Eye to the horizon : cultivating a vision and thriving through crisis -- Getting smart : hands-on versus the hallowed halls -- Market-bound : excelling at sales and marketing -- Doing unto others : the crucial customer relationship -- Choosing up sides : getting the right people in place -- Fishing lessons : empowering your most valuable asset -- Around the edges : honing an efficiency mentality -- The big picture : getting what you came for -- Conclusion : barn raising
Summary
The keys to better business from a thriving group of business owners-the Amish. Business can be discouraging. According to US Department of Labor figures, only 44 percent of newly-opened firms will last four years. Amish firms, on the other hand, have registered a 95% survival rate over a five-year period. And in many cases, those businesses do remarkably well-as Donald Kraybill writes: "the phrase 'Amish millionaire' is no longer an oxymoron." Success Made Simple is the first practical book of Amish business success principles for the non-Amish reader. The work provides a platform o
