Since December 2008, I’ve heard a lot of people stating all the things they can’t do:

  • I can’t get my bank on board for the changes I want to make.
  • I can’t get production where I want it to be.
  • I can’t get feed costs down.

Please allow me to offer a few suggestions:
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For a fascinating example of speed and action combined, just watch what happens in the pits at an Indy car race. As outlined in Fast Company’s book The Rules of Business, there are four primary rules that guide both the driver and his pit crew in their respective roles.

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I was talking to an executive sitting next to me on a flight from Chicago two weeks ago. As we discussed our business prospects for next year, he sounded absolutely depressed. Given what’s going on in the US economy right now, I can understand why you might be a bit worried. The stock market is down, financing is difficult to locate at present and the big “R word,” recession, is in the air.

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