I just finished reading The Ten Commandments for Business Failure. It is a book recommended by Warren Buffett and written by Don Keough who is a former President of the Coca Cola company and currently a Berkshire Hathaway board member.
While most business books focus on what to do to be successful in business, Don’s book focuses on what not to do. The book offers common sense packaged with straight talk and interesting stories.
Here are the ten commandments which guarantee business failure:
1. Quit Taking Risks
2. Be Inflexible
3. Isolate Yourself
4. Assume Infallibility
5. Play the Game Close to the Foul Line
6. Don’t take time to
… 2. Be Inflexible
3. Isolate Yourself
4. Assume Infallibility
5. Play the Game Close to the Foul Line
6. Don’t take time to
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