So long as you're willing to look for them, genuinely useful lessons can often be found within fields completely unrelated to your own. Case in point: After recently finishing "Setting the Table", a book written by Danny Meyer, one of the world's most acclaimed restaurateurs (Shake Shack, Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern & Eleven Madison Park, among others), I found myself coming back to just a single observation: After opening his first restaurant, it took him NINE YEARS to open his second one. Among those who budding restaurateurs who admire and seek to replicate the current state of his career, I wonder how many of them gloss over (or are even aware of) this incredibly important point? For substantially any #CEO looking to pursue aggressive growth, be it through organic or inorganic means: Danny's experience suggests that you're likely best served by making it RIGHT before you attempt to make it BIG. Go slow, so that you can eventually go fast.
Well said…go slow to go fast!
Great book- we share it with all our new employees!
Love this Steve!
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1yI love the saying you often over estimate what can be done in a year and underestimate what can be done in a decade.