1. The Law of the Lid

• Use your transferable skills. You have acquired abilities from previous positions.
• Use your strengths. Incorporate your talents into any position you choose to go after.
• Get new skills. Study the industry you want to enter. Take some courses so you can mo...

It may be true that successful companies often pursued a highly focused strategy, but that doesn’t mean highly focused strategies often lead to success.

Some companies have a focused strategy and some change their strategy based on competition, market, and internal factors. Some are success...

While success stories are motivating, they could lead to a false belief that success is more controllable and predictable than it is.

• The common traits of successful people and organisations are ubiquitous. These same traits may be equally present in the less success...