as preceding the successful retention of employees. This is because when employees feel like they’re part of a culture and community, they’re more likely to stay.) What do you mean?” I asked. “I made it very clear that I wanted the weekend manager position in Hollywood.” That position, he said, had already been filled. Additionally, encourage constructive honesty by communicating your expectations and whether employees are meeting them, writes Bet-David. Tell your team to create healthy conflict by challenging each other to improve based on the company’s principles. Together, the people in this painting have become a personal assembly of mentors whom I turn to daily. Who do you have in your mentoring vault, whether dead or alive, that offers perspective and counsel?