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The Principles of Team Building
How one more book changed my thinking on business design, team building and how to just go for it.
I have wasted a lot of time reading books about the exact same subject. My obsession with starting a business has led me to spend years researching everything I could possibly learn. I read everything from straightforward marketing books to volumes that read like instruction manuals. I listened to self-help gurus try to change my mindset into one of a successful business owner. Consuming everything from the latest trend to the oldest business manual became my business. I was like one of those students who can’t quite leave the university. They just keep going back collecting additional masters degrees. And where is all of this scholarship going? Nowhere.
At some point you have to make a move. I realized my constant loop of studying and readying myself was really just another form of procrastination. So I started. I put together a startup pitch deck for a product I plan to launch. I shared it with one friend who loved it. Then I shared it with my sister. And she loved it. I started to build a team.
Apparently, I wasn’t done reading. I was recommended a book. It sounded excellent and I resisted my urge to read it. Don’t get distracted. Then I saw an online video mentioning the…
