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The Most Important Thing Is To Talk To People That Have Jobs That You Might Like And To See What They Say The Job Involves.

The Night Before, Go Over Your Schedule And See What You're Going To Do And What The Purpose Of What You're Doing Is. I Advocate Having A Two-column Schedule. On The Left, Put Down All Your Appointments And Phone Calls. On The Right, Put Down What The Purpose Is.

The Classic Problem As An Entrepreneur Is That They Have A Hard Time Delegating. But That's Really Crazy. Recruiting Other Executives Is Critical, So Is Dealing With Customers And Dealing With Regulators. Those Are Functions That Only The Top Founders Can Do.

I've Seen People Spend Days, If Not Months, Researching And Gathering Data, But Only At The End Did They Finally Figure Out What They Were Really Looking For; Then They Have To Redo A Lot Of Stuff. If After A Day Or So You Force Yourself To Put Together Your Tentative Conclusions, Then You'll Have Guidance For The Rest Of Your Research.

America Is The Only Major Country That Tries To Ascertain Who Was The First Applicant To Invent The Product Or Procedure. This May Seem Fair, But Long Proceedings To Determine Precisely When Each Party Conceived An Idea Result Mostly In Keeping Innovations From Hitting The Market.