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Raise your standards. Or pay the price.
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Selling used stuff online is hard work. A lottery. A candy box. I tried it once. In less than 5 minutes, I got a message. 30 seconds later, I knew it was a scam. Emoticons. Broken grammar. Asking for my number immediately… when the platform literally tells you not to. Block the user. Close the chat. And then do what a good SPV CEO does… Subcontract. Pass it to someone who knows better. Create the right incentives. Supervise. Manage issues. Etc. Life is just another PPP. Your standards say a lot about you. And about what you’ll achieve. As you do one thing, you do everything. Remember that. That sentence can save your life. Or make you a lot of money. Now. What are you going to do with this? What are you going to do with the two courses below? Keep as usual. Or raise the bar. You choose. ​15 Lessons that Made a Project Successful​ ​15 Lessons that made a Project a Nightmare​ PD 1: If you liked this email, don't keep it in secret and forward it to a friend. They will thank you enormously one day. PD 2: If somebody has sent you this email and you want to receive emails like this yourself, visit vicentevalencia.com PD 3: If you want unsubscribe, click the link below. |
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The pattern... Different country. Different name. Same movie. A “strategic” project. Big announcements. Strong political backing. Aggressive bids. Beautiful financial models. Everyone smiling at financial close. And then… After bonuses paid and elections won… Reality. Costs go up. Time disappears. Risks… yes, those that were “managed” and “transferred to the party better able to deal with”, start showing up. Suddenly: - contracts are “reinterpreted” - assumptions were “too optimistic” -...
When people talk about successful projects, these are the usual suspects: The deal was clear from day one Risks were allocated… not hidden The wrong bidders didn’t show up Time was respected Decisions were made early The contract was readable Banks believed the story Equity had skin in the game The public side knew what it wanted Advisors added value (for once) Construction was not “optimistic” Problems were solved fast Ego was controlled Operations were considered from day one Someone owned...
Yesterday I heard: “I’m too old to change career.” C*jonudo. Look. Think of Bernie Marcus. He was 49 when he got fired from his executive role at a hardware retail chain. The 70s. No InfoJobs. No Trade Me. No LinkedIn. And I doubt he felt like photocopying his CV and knocking on doors. If you’ve been there… you know. So he sat down in a café with Arthur Blank and made a decision: He was going to destroy the people who had fired him. I like that. Vengeance is underrated fuel. Together, they...