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Lesson #4: Take Control
“I don't like formal gardens,” said Disney. “I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess." Despite his apparent disregard for structure, Disney was a hands-on entrepreneur, who enjoyed taking control over all aspects of his company. While it was in part personality-driven, Disney’s hands-on nature was also due to a lesson he learned the hard way early on in his career.

Lesson #2: Do It Yourself
“I love my product,” said Lauder. “I love to touch the creams, smell them, look at them, carry them with me. A person has to love her harvest if she’s to expect others to love it.” Because of Lauder’s love for her company, she took a very hands-on approach to its operations, getting her hands dirty in everything from production to marketing to sales. She understood the importance of hiring a good team, but her desire for perfection and quality drove her to want to control all aspects of her company, at least until it got too big for her to handle alone.

Guerrilla Marketing Memes
The prehistoric man, Uba, spent all day in the rain trying to catch a fish because his family was very hungry and in dire need of food. But he was unable to grab a fish from the stream even though he occasionally got his hands on one. Frustrated and weak from hunger, he just couldn't grab any fish firmly enough because it would slither from his hands and return to the stream. Worse yet, the light rain turned to a heavy rain and Uba was forced to seek shelter in a nearby cave.

Maintain a good working relationship with your franchisor
A stable relationship is a very important factor in the proper working of a franchise system. Both the franchisor and the franchisee are required to work hard to maintain it.

What Does Your Handshake Reveal About You?
The way you shake hands tells a story about you and your company. Learn how to shake hands in a way that solidifies your story and builds rapport with potential clients.

Promote YOUR Site Every Day!
This Article tries to motivate the webmaster to develop the necessary discipline to promote his site systematically every day, knowing exactly what he is doing and why for a stable long-term position.

Marketing Advice For Franchise Owners
Franchise owners know one thing, either they are getting enough marketing support from corporate or they need to take matters into their own hands. Unfortunately, the latter is the usually the case. In today’s era of budget cut backs marketing is usually the one line item in the corporate budget with the bull’s-eye on its back. Franchisees need to take matters into their own hands and deploy the marketing strategies that Fortune 500 companies are executing.

Dunbar's Number V/S Satyam's Number
Dunbar's number is a theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. These are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is, and how each person relates to every other person. Proponents assert that numbers larger than this generally require more restricted rules, laws, and enforced norms to maintain a stable, cohesive group. No precise value has been proposed for Dunbar's number, but a commonly cited approximation is 150. Lets see what "Satyam's Number" is!!!

Truck Drivers --- Some of our Best Sales People
I can't tell you how many times I have heard people say exactly that --- "Our Truck Drivers are some of our Best Sales People." In fact, I often made that statement myself when I ran my own Steel Processing Distribution Center. During seminars and association meetings I still often hear CEO's and other executives make that comment over and over again. But ------ When I ask for a show of hands as to how many people actually train their truck drivers on sales techniques very few hands go up.

6 Critical Organizational Success Factors for Embracing Volatility
Organizations no longer have the luxury of allowing their employees and leaders to sit back and enjoy the tranquility of a stable environment, which required relatively little upkeep to maintain the status quo.

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