Quotes from Keith J. Cunningham

I don't need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things. I need to avoid making emotional decisions and swinging at bad pitches. I need to think!

Lousy players, poor leverage. Said another way, business success is highly dependent on who you hire and who you don't fire.

The reason companies lose relevance, go broke, or fade into the sunset is because they continue to grow, but fail to evolve.

The bulk of my problems are a result of indigestion and greed, not starvation.

There are no secrets . . . just stuff you haven't learned yet.)

I insist on a lot of time being spent thinking, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life." —Warren Buffett

The Ultimate Blueprint

Lesson: One of the biggest reasons businesses fail is they never have a second idea. If you stop innovating, you die.

The players on your team are responsible for the vast majority of your leverage and ultimate success. Lousy players, poor leverage. Said another way, business success is highly dependent on who you hire and who you don't fire.