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Working in large organisations is a form of game.

Is your short time on Earth best spent playing a form of game?

Posted byWinstonApril 18, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & Business

Decisions without research . . .

. . . are as bad as research without decisions.

Posted byWinstonApril 12, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & Business

No one gives you power. You take power.

Posted byWinstonApril 7, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inBasics, Politics & BusinessLeave a comment on No one gives you power. You take power.

Bribery is the most trivial and obvious form of corruption.

Government jobs and promotions for friends cost billions. Government hand-outs for well connected pals costs trillions.

Posted byWinstonApril 1, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & BusinessLeave a comment on Bribery is the most trivial and obvious form of corruption.

Learn to know when you’re being screwed.

How much, and by whom.

Posted byWinstonMarch 31, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inOther People, Politics & Business

A business is essentially the sum of its customers.

So when you go into business, make sure you pick the right customers.

Posted byWinstonMarch 20, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & Business

Don’t compete – be the only one doing what you’re doing. . .

. . . at least in your niche or your neighbourhood.

Posted byWinstonMarch 15, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & BusinessLeave a comment on Don’t compete – be the only one doing what you’re doing. . .

If you’re dressed better than your colleagues, are you working with the right colleagues?

Posted byWinstonMarch 11, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & BusinessLeave a comment on If you’re dressed better than your colleagues, are you working with the right colleagues?

So much ‘knowledge’ is actually contingent.

But you still have to decide.

Posted byWinstonMarch 7, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & Business

Strategy means saying “no”.

If you can’t say “no” to something, you don’t have a strategy.

Posted byWinstonMarch 2, 2024March 2, 2024Posted inPolitics & BusinessLeave a comment on Strategy means saying “no”.

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