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Admit What You Don't Know. Harry Rosen and
Robert Redford both give this advice!
Topic for Discussion: Why did Robert hire
Harry and how did Harry learn what he didn't know?
Answer: Robert Redford saw an opportunity
for a Sundance Catalog but he admitted to himself at the outset that he had no
idea how to create a catalog company.
On the other hand, Harry was praticing law and
quit that to launch a catalog to sell Moms and Dads what they needed to outfit
and educate their young children. Harry thought he and his two partners
collectively had the skills they would need to make a success The Case a
startup.
Harry admits now that he and his partners didn't
know as much as they thought they did so they had to learn it in the school of
hard knocks. If possible, we should take the Robert Redford not the Harry
Rosenthal road to success in business. Admit what you don't know then figure
out a way to learn it. You can take a class, find a mentor to advise you, hire
a consultant or join your trade association.
You think about it: When have you wasted
time and money because you were too stubborn to admit you didn't know
something? What do you need to know now that would help you grow your
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