Aim for ten times, not twice. The bigger goal forces you to drop most of what you do and keep the part only you can do.
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The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber · 1995
Why most small businesses don't work: the founder is a technician doing a manager's job. Work on the business, not in it.
For: founders
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