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A Guide To Business – compiled by William Everyman

I believe that the perfect company, corporation or partnership can be truly successful only when it employs the principles of management as recorded in the Bible.

The Bible is the story of man’s relationship to God and does not even begin to tell us everything about God. The Bible does a wonderful job of covering the entire spectrum of human emotions .

Unambiguous , the Bible tells us how people think and what the reward / punishment scenario should be for those that fail to exercise the gift of thought and rational evaluation that is God’s greatest gift to mankind.

Following the pattern of Gods relationship to mankind as recorded in the Bible will truly be an “ outside the box “ experience.

I hope you read and also implement the principles of good management as they are revealed in the Bible or captured on the pages of “ A Guide to Business “ . If you do you will eventually evolve into a truly great manager of people. Great managers of people are the great winners in the game of life and in the world of business and commerece.

Please enjoy and if you have comments or suggestions please send me an email and I will be certain to reply.

Sincerely

William Everyman

  • A true leader is never afraid of what his employees will think of him, never concerned that they might think him less than capable. After all if they were really that good he would be working for them instead of the other way round.

  • Security in business is an allusion. It does not exist in the natural order of things and history bears out that those who thought they were secure when disillusioned of the fact have a tendency to fall on their own sword . In business we do not have that luxury , the sword of competition is always at our throat and will strike before we have time to pull our own from its scabbard. Therefore avoid seeking security for its own sake for if you fail you will die anyway.

  • When we make a business decision that is suddenly a necessity , we wonder why we wrestled with it for so long. Usually the transition period that turned the option into a necessity was studded along the way with sign posts that lead to the inevitable.

  • If you do not make a decision because you are paralyzed by fear that it will be the wrong one, or that you will lay yourself open to criticism you will always be looking for someone you can manipulate into making it for you. If that person shall suddenly refuse to act as you want them to you will be left with the results of no decision having been made at all. Worse yet in your desire to be the power behind the throne you may find yourself without a candidate.

  • Experience in business is something we have to endure . We cannot hypothesize it nor can we envision it. We must live it . We cannot discuss it in focus groups or submit it to polls. In a world of instant gratification I find that just dreadful.

  • In this life we will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement . Judgements are therefore a bit of a leap faith. Come to think of it if we had all the facts we would not be making a judgement – we would be making an observation and no board of directors will pay executive wages for someone to make an observation.

  • If the achievements of an organization are the results of the combined efforts of each individual in a synchronous rhythm , then the failure of one individual to achieve their assigned task will, in fact, irrevocably alter the outcome from its intended purpose. This is the difference between a team and teamwork.

  • Most companies that achieve mediocrity did not do so by missing their mark.

  • Success in business is a combination of hard work and serendipity – I have yet to see anyone fall up a ladder nor climb one without a handy arrangement of rungs.

  • Outside of original thought it is not enough to say that “ I think that if I keep working at this and I want I badly enough I can have it “ , the prize must actually exist somewhere other than in ones’ imagination.

  • Here is the course of the matter – Inspiration begat imagination. Imagination begat desire. Desire begat effort. Effort begat confidence. Confidence begat capacity. Or else it was the other way around.

  • If the winds of fortune blow in your face instead of behind you – change the tack of your sails and move forward.

  • The void between dreams and accomplishments can be a chasm or a crack depending on whether you have taken the first leap of faith.

  • The greatest challenge of the Chief Executive of a corporation is to insist on change in the midst or order too long maintained and to contain chaos in the midst of change.

  • A company without employees is an oxymoron – but it is the only kind of company a C.E.O. who is also a perfectionist can live with.

  • Never talk over the head of your audience . There are a thousand sports metaphors used by motivational speakers to inspire teamwork when addressing a struggling company – none of which are relevant for those that never met the Lion in the arena.

  • The days of a man showing up for work , doing what he is told and expecting a paycheck for doing so are gone. If there is no value added there is no money for a paycheck . This is the great failing of unions – they foster the lowest common denominator as the standard of performance believing that simple attendance can be turned into value added by managerial fairy dust . The only thing more devastating to success are stupid , insipid managers with golden parachutes and without the intestinal fortitude to demand excellence.

  • Some people will wait for on the job training, believing it is the employer’s responsibility to both pay them for learning and also provide the instructions. Others learn on their own time and increase their body of knowledge and skills. If you were going to promote someone to the next level of responsibility – which would you select?

  • Opportunities come and go. Myopic managers often fail to see the opportunity coming because their gaze is fixed on the one going away.

  • Do not eschew people with ambition , this is not a disease that afflicts the lowest common denominator.

  • Want to find opportunity ? Look to chaos – nothing creates opportunity like mass confusion.
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