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For decades, I've spoken of McDonald's as one of the premier examples of how to build a company, scale it, and ultimately sell it.

McDonald’s Example, Business Scaling, Success Model, Entrepreneurship Lessons, Franchise System, Legacy

For decades I've spoken of McDonald's as one of the

For decades I've spoken of McDonald's as one of the

For decades I've spoken of McDonald's as one of the

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“You might say that, while going to work on the business, people begin to realize that it is a powerful metaphor for going to work on their lives.”

Business-Life Parallel, Self-Improvement, Personal Growth, Parallel, Improvement, Growth

“As the owner, you have to look into the mind of the customer and see and feel how their relationship to your product works - not just that the product works.”

Customer Insight, Relationship Building, Product Experience, Insight, Building, Experience

“Your arrows do not carry,’ observed the Master, ‘because they do not reach far enough spiritually.’ Eugen Herrigel Zen and the Art of Archery.”

Spiritual Depth, Personal Development, Focused Effort, Spiritual, Development, Effort

“Freedom is not just the matter of saying ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to a specific decision: it is the power to mold and create ourselves. Freedom is the capacity, to use Nietzsche’s phrase, ‘to become what we truly are.”

Personal Freedom, Self-Creation, Nietzsche Philosophy, Freedom, Creation, Philosophy

“Successful entrepreneurs understand the importance of systematizing their operations.”

Operational Systems, Entrepreneurial Success, Business Efficiency, Systems, Success, Efficiency

“What is your Primary Aim? Where is the script to make your dreams come true?”

Primary Aim, Life Purpose, Goal Achievement, Aim, Purpose, Achievement

“The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities.”

Opportunity Focus, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Problem Perspective, Focus, Mindset, Opportunity

“People who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.”

Continuous Learning, Business Excellence, Knowledge Growth, Learning, Excellence, Growth

“The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.”

Active Creation, Life Choices, Greatness Difference, Creation, Life, Greatness

“The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man sees everything as either a blessing or a curse.”

Warrior Mindset, Challenge Perspective, Life Philosophy, Mindset, Perspective, Philosophy

“Most people who go into business for themselves and, therefore, believe they are entrepreneurs, are doomed to struggle because they don't have a true Entrepreneurial Perspective. They have a Technician's Perspective.”

Entrepreneurial Perspective, Technician Mindset, Business Struggles, Perspective, Mindset, Struggles

“They intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are. Aldous Huxley.”

Work Addiction, Self-Awareness, Avoidance Behavior, Addiction, Awareness, Behavior

“The secret to success: work on your business, not in your business.”

Business Focus, Entrepreneurial Strategy, Success Secret, Focus, Strategy, Secret

“I believe the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.”

Active Living, Life Creation, Personal Greatness, Living, Creation, Greatness

“Your business should be a vehicle for fulfilling your dreams, not a means of enslavement.”

Dream Fulfillment, Business Freedom, Entrepreneurial Vision, Fulfillment, Freedom, Vision

“Your Strategic Objective is a very clear statement of what your business has to ultimately do for you to achieve your Primary Aim.”

Strategic Objective, Business Goals, Primary Aim, Objective, Goals, Aim

“What’s the difference? The commodity is the thing your customer actually walks out with in his hand. The product is what your customer feels as he walks out of your business. What he feels about your business, not what he feels about the commodity.”

Customer Perception, Business Strategy, Emotional Impact, Commodity Vs Product, Branding, Customer Experience

“Quality is just a word, and an empty word at that, if it doesn’t include harmony, balance, passion, intention, attention.”

Quality Principles, Work Harmony, Passionate Execution, Principles, Harmony, Execution

“The system isn’t something you bring to the business. It’s something you derive from the process of building the business.”

Business Systems, Process Driven, Entrepreneurial Approach, Systems, Driven, Approach

“Invest in developing your team, as they are the backbone of your business.”

Team Development, Business Backbone, Employee Growth, Development, Backbone, Growth