“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
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
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
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
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
With a title like “Love your business more than your family†for this chapter I figured this would be some very blunt writing. Interestingly enough, the chapter seemed to focus more on how you should be working as much as possible including the weekends. The main thing where family came in is how it can