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April 30th, 2008

Rules for Business

written by Steven Bristol

  1. Always do what is right (as in righteousness, not correctness).
  2. Work hard.
  3. Don’t cheat.
  4. Don’t ever make decisions based on greed.
  5. Do your best work.
  6. Want your customers to be happy. Even if that means using a different service or product.
  7. Want your employees to be happy. Even if that means working somewhere else.
  8. Only hire the best.
  9. Your business partner(s) should not always think like you or agree with you.
  10. Encourage push-back.
  11. You will be misunderstood, get ready.
  12. You are not always right.
  13. A business that ruins your marriage is not worth having.
  14. If your work sucks, get better or change careers.
  15. Negative people and relationships will kill your passion and business.
  16. Be thankful for everything all the time, even when times suck.
  17. Your reputation is your first and last product.

4 Responses to “Rules for Business”

  1. Lucas Húngaro April 30th, 2008

    “Your reputation is your first and last product.”

    And that’s why one should follow all the other sixteen advices.

  2. Elliot Murphy April 30th, 2008

    reputation matters more than ever. people need to realize that it’s not just business, it’s personal. it’s all personal, all the time, and that is why your reputation matters.

    great post.

  3. Daniel Tenner May 29th, 2008

    “Don’t cheat”

    Can’t possibly agree with that. Business is a cut-throat universe, and if you have a way to “cheat” effectively and successfully, you should definitely use it. I’m not talking about “cheating your customers”, here, but about cheating the universe. If you can do it easier and quicker by taking a shortcut, and you’re knowledgeable enough to know that that shortcut won’t cause you any problems later (or that you’ll be able to deal with those problems), you should always “cheat”.

    Daniel

  4. Steven Bristol June 5th, 2008

    @Daniel

    I hope we’re just getting caught up in the definition of the word cheat. I think it means to do something that is not quite right, as in righteousness. As odd as this sounds, we believe in standing on the side of righteousness, even if that means going against us. We believe the universe will not forgive cheating and quite frankly we want to be better than that.

    Business is a cut-throat universe. That is no excuse to cheat.

    If we just mean different things when we say “cheat,” then that is alright :), but if we mean the same thing then we would never do business with you. It goes against all the other rules.

    steven bristol

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