What can we learn about internet business from ancient Greeks…
There's a valuable lesson in the book "Art of learning" by Josh Waitzkin.
What's interesting is that you have to learn how to play the chess in the end of the game not in the beginning…
Most kids learn how to play the first half of the chess game whereas Josh trained himself over and over how to play the last half of the game. Especially when you have almost nothing left… what do you do when you have nothing left?
So when Josh had chess championships he shined in the end, because he was very prepared for it, while most weren't… Surprised opponents were crushed…
It's not that the children that were competing in chess were unprepared, many of them were little geniuses too…but they lost almost every time… leaving Josh untouchable…
That reminds me of Alexander the Great, one of the best Greek conquerers…
The reason he failed was not because he won all of the 19 battles…but he didn't really know what to do next… wait, you might ask, isn't it the point of the fight - you won and you're done?
Nope. Very far from it. After he died… the Greece fell apart into small pieces again…
You see to win a battle is the first part of the chess battle…but what's next? then you need to plan how to create a system so you could contain what you have won…
There was no system to keep the empire alive… it just died..
As Michael Gerber in the E-Myth book points out, without a system you don't have a business.
Without the system you don't have a country…
You have nothing to gain even if you won battles…
So plan the next step in your internet business way before you market and sell..
You need to see one step ahead to be prepared to take action… And when the time comes - take action…
A side note: I do consider Alexander the great a genius and a great man.. And I will talk about his greatness a lot but in this article it's irrelevant..
Gene Adam
Sincerely,
You passive income guy
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