Fast Company The Rules of Business

From The Rules of Business


Rule #1 The first rule of business is the same as the first rule of life: Adapt or die.

“What gets measured, gets done.”
—Peter Drucker

Rule #8 Nothing is more overrated than a new idea. Ideas by themselves are worthless. It’s what you do with them that matters.


“Bet on the jockey, not on the horse.”
—Malcolm Forbes


“Best practices usually aren’t.”
—Christopher Locke, co-author, The Cluetrain Manifesto


Rule #49 If it is not right, don’t do it; if it… Keep Reading