Michael Gerber Quotes

Las empresas existen sólo porque la gente quiere que existan.

They go to work on their lives, not just in their lives.

By identifying the money sources inside and outside of your business, and then applying these methods, you are better able to control the Flow in your business. But what are these sources? They include how you: Plan a project Buy materials Compensate your people Plan people’s time Estimate a job Sell a job Manage a job Collect receivables

All you need to do is begin living your life as if it were important. All you need to do is take your life seriously. To create it intentionally. To actively make your life into the life you wish it to be.

How can I get my business to work, but without me? • How can I get my people to work, but without my constant interference? • How can I systematize my business in such a way that it could be replicated 5,000 times, so the 5,000th unit would run as smoothly as the first? • How can I own my business, and still be free of it? • How can I spend my time doing the work I love to do rather than the work I have to do?

El problema consiste en que pensamos que estamos despiertos. Pensamos que ya somos objetivos. Pensamos que ya somos individuos. Pensamos que ya somos libres. ¡Pensamos que pensamos!

Go to work on your business rather than in it, and ask yourself the following questions: • How can I get my business to work, but without me? • How can I get my people to work, but without my constant interference? • How can I systematize my business in such a way that it could be replicated 5,000 times, so the 5,000th unit would run as smoothly as the first? • How can I own my business, and still be free of it? • How can I spend my time doing the work I love to do rather than the work I have to do?

Your job is to commit to the process of becoming an entrepreneur and then to practice what entrepreneurs do so that entrepreneurship can find you when you’ve practiced enough to be ready.

And as the world becomes more and more complex, and the commodities more varied, the feelings we want become more urgent, less rational, more unconscious.

the typical small business owner is only 10 percent Entrepreneur, 20 percent Manager, and 70 percent Technician.

The E-Myth says that only by conducting the business of Contracting in a truly innovative and independent way will a Contractor ever realize the unmatched joy that comes from creating a truly independent business, a business that works without you rather than because of you.

4. All Work in the Model Will Be Documented in Operations Manuals

Se o seu pensamento for desleixado, o seu negócio será desleixado. Se o seu pensamento for desorganizado, o seu negócio também será desorganizado. Se for ganancioso, os seus empregados também serão, dando-lhe menos de si próprios e pedindo-lhe cada vez mais a si. Se a informação de que dispõe sobre o que fazer no seu negócio for limitada, o seu negócio refletirá essa limitação.

And that is the sign of a Mature company. A Mature company is started differently than all the rest. A Mature company is founded on a broader perspective, an entrepreneurial perspective, a more intelligent point of view. About building a business that works not because of you but without you.

the key is to plan, envision, and articulate what you see in the future both for yourself and for your employees. Because if you don’t articulate it — I mean, write it down, clearly, so others can understand it —