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Bring a Solution, No Matter How Crazy It Is
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In his Wisdom From The Patio video series, Kongusto President and founder Joel Ciniero describes the culture he expects from his team: bring solutions, own the outcome together, and keep going even when winning is off the table. According to Joel Ciniero, what great business people do is solve problems. It’s a standard he applies to his own team. “I always expect you to bring a potential solution to the problem, no matter how crazy it is,” he says. A problem that arrives without any attempt at a solution isn’t what he’s looking for. The...
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What great business people do is they solve problems.
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No matter how crazy it is, never bring me a problem and at least not try the solution.
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What great business people do is they solve problems. I always expect you to bring a potential solution to the problem. No matter how crazy it is, never bring me a problem and at least not try the solution. Ultimately, if we all agree as a team that the solution is X and we execute on X and
fail, we live together, we die together, we don't go on a witch hunt and look for somebody to blame. The worst thing that a failure can do is really becomes the plateau from which you're going to start to grow next. You don't remember the last place winner because they were pathetic. You don't remember them because they were a loser. You remember them because you know they ran into
problems. What they didn't do was drop out and be one of the middle people who never crossed the finish line. They had the grit to know they weren't going to win and finish anyway.
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