The E-Myth Revisited (1995) (edit title/settings)

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• “The conflicts that take place inside the dojo help us handle conflicts that take place outside”

• “The total concentration and discipline required to study martial arts carries over to daily life”

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• How can I get my business to work, but without me? How can I get my people to work, but without my constant interference? How can I systematize my business in such a way that it could be replicated 5,000 times, so the 5,000th unit would run as smoothly as the first? How can I own my business, and still be free of it? How can I spend my time doing the work I love to do rather than the work I have to do?

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• That Fatal Assumption is: if you understand the technical work of a business, you understand a business that does that technical work.

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• “Creativity thinks up new things. Innovation does new things.”1

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• What’s your product? What feeling will your customer walk away with? Peace of mind? Order? Power? Love? What is he really buying when he buys from you? The truth is, nobody’s interested in the commodity. People buy feelings.

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• The Program is composed of seven distinct steps: 1. Your Primary Aim 2. Your Strategic Objective 3. Your Organizational Strategy 4. Your Management Strategy 5. Your People Strategy 6. Your Marketing Strategy 7. Your Systems Strategy

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• Franchise Prototype

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Preceded by How to Make Millions with Your Ideas, and followed by Vagabonding.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Michael E. Gerber (Author)

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• Dewey: 658.022

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• Books › Business & Investing › Management & Leadership › Management
• Books › Business & Investing › Small Business & Entrepreneurship › Entrepreneurship