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1/ There's an old business parable originally published in 1916 called "Obvious Adams" I first read it maybe ten years ago and a couple times every year, I think back and realize the wisdom of it.
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3/ When he wants to get a job in advertising, he walks into the office of an ad agency head and says "I have decided that I want to get into the advertising business and I thought the obvious thing to do was to come and tell you so." (Spoiler: he gets the job)
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4/ His first job was working in the book keeping department and noticed a simple change would make the process more efficient. He did it. It reduced the amount of time his job took and error rate by 25%
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6/ There is a lot to be said for strategy, but I am struck by how much of being successful at business just comes down to executing on the most obvious course of action.
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