* Fret less about the bottom line
* Work like Walton
* Rip up the rulebook
* Aim to adapt
* Stop trying
* Muddle through
Focus obsessively on profit and you may dent it or worse. “The most profit-oriented businesses ever are probably Bear Stearns and Lehman and Enron. And where are they now?” asked the eclectic British economist John Kay in a recent Guardian podcast bouncing off his new book, Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly.
via How to make money without trying | British economist John Kay.
