Looptail: How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business by Bruce Poon Tip

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  1. Make easy for people to leave. Encourage people to leave, either by having good compensation packages or just by mentioning frequently that change is welcomed. When you do this, the people who stay, or those who choose not to leave, end up being more committed. They buy in because they are silently committing to stay, by working harder and letting their efforts speak for them. You have to hire slowly and fire quickly. (107)

    1. Winston Churchill once said “you have enemies? good. That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life” You have to do what is in the best interest of your business; it is not always pleasant, but when things are not firing on all cyclinders, it’s your job to fix it.

    2. you need to regulate the mood, keep the energy positive, and have everything moving forward, but everything else is up to the people around you. Inevitably, you will have to be the one who makes the big decisions, but only after gathering information and advice from everyone around you, in an inclusive way (122)

    3. be transparent and don’t cut any corners (122)

    4. you should hire people who are not like you, and, at times, even people whose style is so different from yours that they irritate you. These are generally individuals who have the skills you don’t (165)

    5. nothing happens by accident, everything happens for a reason (169)

    6. happiness at work: (180)

      1. the ability to grow

      2. being connected

      3. being part of something bigger than yourself

      4. freedom

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    8. easy to use, do something good for the people/environment, create a business that transcend your product, excellent customer service, happy and social company, build a compelling brand quite early from the beginning, be niche operator, boutique operators for travel, tell why not how

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