There are three things that can be organized: time, space, and work. Note that, despite what many believe, you cannot organize people… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The problem with most failing businesses is not that their owners don?t know enough about finance, marketing, management, and operations - they… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The number of businesses that fold due to bad partnerships is staggering. In some cases, they are charlatans, in others inept business… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
One of the biggest challenges we have, as business owners and people, is that we think in linear terms. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
People crave predictability, and when you design and use systems, you give people predictability. More importantly, when you build systems, they can… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
A martial arts practice hall, a dojo, is a place you go to practice being the best you can be. But the… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
People who lack the skill of discrimination tend to believe that everything is of relatively equal importance. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you are with five successful people, then you are the sixth successful person. The reverse of this is true as well,… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Organize around business functions, not people. Build systems within each business function. Let systems run the business and people run the systems.… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I believe the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
More than a few studies have shown that the five people you spend the most time with represent you - so you… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The more Strategic Work you do, the more effective, productive, and joyful the Tactical Work becomes. — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you haven't created the time as an owner to understand why people are choosing your model over your competition, then you are only… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I've said it for four decades - work 'on' your business, not just 'in' your business! — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that most basic… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Growing your own business is great. Watching your ideas come to life, taking care of new customers and watching them become repeat customers, and… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
You can't be the accountant in your accounting firm. You can't cut the grass in your landscaping business. You can't work on the vehicles… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
If everybody's doing everything, then who's accountable for anything? — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Without concentration, a business will be ordinary in every respect, because it will have no presence, no inner force, no way to attract the… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
When I say, 'doin' it, doin' it, doin' it' to a group of small business owners, they immediately respond. They recognize the experience of… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
There are three things that can be organized: time, space, and work. Note that, despite what many believe, you cannot organize people - you… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
The world of the small business owner is all about moving multiple items forward at once, and it's a fool's errand to believe one… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
