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Get a Grip on Your Business

By Gino Wickman

Year Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1936661848
Categories: Decision Making, Growth

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One common thread unites successful people and successful companies. All of them have a habit of setting and achieving goals.

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If you try to please everyone, you’re going to lose your ass.

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A focused effort will enable you to sell and close more of the right business.

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…stop trying to be all things to all people.

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You need to settle on three qualities that will truly make your company unique to the ideal customer.

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A guarantee is your opportunity to pinpoint an industry-wide problem and solve it. This is typically a service or quality problem.

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The ideal guarantee is backed up by a tangible penalty if you don’t deliver on it.

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With life and business moving as fast as it does in the 21st century, there is little value in detailed strategic planning beyond a three-year window. A lot can change during that time span.

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‘Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can surely achieve.’ – Napoleon Hill

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Remember, less is always more. Most companies make the mistake of trying to accomplish too many objectives per year.

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