If Your Product Is Great, You Yourself

My Father Always Used To Say That When You Die, If You've Got Five Real Friends, Then You've Had A Great Life.

From What I've Seen, You Either Get Grounded In That Kind Of Positive Thinking Early On In Life Or You Don't. Establishing Priorities And Using Your Time Well Aren't Things You Can Pick Up At The Harvard Business School. Formal Learning Can Teach You A Great Deal, But Many Of The Essential Skills In Life Are The Ones You Have To Develop On Your Own.

Start With Good People, Lay Out The Rules, Communicate With Your Employees, Motivate Them And Reward Them. If You Do All Those Things Effectively, You Can't Miss.

There's No Great Mystery To Satisfying Your Customers. Build Them A Quality Product And Treat Them With Respect. It's That Simple.

If You Want To Make Good Use Of Your Time, You've Got To Know What's Most Important And Then Give It All You've Got.