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Good Advice from Steve Jobs

By on May 18, 2011 in Featured

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Shortly after Mike Parker became CEO of Nike, he called his old friend Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple and asked for some advice. Job’s answer was short and sweet:

“‘Nike makes some of the best products in the world. Products that you lust after. But you also make a lot of crap. Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff.’ Parker said Jobs paused and Parker filled the quiet with a chuckle. But Jobs didn’t laugh. He was serious. ‘He was absolutely right,’ said Parker. ’We had to edit.’”

Take that advice to heart and apply it to your business. I know I’m going to.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,208 posts to the site.

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  • Nan

    Mike Parker needs to pick up the phone (hopefully not an iPhone) and call Jobs back. “Hey Steve, remember that advice you gave me a while back….?”

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    That is some excellent advice. Sometimes it is better to let go of what doesn’t work in favor of what does.