Michael Gerber Quotes

You can’t sell it when you want to, because who wants to buy a job?

What the Manager was telling me, and what the Boss had told him, was that people — your people — do not simply want to work for exciting people. They want to work for people who have created a clearly defined structure for acting in the world. A structure through which they can test themselves and be tested. Such a structure is called a game.

The purpose of going into business is to get free of a job so you can create jobs for other people. “The purpose of going into business is to expand beyond your existing horizons.

the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.

you’ll know that your business is destined to grow, and that once it does your job is going to be significantly different. For now, that’s all you need.

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.

Unfortunately, personalities, good feelings, goodwill, and luck aren’t the only ingredients of a successful organization; alone, they are the recipe for chaos and disaster.

Atención, concentración. Intención, discernimiento. Equilibrio, organización. Excelencia, innovación. Tocar el mundo, comunicación. Estas palabras son valores; estos valores son palabras. Son el corazón del tema que tratamos. Quizá piense que estoy dando muchos rodeos al hablar de lo que convierte una empresa en una gran empresa, pero no es así. Sencillamente, no lo estoy haciendo a la manera de los empresarios. Y es que, precisamente, se trata de eso. Nunca me he encontrado con una gran empresa que haga las cosas a la manera de los empresarios.

The system runs the business. The people run the system.

I believe that our business can provide us with a mirror to see ourselves as we are, to see what we truly know and what we don’t know, to see ourselves honestly, directly, and immediately.

Sarah,” I began softly, “if the Business Development Process were only about Orchestration, I would agree with you — it would be deadly. Absent a higher purpose, all habits are. Because that’s all that Orchestration really is, Sarah: a habit. A way of doing something habitually.

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? If

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.

Hacer una promesa (y aceptar la responsabilidad plena sobre su cumplimiento) requiere control, el tipo de control que sólo una empresa orientada a los procesos puede aspirar a ejercer.

El deseo de tocar algo más tranquilo, más fino, más profundo, más resuelto, más compasivo, más valiente, más desafiante, más valioso, más humano y más digno. Estoy convencido de que ninguna empresa, se dedique a lo que se dedique, puede llegar a ser grande si su gente desea menos que todo esto. Una empresa E-Myth es una empresa que asume responsabilidad personal por la situación del mundo en el que se encuentra; por la situación de las personas con las que interactúa; por la situación de sus hijos y la de los hijos de sus hijos; por la calidad de la propia vida. Una empresa con conciencia. Ésa es, creo, la única misión digna de tal nombre. Crear un mundo en el que las personas sean honestas y abiertas, y estén presentes y vivas. Crear un mundo en el que las personas tomen decisiones conscientes y en conciencia. En eso consiste, precisamente, apuntar a la Luna. Y no se puede hacer mientras se duerme. Hay que dar todo lo que tenemos. Y hay que darlo ahora.