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Profits Aren’t Everything They Are The Only Thing – Chapter 10

What kind of chapter was this? My goodness. It’s definitely not any kind of advice I have ever heard of before. The chapter title is “You are not in the business to pay your vendors.” It revolved around trying to keep your cash as long as you can and in this case that means paying

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Profits Aren’t Everything They Are The Only Thing – Chapter 9

“I Am Your Work God!” was the colorful title for this section of the book. It was pretty familiar advice I thought in terms of taking the more no nonsense and non emotional approach to running a business. It revolved around handling employees and that you need to make sure that everyone follows orders. It’s

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Profits Aren’t Everything They Are The Only Thing – Chapter 8

Okay, I think you need like a human resource consultant or lawyer before implementing any of the tips in this chapter. It is titled “Pay For Performance” and it revolved around how you should set everyone in the business with a compensation structure where their paycheck can increase or decrease based on performance. Very much

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Profits Aren’t Everything They Are The Only Thing – Chapter 7

There was a lot technical material in this chapter I think. It was called “Live And Die By The Plan.” The main formula that Cloutier was emphasizing was how you should always have a “profits first” plan. I’ll try to briefly explain it. From what I gather, he emphasizes how when it comes to planning

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Profits Aren’t Everything They Are The Only Thing – Chapter 6

I think this is the first time in awhile where there was a word in a book that I actually never heard of before. The chapter of the title is “Delegate, Don’t Abdicate.” I never heard of the word “Abdicate” before. I looked it up and it is along the lines of relinquishing something. The

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Profits Aren’t Everything They Are The Only Thing – Chapter 5

The chapter was titled “The Best Family Business Has One Member” as it revolved around family owned businesses and how that can create a lot of conflict. I guess the main point is how making business decisions simply because the person is a family member where you feel the need to take care of them

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