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12 Ideas I shared in business this week

Updated September 2023

By Jim Connolly | October 8, 2022

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Here are a dozen of the ideas I shared with business owners this week.

  • Be quick to forgive. While you’re holding a grudge, they’re out dancing.
  • Either you run your day or the day will run you.
  • Following the crowd is almost always the wrong thing to do. Warren Buffett made billions by zigging when the others were zagging.
  • No excuse ever sounded as good as: “It’s completed, on time, as promised”.
  • Avoid negative people. They sap your energy.
  • If you don’t make a decision, time will make the decision for you.
  • Intelligent action is the cure for every business challenge.
  • A thousand great business ideas are no match for a lousy attitude.
  • A prospective client can find 20 alternatives to you, in seconds, on a search engine. Embrace what makes you unique.
  • Always leave the people you connect with, better than when you found them.
  • Fire your worst clients. You’ll be free to invest the time you wasted on them, doing better work for your amazing clients. This works surprisingly well as a business growth strategy.
  • In business, the winners get moving.

If you found these ideas useful, use them and share them.

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