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Master the Fundamentals: Why Old Ideas Are a Secret Weapon
Executing Of Old Ideas
- While fitness fads come and go, the fundamentals of basic weight lifting or daily walk remain strong.
- Companies executing fundamental selling practices, like making more calls to increase sales, seem to do better.
- Old books offering time-tested knowledge are still in print, while newer bestsellers disappear after a short time.
Implementing fundamentals is often the difference between success and failure.
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Old Fundamentals
There is a tendency to undervalue old ideas and fundamental wisdom, based on an assumption that old ideas will provide an average result.
In reality, old fundamentals are those great and time-tested ideas that have outlasted other bad ideas.
Executing Of Old Ideas
- While fitness fads come and go, the fundamentals of basic weight lifting or daily walk remain strong.
- Companies executing fundamental selling practices, like making more calls to increase sales, seem to do better.
- Old books offering time-tested knowledge are still in print, while newer bestsellers disappear after a short time.
Implementing fundamentals is often the difference between success and failure.
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- Through magazines such as Architectural Forum or Fortune, she explained her perception on what was wrong with the approach to redevelopment in New York City, for instance.
- After having attended courses on urban planning, she launched her most famous book 'The death and life of great American cities', which was both highly praised and criticized.
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