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Review What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-Smart Executive

This business classic features straight-talking advice you’ll never hear in school. Featuring a new foreword by Ariel Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell

By TAPHAPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Review What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-Smart Executive
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Top 9 lessons from the book "WHAT THEY STILL DON'T TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL" 📚

1. The world is full of bright people who never achieve what they want because they're waiting for somebody to tell them what to do.

2. The greatest businesspeople I've met are those who know how to ask questions, not those who know all the answers.

3. The key to success in business is not what you know but whom you know.

4. The ability to empathize with other people and understand their motivations and concerns is essential to building successful relationships in business and in life.

5. The most important lesson in business is that there are no shortcuts to success. It takes hard work, persistence, and a willingness to take risks and learn from failure.

6. The goal of any thriving organization is to stay lean rather than fat, hungry rather than satisfied.

7. People tend to overestimate their strengths and to underestimate the negative impact of their weaknesses.

8. A good boss doesn't take sole credit for a success if his entire group deserves it, nor does he attribute credit to the group if it rightfully should go to one individual.

9. You Can't Say Yes Until You've Learned to Say No

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