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Never Wrestle with a Pig and Ninety Other Ideas to Build Your Business and Career Paperback - 2002

by Mark H. McCormack

The author of the bestselling "What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School" illustrates the power of the personal touch in today's business world.


Summary

Drawing upon forty years of experience from his own sports and celebrity management practice, Mark H. McCormack is back with common-sense advice aimed at business owners and would-be CEOs. McCormack's tips include:

End your day on time

People who say they can keep a secret usually can't

It pays to overestimate your competition

The best ideas cannot be stolen

Know when to say "It's none of your business"

Get paid for thinking rather than doing

Time in front of the customer is the best time of all

Be wary of unanimous agreement

Not every budget deserves your respect

Learn the art of picking up the check

In ninety brief chapters that range in topic from getting ahead to staying competitive, McCormack makes clear that doing business in today's climate still involves the same basic elements of human interaction—intelligence, creativity, and efficiency—that have always meant the difference between success and failure.

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Drawing upon forty years of experience from his own sports and celebrity management practice, Mark H. McCormack is back with common-sense advice aimed at business owners and would-be CEOs. McCormack's tips include:

  • End your day on time

  • People who say they can keep a secret usually can't

  • It pays to overestimate your competition

  • The best ideas cannot be stolen

  • Know when to say "It's none of your business"

  • Get paid for thinking rather than doing

  • Time in front of the customer is the best time of all

  • Be wary of unanimous agreement

  • Not every budget deserves your respect

  • Learn the art of picking up the check

    In ninety brief chapters that range in topic from getting ahead to staying competitive, McCormack makes clear that doing business in today's climate still involves the same basic elements of human interaction--intelligence, creativity, and efficiency--that have always meant the difference between success and failure.

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    I used to think that the best person to solve a problem in our organization was the person who first recognized the problem and presented it to me.

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    • Title Never Wrestle with a Pig and Ninety Other Ideas to Build Your Business and Career
    • Author Mark H. McCormack
    • Binding Paperback
    • Edition 1st
    • Pages 304
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher Penguin Books, NY
    • Date January 15, 2002
    • ISBN 9780141002088 / 0141002085
    • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
    • Dimensions 8.44 x 5.54 x 0.69 in (21.44 x 14.07 x 1.75 cm)
    • Ages 18 to UP years
    • Grade levels 13 - UP
    • Library of Congress subjects Internet, Business enterprises - Computer networks
    • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00036788
    • Dewey Decimal Code 658.054

    About the author

    Mark H. McCormack is the founder and CEO of International Management Group (IMG), the world's dominant sports marketing organization, whose clients include Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter, Venus and Serena Williams, and Arnold Palmer.
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