A Moorish Tale
A friend of mine has a new blog for a new product he's developing. The blog is referral monitor. What caught me was his post yesterday on a Moorish Tale:
'Apparently there is a Moorish legend that says you should choose your companions before your choose your path to journey along. This is the truest thing I have ever heard. If you're starting a business then you had better like the people you are working with because when things get tough, and they will, you'll need to know who's with you.'
Last night I was speaking to a group of software entrepreneurs about Jim Collin's book, Good to Great, in which he emphasizes that the first thing you need is the right people on the bus, then you can figure out what seats they should be in.
So now I have a story to back up this principle. I like it.
'Apparently there is a Moorish legend that says you should choose your companions before your choose your path to journey along. This is the truest thing I have ever heard. If you're starting a business then you had better like the people you are working with because when things get tough, and they will, you'll need to know who's with you.'
Last night I was speaking to a group of software entrepreneurs about Jim Collin's book, Good to Great, in which he emphasizes that the first thing you need is the right people on the bus, then you can figure out what seats they should be in.
So now I have a story to back up this principle. I like it.
posted by Kerri at 5:19 PM
1 Comments:
Kerri,
Great lesson. Glad I could pass on the story from those wise Moors. Looking forward to catching up with you soon.
Best
Richard
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