Hermanisms: Axioms for Business & LifeBusiness owners, entrepreneurs and anyone else wanting to succeed in life will find these axioms ? with true examples ? helpful in reaching their goals. Hermanisms offers readers an assortment of straightforward advice, blunt commentary, and engaging stories based on Herman's more than 35 years of surviving the real world of business ? and especially surviving failure. With short, easy-to-read chapters for each of the 77 sayings that Herman lovingly refers to as ?Hermanisms, ? this is a great book to have nearby. Use the few free minutes in your day to hear from someone who's been there ? and perhaps learn something that may helpful. |
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Page 21
... dollar and a million dollars ? Every damn one of you would start hoofing it across the park . We make the effort only when we believe it will be worth it . But if we are unsure of the return , we tend to believe it will be the highest ...
... dollar and a million dollars ? Every damn one of you would start hoofing it across the park . We make the effort only when we believe it will be worth it . But if we are unsure of the return , we tend to believe it will be the highest ...
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... dollars ' worth of parts , and the CEO was always looking for more sales . Our salesman saw a way to make the CEO happy . He cut the price and doubled the order . So now we were losing even more money per part— on 38 HERMANISMS.
... dollars ' worth of parts , and the CEO was always looking for more sales . Our salesman saw a way to make the CEO happy . He cut the price and doubled the order . So now we were losing even more money per part— on 38 HERMANISMS.
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... dollar of sales ; you make your profit on the last dollar of sales . You can't make a profit until all of your costs are paid . And debt is a cost . So , when the sales squeeze comes , the companies without debt can survive . Not so ...
... dollar of sales ; you make your profit on the last dollar of sales . You can't make a profit until all of your costs are paid . And debt is a cost . So , when the sales squeeze comes , the companies without debt can survive . Not so ...
Contents
Introduction | 13 |
Time to Succeed | 21 |
The Business Continuum | 27 |
Copyright | |
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