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Old 06-17-2011, 05:22 PM  
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies View Post
One of the hardest lessons to learn as a business owner is as follows. Most people's 100% work product/commitment/passion will barely equal your 50%. You simply have to learn to accept that and try and make it work to grow. You can't do it all as a one man show, and to scale you have to hire help. You just hope you get lucky and find a few good worker bees.
Goddamn is that true. 50% is lucky, 10% is average. The slightest weakness, you get walked on. Push just a little, you're an overbearing asshole. Let a woman get close, you become a 100hr/wk life coach. Let a man become important, he starts plotting to replace you.
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