Fundamental Simplifications for Every Business

This section reveals some surprisingly simple ways a smart organization can actually save money (and maybe a headache or two along the way).

Business doesn't need to be—or should it ever be—an Olympic-level obstacle course.

Eliot remembers an early conversation with a consultant who seemed to believe that as Eliot’s company grew, the only logical thing to do was to hire even more consultants… with even fancier, more confusing advice.

Spoiler alert: this was just the consultant’s clever scheme to bill more hours—an impressive feat of creative writing, but not so great for the bottom line (or Eliot’s patience).

These days, Eliot’s a lot wiser—and he’s ready to spill the secrets for other business owners who’d love nothing more than to trim the fat and maybe sleep in occasionally.