business

Brand and product don__ compete. Brand is product, and everything else conforming to the unique story that consumers create when they think of you.

Bad business should be done without guilt if it is a source of income.

Everything and everyone represents at least one brand. Therefore, to brand or not to brand is not even a question.

Just preaching "you are blessed" to a congregation is like giving them a big fertile land. They need the seeds to plant on it; they need business ideas, a little of which is enough!

Friends don't let friends become BossHoles! Or work for one either.

Studies consistently show that happy companies are way more productive, creative and service-oriented than unhappy ones. Therefore, the happy companies will beat the pants off the unhappy ones in the market place. The future of business is happy! It__ inevitable.

Consistency matters. You must learn that giving people a consistent high-quality product is of importance, like building trust across your brand. This build relational wealth - people want to know what they are about to step into and with whom.

If all the businesses in town are run like country businesses, You are going to have a country town

Maybe you are in the Abyss of Emotional Bankruptcy looking for a way out, looking for the next rung in the ladder on your climb to the Peak of Happiness, or you may even be at the Peak of Happiness already, looking for a way to stay there. Wherever you are in life, this book is designed to give you the tools necessary to help you achieve your goals.

China is a political beast, with the Party at its heart, and the importance of political and regulatory due diligence cannot be overstated.

Business Plans: It's about the Process, Not the Product

She__ such a bitch,_ Tina says, which I find a little contradictory, but overall quite true. __he__ got to be in charge of everything.__ sit next to her. __ell, I guess. But in business, that__ leadership.__ina stares at me for a second. __ can__ believe you consider that a positive trait. How about her inability to accept other points of view? Is it good leadership to be narrow, too?___ocus,_ I say. __hey call that focus.__ina stares at me. __er paranoia?___usiness savvy.___ompulsive need to have everything just how she wants it?___rganizational skills.___ggressiveness?___ggressiveness,_ I say, __s already a good thing.___esus Christ,_ Tina says, her eyebrow ring glinting in the morning sun. __ometimes I worry about this country.

People change, and so do their aspirations, and so should brands.

Like it or not, we are all in business and the products we are selling is our unique selves.

Your manager wants to believe that you enjoy your job, or at least you won't spit in her coffee when she looks away. At the office, attitude counts for a lot.

So, you don__ have money to invest in your brand? You do have money for damage control, right?Here__ the thing: anyone can make your brand inferior in your absence.

Everyone is born with an instinct of success, and ability to make it, but only the ones who think out of the box succeed.

If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far.