Another 'gem' for businessmen and women...
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Hey (name removed). It took me a while to learn this but here is an important truth. NOBODY will look after you but you. Everybody is out for themselves and for every Toby there are 100 guys who are the opposite of Toby. And for all the good a guy like Toby has in his heart and in his intentions those 100 opposite Toby's are wreaking havoc.
That's not saying to go jump off a bridge and change your ethics and your ways. It's saying I think it's important to really be flexible in your ideas and what you are willing to do. I know you guys might not believe this but my core ideas and believes are very much in line with what Toby and yourself think. I hate doing anything less than 100% honest and in my mind ethical. I hate having cross sales. I really do. But I'm running a business. I have competitors that are willing to play a lot more aggressive than I am. If I'm not willing to bend in my ways a little then I'm not going to be competitive and in the long run I'll be out of the industry.
All that to say look out for what's best for you. Nobody has your back. When Ibill went down with all my money nobody had my back. If I hadn't been resourceful I would have had to start over from scratch. When push comes to shove everybody jumps ship and looks out for themselves. I try to learn from my mistakes. I thought I was doing the industry a favor when I would speak out against cross sales and not have them on my sites. The only favor I was doing was to my competitors. That's it. In the end I made that decision based on something that I personally believed it was wrong. Once I gave it a try realized it wasn't that bad at all and that my perception and lack of understanding cost me a shitload of money and alienated myself from a large part of the industry.
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